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Police scaled back the search for missing teenager Sam Macharia late yesterday afternoon after a four-day sweep of the sea and land around Cabarita Beach involving police di-vers, surf-rescue boats, jet skis and a helicopter.

The talented 16-year-old Kenyan student, who went missing on Sun-day afternoon after going for a run and swim at the beach, is believed to have drowned in rough surf condi-tions.

His backpack with his clothes and mobile phone was found on the

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

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

Vigil on the beachDistraught friends and family of

the student from Lindisfarne An-glican Grammar School, who came to Australia five years ago under a Tweed Shire Council mentoring program, maintained a vigil on the

beach as the land and sea search continued this week which involved scores of police, surf lifesavers and volunteers.

The disappearance of the popu-lar young lad and rising soccer star, who was orphaned as a child, sent shockwaves through the school and council communities.

Sam would have turned 17 on Tuesday and was just days away from his year-10 graduation when he went missing.

Just last week, Sam was honoured by his school with a number of awards for his exceptional soccer skills and track and field performances and

afterwards entertained students and staff with his ball skills.

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

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

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

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

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

Sam started playing soccer in the slums of Nairobi where his talents were soon recognised at a soccer

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

Mr Ongonjo offered the young-ster the required support to come to Australia on a three-month cultural exchange visit, which was later ex-tended to cover his secondary edu-cation.

New life in AustraliaSam said he loved his new life in

Australia and was particularly im-pressed with the beautiful beaches in the Tweed.

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

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

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

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Sam Macharia (centre) and his adopted dad Bernie Zietlow meet the Kenyan High Commissioner Stephen Tarus (left) in July this year during the launch at Tweed Shire Council chambers of the SafeWater Four program for the rehabilitation of the Gona Dam in Kenya. Photo Luis Feliu

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

Work began on Monday af-ter council engineers decided to take advantage of this week’s extremely low tides, which al-lowed council staff and con-tractors to work on the beach for much of the day.

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

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

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

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

Kingscliff ’s shops and restau-rants,’ said Mr Adams.

‘We have taken advantage of a window of opportunity. The low tides this week allow work to go on for much of the day which will save time and money.’

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

During the construction of

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

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

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

The council eventually wants to spend $6m to pump sand from Cudgen Creek on to Kings cliff beach. It is seeking half of that money from the state and federal governments. That would be followed by an-nual sand replenishment esti-mated to cost $100,000 a year.

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

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

NRG spokesperson Michael McNamara said that ‘for too long putting the environment at the bottom of the priori-ties, unrealistic and overblown population targets and inad-equate legislative and regula-tory frameworks have buoyed up a development industry that is out of control.

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

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

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

‘There are over 100 docu-ments involved in this appli-cation. To expect members of the general public to give them proper consideration and then frame a submission at this time of year, in the lead up to Christ-mas, when they have jobs and families and other commit-ments, is unreasonable,’ he said.

Fate of koalasNRG is urging people to

support Saturday’s rally, organ-ised by locals concerned about the fate of koalas on the Tweed Coast, in front of the entrance to Kings Forest at the intersec-tion of Old Bogangar Road and Tweed Coast Road from 10am to noon to discuss the plan for the Kings Forest development and for help with submissions.

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

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

‘In 2005 the NSW Planning Department overrode strong and repeated recommenda-tions from the NSW Environ-ment Department which want-ed to remove the development from both the eastern portions and from the Cudgen Paddock to the south,’ he said

‘The current Tweed Shire Council and council staff en-dorsed this position for the re-cent concept plan proposal but were also overridden by NSW Planning, as were the views of largest number of community submissions in NSW history.

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

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

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

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

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

He said council staff were talking with Leda staff over the company’s concerns, add-ing that there was a ‘signifi cant meeting’ held last week.

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

Leda called on Mr Page to

intervene in October after giving him copies of the fi les which allege bias and miscon-duct by some council offi cers and others in dealing with his 4,500-home Kings Forest and 5,500-home Cobaki develop-ments.

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

Push to sideline Leda’s push to sideline the

council comes as planning staff prepare to deal with a raft of applications by the developer, including changes to original consents for its Cobaki project recently issued by the Joint Re-gional Planning Panel (JRPP).

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

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

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

Th e two JRPP-approved DAs also needed further construc-tion certifi cates to be assessed and approved before the devel-opment could start.

‘Th e conditions also require submission of further land-scaping, stormwater and site-specific environmental man-agement plans to be approved prior to issue of construction certifi cate, as well as a range of other requirements prior to commencement of works,’ the spokesman said.

Construction certificates were being assessed for earth-works in the central open-space precinct, trunk services and the southern portion of the Cobaki Parkway while con-struction approval has been given for the bridge, town-

centre earthworks and the northern stretch of the Cobaki Parkway.

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

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

Still a chanceShe says there’s still a ‘slim

chance’ of saving the koala through submissions to the state government which is seeking comment on Leda’s development application for the fi rst stage of its 4,500-house development at Kings Forest.

‘In my opinion Leda’s Kings Forest and Cobaki develop-ments for up to 30,000 resi-dents next to vital koala habi-tats will be the nail in the coffi n for Tweed koalas,’ she said.

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

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Wollumbin High School year 8 student Kurtis Foulkes (pic-tured), who tends to his own garden at school, has won a prestigious environmental award.

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

Th e young student partici-pates in Agriculture and Earth and Environmental Science classes and also helps clear lantana, camphor laurel and other weeds from the rainfor-est around the school.

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

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

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

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

future, and they inspire us greatly’.

‘We have been running these awards since 1994 and many participating schools now con-sider the Environmental Excel-lence Award to be a key divi-sional award, alongside their traditional academic, cultural and sporting awards,’ Dr Bragg said.

Kurtis’s interest in the en-vironment began earlier this year, when he started his agri-culture class.

‘What we were doing in Ag was really interesting and I liked it. Ms Stevenson showed us lots of diff erent things about seed germination, growing plants and looking aft er them. We are gardening organically and using natural ways of con-trolling garden pests, he said.

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

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

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

A small number of protes-tors gathered at the tree early on Monday morning calling for a postponement of the pro-posed work.

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

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

President of the Chinderah

District Residents Association, Felicia Cecil, says the fi g, the oldest in the village, has histori-cal significance for the com-munity and urged the council to order an independent assess-

ment into what can be done to save it.

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

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

was completely removed. ‘Our association applied for

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

Mrs Cecil said council should also push for the removal of bi-tumen, which surrounds the fi g’s trunk.

‘Chinderah’s football team had its fi rst meeting under the fi g in the 1940s,’ said Mrs Cecil.

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

Tavern licensee Justin Fletch-er refuted the claim that up to 60 per cent of the tree would be removed and said he and the tavern’s owners were commit-ted to keeping the fi g tree.

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

information on to the tavern’s owners.

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

Cr Milne said she was con-cerned to see the same con-sultant who advocated a total removal of the tree when it lost a limb some 18 months ago in-volved again and questioned the necessity of the suggested work.

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

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

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

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Veteran journalist Alex Mitchell singled out two of the institu-tions he once admired for a se-vere caning when he launched his memoir Come The Revo-lution at a packed function in Murwillumbah last week.

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

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

had grown up with as ‘true be-lievers’.

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

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

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

But it was the influence of

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

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

Mirror, he wore it like ‘a badge of honour’ but the media pro-prietor, as he expanded his empire over the years, had ‘corrupted’ journalism in Aus-tralia and around the world to achieve his own political and business ends, especially dur-ing the Th atcher and Reagan years.

He said the Murdoch em-

pire’s naked intrusion into and corruption of politics and na-tional aff airs was ‘vile’ and the political system as he knew it had been ‘perverted’ in Aus-tralia, the UK and the US where his newspapers have the most infl uence.

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

‘I couldn’t help thinking how far he’d fallen and how much he’d changed since I knew him. When he appeared at those hearings he looked terrible; it was sad, and reminded me of the character Gollum from The Hobbitt,’ he said to much mirth from the audience.

Good friend Julia Hancock,

who introduced him at the book launch, said Mr Mitchell was an active and enthusiastic participant of Uki Garden Club activities and that one of his gardening exploits ‘almost too bizarre to be true is the time when he found himself plant-ing trees in the desert outside Tripoli with Vanessa Redgrave as part of General Gaddafi’s “greening the desert project”’.

Ms Hancock said ‘these days the only dirt he digs is at his beautiful Eviron property where he gardens happily with his partner’ and ‘they have both become well-loved mem-bers of their local community’ but ‘this peaceful rural idyll has come late in an intense life and aft er a turbulent career in jour-nalism and politics that began at age 14’.

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

Submissions on the project closed late last month.

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

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

The development, which

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

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

Resident’s requestKingscliff resident Jerry

Cornford recently wrote to planning minister Brad Haz-zard calling on him to replace both the shire’s planning de-partment and council with an independent arbitrator to decide on the most recent ap-plication.

Mr Cornford says the new 32-home application was ‘vir-tually identical’ to the one re-jected by both the JRPP and the environment court, but

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lorin’s trip follows a success-ful continental crossing with his brother Dean, who is also blind, last year which made the broth-ers the first legally blind cyclists to finish the 4100km journey

from Perth to Sydney.The hardest part of the jour-

ney was the mental side, Lorin said.

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

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

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

‘It’s about giving blind Auss-ies hope and the rest some in-spiration’, Lorin said.

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

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

Australia’s leading youth mo-tivational speakers on anti-bullying as well as being nomi-nated for Australian of the Year in 2009.

More than 20 clubs, includ-ing Twin Towns services Club, are supporting Lorin, providing him with meals and accommo-dation.

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

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

To sponsor Lorin go to: www.clubsaustralia.com.au or www.visionaustralia.org.au.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Production manager Alan Hodg-son played a major part in the com-pany’s success and Alan’s increasing knowledge and skills allowed the company to expand its range and op-erate sustainably.

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

Denyse, the company chairperson, said numerous visits to traditional ol-ive farms inspired the couple and gave

them rare insight into the local cul-ture and history of the olive growers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The farmers markets are held every Wednesday morning at Murwillum-bah showground.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Gay marriage, according to the pundits of The Australian, is a bou-

tique issue. Th is must be the reason they have written about little else for the past fortnight.

Apparently under the im-pression that they are actu-ally employed by the Catholic Weekly (or possibly the Daily Grouper) they have devoted the vast majority of their cov-erage of Labor’s National Con-ference to the manoeuvrings, arguments and tiffs about same-sex unions and the re-action to them – so much that Monday’s front page summary was a essentially a gleeful ex-hortation to the religious in the community to launch a crusade (or a jihad, depend-ing on personal preference) against the blasphemers who voted for equality.

Th e vote would cost Labor the next election, the paper crowed. Julia Gillard, yet again, had failed. And it wasn’t that she had not been warned: for most of the preceding week the examination board of the national daily, the pompous pontificator Paul Kelly, the magisterial professor Peter van Onselen and the bumptious blow-in Troy Bramston, had spelled out in painstaking de-tail the tests she was expected to pass and the assignments to be completed if they were to give her a grudging B.

Well, perhaps technically she hadn’t done too badly; urani-um sales to India will go ahead, the principle of off -shore pro-cessing of asylum seekers has been confi rmed and although the juggernaut of same-sex marriage has proved unstop-pable, at least she has stalled it for the time being through her insistence on a conscience vote. Th e left , as the board de-manded, has been put fi rmly back in its box.

So what’s the problem? Well, the conference and Gillard squibbed the vital, the cru-cial, the essential issue of party reform, that’s what. Th e pro-posals made in the report by John Faulkner, Bob Carr and Steve Bracks for opening up the conference to the party’s rank and fi le, of reducing the dominance of the unions and breaking down the power of the factions were tossed aside; the only concession allowed

was to refer a few of the more innocuous suggestions for consideration by a commit-tee run by the powerbrokers themselves. Th e cowardice, the shame of it.

But hang on a minute: the push for reform is in fact com-ing from the dreaded left , the bunch of latte-sipping, basket-weaving anarchists The Aus-tralian, along with all its right thinking readers (and by golly they are right thinking – most of their thinking is to the right of Genghis Khan) wants wiped from the face of the earth. Th ese are the people totally out of touch with ordinary Austra-lians. Give their airy-fairy ideas any real credence or substance and it would mark the end of society as we know it.

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

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

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

Where Gillard’s problem is diff erent is that her resolve and conviction will be tested on the fl oor of the House of Represen-tatives: a private member’s bill to change the marriage act will inevitably be introduced early next year and the Prime Min-ister can hardly avoid voting on it. The Australian can be relied

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

In practice most of what happened at Darling Harbour last weekend will not be of any lasting signifi cance. When we get down to the nitty gritty of the next two years it will, as always, be the economy, stu-pid, and here is where both sides of politics are likely to fl ounder. Th ere is now a grow-ing belief among professional economists that Europe may prove unsalvageable and even if complete collapse can be avoided, the threat of it is like-ly to provoke a crisis of con-fi dence among investors and lenders which will produce something horribly similar.

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

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

Indeed, even The Austra-lian may be pushing it to fi nd an open boutique to house its pet issue.

Cr Warren Polglase claims there is nothing wrong with his tipping off billionaire developer Bob Ell about an email sent by Greens Cr Katie Milne to the press detailing alleged links between the Leda group owner and murdered standover man Michael McGurk.

The veteran councillor said if someone was saying ‘derogatory things’ about himself, he too would ‘want to know’. That’s all well and good, but the email, however it came into Cr Polglase’s posses-sion, was sent to the developer soon after and used nine months later to mount a defamation case against the outspoken Greens councillor.

Cr Milne, who is defending the defamation action, has been re-lentless in opposing plans by the developer for two massive town-ship developments at Cobaki and Kings Forest because of their impact on the environment, and on koala habitat in particular.

Indeed, Leda has complained in some recent ‘dirt fi les’ critical of council planners, consultants and others, that these actions have cost the company millions.

Understandably, the suspicion is therefore raised that Cr Polglase was acting in the interests of the developer fi rst and foremost, rather than his colleague on council.

Surely, if he felt so strongly about what he perceived to be derogatory comments in her email, he should have raised the issue in a confi dential session of council, instead of secretly passing the email on to the developer.

What was he hoping to gain from his action? Cr Milne says it demonstrates he was serving the interest of Mr Ell, who gave $80,000 to a war chest to fund the election campaign of the pro-development council led by Cr Polglase in 2004, which was sacked by the state government the following year and replaced with administrators.

The report on the inquiry which led to the sacking, by Professor Maurice Daly, was damning of the role played by a developer-funded group calling itself Tweed Directions, which bankrolled the pro-development faction’s campaign to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Professor Daly famously described Cr Polglase and his faction as mere instruments or ‘puppets’ of this group and its slush fund.

He found that the candidates ‘were imposters, being puppets of Tweed Directions’ and that ‘eff ectively they lied to the community.’ For his part Cr Polglase and others said they had done nothing wrong or illegal, but public trust and confi dence in the council, as Professor Daly observed, had been severely eroded as a result.

Ratepayers can therefore be forgiven for feeling not much has changed since then.

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Easy GM fi xIn relation to the appointment of a new general manager of Tweed Shire Council, why all the fuss?

Why the need to call ex-traordinary meetings of coun-cillors for discussions? Why the need to appoint consul-tants to advise? Tweed Shire is no diff erent from hundreds of councils Australia wide, so why all the theatrics?

Th e previous general man-ager exited under the cover of darkness, the present general manager has signalled his exit from the rooft ops.

Let’s cut the bullshit and the exorbitant salary, place a position vacant advertise-ment in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Tuesday local gov-ernment section and canvass applicants.

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

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

Th ey know who they are.Paul D Taylor

Murwillumbah

Rally for the koalaKings Forest is very much in the news lately.

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

pl?action=view_job&job_id=2642).

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

Please also attend the koala rally this Saturday (10th) from 10am to 12 noon where you can learn how to make your submission and have your say. Let’s show the planning de-partment how many people care about this area.

Th ere are 20 threatened spe-cies and six threatened eco-logical communities at Kings Forest and they all need maxi-mum protection. Bring a plac-ard (and maybe an umbrella?) and your kids. It’s their future too.

Menkit Prince

Uki

Cops betrayedHaving been well and truly shafted on their Death and Disability Scheme, individual cops are now at that unfor-

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

Tim Smerd

Bogangar

What’s Warren’s word worth?‘Guaranteed, this will happen.’ Polglase promised the Goori-mahbah gardens at Jack Ev-ans Boat Harbour, then voted against it. What is your word worth, Warren?

Dot was so desperate to defend their development debacle that lost $10.65 mil-lion in withheld federal funds that she abused council to de-fame and attack me: ‘ignorant, white man’ were her chosen slurs. Then, Dot too, votes against funding the fabricated Goorimahbah Gardens, in fa-vour of Arkinstall Park, coun-cil claiming Commonwealth Games is now the priority.

Th e Goorimahbah gymnas-tics by Crs Polglase and Hol-dom are political backfl ips the

likes of which one can only see at competitive events. Per-haps Polglase and Holdom could consider competing in the Commonwealth Games, not for their physical prow-ess, but for their dual double backflip about-face on the false Goorimahbah gardens, which could win a gold medal, if there was an event for mon-ey wasting.

James McKenzie

Mt Wollumbin

Uranium sale angerI believe that Justine Elliot MP has failed the electorate of Richmond as our representa-tive. In November, prior to the recent ALP conference, I asked Justine ‘do you support prime minister Gillard’s pro-posal to sell uranium to India, and if so, why?’ I received no response, not even so much as an automated reply.

As someone who is (or was) supportive of the Labor gov-ernment, I have to admit to being somewhat aghast and disenchanted by the proposal

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Letters to the EditorEmail: editor@tweedecho.com.auDeadline: Noon, TuesdayLetters longer than 200 words may be cut and pseudonyms are not acceptable.Please include your full name, address and phone number.

I am very concerned about the behaviour of Cr Warren Polglase in the role he played in landing Cr Milne in court, sued for defamation by Bob Ell.

One thing the court case has proved very clearly is where Cr Polglase’s loyalties really lie, when it comes to his mayoral role in Tweed Shire Council. He was elected to support the people of Tweed Shire, not  Bob Ell and his high-density mini-city proj-ects. Cr Polglase says he did nothing wrong in passing on Cr Milne’s email, without her permission, to developer Bob Ell.

An ethical person realis-ing their colleague could get into trouble for saying cer-tain things would have taken her aside and suggested she changed it. But not Councillor I-did-nothing-wrong Polglase. He rats on her instead, to get her into trouble. Irrespective

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

It is now quite obvious that Cr Polglase had and has a confl ict of interest between his role as a shire represen-tative of the people and his underhand support of Leda’s very questionable major proj-ects in Kings Forest and Co-baki lakes. Has Cr Polglase ever declared any confl ict of interest at a council meeting? If he has one then he should do so at the next meeting and withdraw from any business concerning the Leda projects.

Chris Degenhardt

Nobbys Creek

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

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

To earn that nickname he’d have to prove that he was a repeat off ender. He’d have to show us evidence that this wasn’t the only time that he’d voluntarily passed on infor-mation of interest to Bob Ell.

At the moment we don’t have any such evidence, but if it did exist, would Cr Polglase voluntarily hand over such in-formation to us, even though it is of interest to us?

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

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

Lau Guerreiro

Murwillumbah

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

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

Th e Wikipedia article con-tains quite a lot about the al-leged relationship between Bob Ell and Michael McGurk and lots of other shady char-acters.

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

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

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

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

Paul Burton

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

I am a father of one, and step-father of three other chil-dren; a world polluted by ra-diation imperils their future. I consider the expansion of ura-nium mining within our own borders and its sale to unstable countries such as India a seri-ous problem.

Th e negative health eff ects and reproductive impacts of radiation are well established, and need not be repeated. I have indirect experience with the health eff ects of atomic ex-plosions; my maternal grand-father was exposed to the British atomic, biological and chemical tests at Maralinga. He had only half a mouth, causing all sorts of problems, such as diffi culty eating food; and his experience scarred him psychologically so that

he was never able to relate to his family. Besides this, there are certain recent world events (Japan) which demonstrate unambiguously the peril of nuclear power plants. Th ere is also the very real concern of the use of uranium in a cold-war style arms race by India and Pakistan.

Th e proposal to sell uranium to a country that even now un-ashamedly sells asbestos hous-ing materials to its poorest citizens (as reported on ABC’s Foreign Correspondent) does not provide me with hope that India’s government has a ma-ture attitude towards safety and compassion for human life. Nuclear fallout has been poorly handled in our own ‘developed’ country, with milk contamina-tion being a major issue in the 1950s and 60s, and our service-men, such as my Grandpa Bill, being irradiated, mutilated and then neglected by the govern-ment. How can we expect In-dia to do any better?

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

Sam Dawson

Eungella

Not set in stoneTh e noisy few at Hasting Point who continue to make a fuss over a house need to remem-ber that the Development Control Plan is only a guide and is not legislation!

Robert Harris

Hastings Point

Role modelsOn a recent Saturday, I re-turned on an early-morning Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to find car parking almost impossible at the north end of Kingscliff .

Any brief annoyance on my part was allayed when I real-ised that the summer season had started and a surf carni-

val involving young people was being conducted on the beach. Parents were selfl ess-ly sacrifi cing their free time to ensure that young people gained the skills to be good, healthy citizens.

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

That idyllic picture was shattered during the follow-ing week as tenants in neigh-bouring apartments disturbed our peace with loud, abusive arguments and bad language. At the same time they failed to provide adequate supervision for their off spring who played in dangerous locations where traffi c was passing.

On the following Saturday night, late-night parties were held in nearby homes with large numbers of young peo-ple keeping us awake, drinking alcohol, swearing and urinat-ing in our driveway while re-moving palings from our back fence. Two calls were made to local police without avail, so around midnight I confronted some of the people involved. One inebriated girl, lying in front of an illegally parked four-wheel drive, greeted me cheerily as she sat amongst a pile of empty beer cans and asked why I was recording the registration number of the of-fending vehicle.

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

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

In writing this, I make a plea to adults in the commu-nity. Please provide positive role models for your children. Here is a message for young people. Don’t allow the bad behaviour of some adults to be an excuse for your own behav-iour. You have a brain; use it. Seek out those adults who re-spect you, respect themselves and contribute positively to society. Enjoy the coming sea-son of goodwill. May it extend throughout the year.

Neville Jennings

Kingscliff

Lockers out locked outTh e coal-seam gas (CSG) is-sue is causing dangerously high levels of stress and anxi-ety in many constituents. It is endangering the health of life and land. People need infor-mation; a closed-door policy is not the answer. If the lack of space/time to adequately address all relevant concerns presented a problem for Mr George, that surely indicates, unambiguously, constituents’ overwhelming concerns re-garding CSG.

Interestingly, those persons to whom Mr George dem-onstrated so little care and respect yesterday included, amongst others, those same persons who have, for years, supported him.

People that one would as-sume must be invited were overlooked. Given that the closing of doors was, as stated by Mr George, due to the need for lack of interruption, and not in order to keep the ma-jority uninformed, one would hope that the minutes of that meeting will now be made

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

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

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

Linnie LambrechtsenCawongla

Disability Day thanksCongratulations to Uki and Stokers Siding primary schools for participating in ac-tivities to celebrate the Inter-national Day for People with a Disability on December 3, and also to OnQ for holding a spe-cial morning tea for staff and visitors from the community.

Th anks to NICAN, all stu-dents were provided with a variety of mementos and edu-cational tools to celebrate the occasion and the Rehab Unit at Murwillumbah Hospital enabled the children at Uki to experience a range of mobil-ity aids.

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

We hope more schools will become involved in this valu-able awareness-raising pro-gram next year.

Maggie Wilkins-Russell

and Julie Lewin

Uki

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Th e Productivity Commission has completed a report into aged care and has submitted it to the federal government along with a number of rec-ommendations. One of these recommendations is that in valuing the assets to deter-mine the amount of bond an elderly person must pay to en-ter a nursing home the value of the family home should be included.

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

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

and would take out a mort-gage on the family home. In-terest would be charged on the mortgage and would not be paid but would accumulate. Before long interest would be charged on that interest and then interest on that interest and so on.

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

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

this would be any diff erent. Most of us have worked

more than half a century to reach retirement and have paid a lot more in taxation than the value of our house. Th is recommendation is like a genetic disease. It doesn’t just devastate us, its eff ects are passed on to our kids.

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

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

Jim O’Regan Murwillumbah

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Garden ClubMurwillumbah and District Gar-den Club annual presentation: overall pointscore winner John Bennet, runner up Ted Chilcott. Next meeting Monday, January 23, at the Jesse McMillan Hall, Wollumbin Street, Murwillum-bah. New members welcome. AGM on Monday, February 27.

Christmas danceLions Club of Tweed Coast South Christmas dance with Darryl Honeyman’s Biggish Band at Burringbar Hall, Saturday, De-cember 17, 7.30pm till late. Adults $10, children $5, tea, coff ee and supper included.

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

Dance workshopA professional integrated dance

workshop for people with and

without disabilities will be held

December 17 and 18 at Mur-

willumbah High School from

9.30am to 5pm. The Heart Beat

Dance Workshop is presented

by Restless Dance Theatre from

Adelaide and ends with a short

community performance. On

December 16, a masterclass is

on off er to any dance teacher or

participants, cost for both is $50,

for info call Leanne on 02 6672

6965.

Red Cross

Tweed Heads Red Cross gift

wrapping is being carried out

at Tweed City shopping centre

every day until Christmas, dona-

tion a gold coin. Next monthly

meeting is December 11, begin-

ning with morning tea at 9.30am

in the community room at the

shopping centre.

View ClubsTweed Coast View Club (King-scliff to Pottsville) are holding their Christmas luncheon meet-ing at the Beach Bar, Cabarita, on Monday, December 12 from 11.30am. Come along and enjoy the entertainment. AGM to be held in February. For info call Heather 02 6670 4013.Twin Towns Evening View Club meets for the fi nal time this year on Wednesday, December 14, 6.30pm (DST) at Tweed Heads Bowls Club. Christmas celebra-tions include entertainment by Kerry Stephens. Please bring a $5 Kris Kringle donation and goods for hampers. Meetings resume February 8, 2012 with AGM. For info call Barbara on 07 5523 1057 by 1pm Monday prior.

ZONTAZONTA Club of Southern Gold

Coast/Tweed meets third Mon-

day of each month in Secret Gar-

den Room, South Tweed Sports

Club, 4 Minjungbal Drive, South

Tweed. For info on community

and international projects call

Marie-Elise 0412 632 304 or Caro-

lyn 0416 637 771.

Library storage neededFriends of Tweed Heads Library

need storage space for books

accumulated by donations for

our annual book sale. An unused

lockable, easily accessible dry

garage would be ideal. All profi ts

from our book sale are spent

on improving library facilities.

Friends of the Library meet fourth

Wednesday of the month at

10.30am at the library to discuss

recently reads books. New mem-

bers welcome. If you can help call

Rosalind on 07 5524 3342.

Banora Point communityBanora Point Community Centre senior program has various groups available on Tuesday afternoons and all day Fridays. If you are interested in card playing, Stretch your Mind, Tai Chi, Mah Jong, scrapbooking, art, Scrabble, gentle exercise with weights call Lyn on 0755 232030. The centre is on the corner of Leisure and Woodland Drives, Banora Point.

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

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

Men’s acappellaAre you of the male variety, can sing and possess a sense of comedy, then come and join Men Wot Sing acappella singers. We perform at various func-tions, weddings, corporate gigs, festivals, and charities. Check us out on menwotsing.com.au or call Lou on 0419 735 633.

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

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

LifeballLifeball is an exercise sport similar to netball but played at walking pace by senior men and women. Chinderah: sessions every Tuesday 9.30am–11.30am at Tweed Supersports Centre, Chin-derah. For info call Jill 02 6674 0636 or George 02 6624 4558.Pottsville: men and women players needed, sessions every Thursday 9.30am to 11.30am at Pottsville Community Hall, Coast Road, Pottsville. For info call Ruth 02 6676 0411.NashosTweed Valley Murwillumbah Na-tional Servicemen’s Association meet the third Tuesday of the month at 10am at the new ad-dress of Murwillumbah Sporties (Bowls Club) Condong Street, Murwillumbah. For more info call Peter at 0458 060 765 or Keith at 07 5524 5679. New members welcome.

Low cost groceriesFinding it tough going? Come

and see us at Elevation Care,

56 Caloola Drive, Tweed Heads,

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

10am to 2pm. Huge variety and

quality food. Bring your bags. For

info call 07 5507 6999.

Justices of the PeaceTweed Justices of the Peace will

cease witnessing signatures at

Tweed City on December 15,

returning on January 19 and

Centro on December 13, return-

ing on January 17. For info call

Donna on 0414 894 368. Also, JP

witnessing at Red Monkey Cafe,

Kingscliff , Tuesday and Thursday

9am-midday, call Norman on

0412 473 575.

End of Life ChoicesFor information about End of Life

Choices workshops and meet-

ings that will be held during the

rest of the year, call Elaine on

0421 796 713. 

MuseumTweed River Regional Museum

(Tweed Heads) will be closed

from Wednesday, December 14

to Tuesday, January 3.

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NIghtOwl Super Pottsville Waters has wel-comed its new store manager Phil Ryan.

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

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

Mr Ryan has also worked in Moree and Armidale.

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

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

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

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

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

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Pottsville Waters Shopping Centre, 28–40 Over-all Drive, Pottsville Waters and is open daily from 6am until 10pm.

For more information check out NightOwl Convenience on Facebook or visit www.night-owl.com.au.

This notice space is available free to not-for- profi t community organisations. Deadline Tuesday noon.

Dragons AbreastMt Warning Dragons Abreast is a member club of Dragons Abreast Australia which aims to improve the quality of life of its members, who are breast cancer survivors and their supporters. Dragon Boat paddling with a Dragons Abreast club provides a sense of purpose and support for breast cancer survivors and represents a beacon of hope to individuals newly diagnosed with cancer and their families. The Mt Warning Dragons Abreast members, called Warning Belles, paddle on the Tweed River, Condong. If you have had a diagnosis of breast cancer you would be warmly welcomed to join us. For info call Robyn on 6672 4774 or 0427 368 819.

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At the Repsychlers Op-Shop we give unwanted pre-loved goods of all sorts a second chance, often saving them from

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The Op-Shop is an Australian Disability Enterprise, and provides employment opportunities for people living with mental illness. All workers are paid employees; every dollar made from sales supports the viability of this important service.

Support the Op-Shop to provide an increasingly sought-after service to the community. A free pickup service of donations can be arranged; a delivery service is available too at a small fee.

We are open 9.30am to 4pm Monday–Saturday at 56 Recreation Street, Tweed Heads. Phone 07 5536 2537.

Bangalow Dining creates great food that showcases a selection of world-class produce that the north coast hinterland is renowned for.

The lovely dining space on the high verandah and the intimate dining room play elegant host to a modern, sophisticated menu. In the hotel, enjoy a clever interpretation of the classic Australian pub menu all day.

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OPEN THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR PERIODNormal opening hours 11am til late, 7 nights. CHRISTMAS DAY 5.30 – 8.30pm Open for Christmas Lunch for group bookings $35/pp (Advanced bookings essential) BOXING DAY 5.30 - 9.00pm New Years Eve & New Years Day open normal hours

FESTIVE SPECIALSCatering available for functions & parties for dine-in. Banquet menus starting from $19.95/pp, no corkage. Home catering available.Most dishes can be altered to vegetarian, to your choice of meat and / or made gluten-free.

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BBQ Duck Noodles

NEW VEGETARIAN TREATS

(*most dishes on the full menu can be made vegetarian)

Deep fried tofu w/ peanut sauce $5

Crispy mixed vegetable $6.95

Stirfried Pumpkin & Egg $12

Vegetable Lovers Green Stirfry w/ Thai-style yellow bean sauce $13

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

StartersOysters – Natural 1/2 dz 14.00 1 dozen 27.00 – Kilpatrick 1/2 dz 15.00 1 dozen 29.00Lemon Pepper Calamari 15.00Calamari lightly dusted, fl ash fried on a bed of salad with lemon and roasted garlic aioli

Coconut Crusted Prawns 16.00served with baby salad and curry lime mayo

Antipasto Plate Della Casa 19.00a selection of cured meat, olives, cheese and grissini croutons

SidesSteamed Seasonal Vegetables 6.50Fries sml 4.00 lge 7.00Wedges with sour cream & sweet chilli 8.90Side Salad 4.50

Ligggggggggggggght mealsBeef Burger 14.00with lettuce, tomato, cheese, egg, caramelised onion, bbq sauce & fries

Chicken Burger 15.00with lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, brie aioli & fries

Steak Sandwich rib fi llet, salad, bacon & chutney 17.00Chicken Schnitzel with fries & salad 14.00Chicken Parmigiana with fries & salad 16.50Caba Fish & Chips with salad & tartare 12.00Beer Battered Flathead Fillets 15.00with fries & salad

Seafood Basket with fries & salad 17.00Warm Thai Beef Salad 18.00Caesar Salad 16.00 w chicken 19.00 w salmon 20.00Prawn & Roast Pumpkin Salad 20.00Greek Salad 14.50

Steak350g Rump Steak with chips & salad 25.00500g T-bone Steak with chips & salad 27.00200g Eye Fillet 29.00with roasted garlic mash, fi eld mushrooms, baby spinach & roast tomato

300g Rib Fillet 26.00with roasted garlic mash, fi eld mushrooms, baby spinach & roast tomato

Choose a Sauce

Steak Topper – 1/2 Doz Garlic Prawns 7.00

MainsTrio of Mushroom Risotto 19.00with a porcini & rosemary base tossed in whlte wine & parmesan cream

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

Mediterranean Penne Pasta 18.00with olives, roasted peppers, mushrooms, shallots in a tomato & white wine sauce

Chilli Prawn & Chorizo Fettucine 20.00in a fresh tomato & basil sauce with baby spinach & shaved parmesan

Grilled Barramundi with chips & salad 20.00Crispy Skin Salmon 24.00on roasted garlic mash, sauteed greens & balsamic glaze

Chicken Supreme 24.00chicken wrapped in proscuitto stuffed with mushroom & cheese duxelle on garlic mash, sauteed greens & rich roasted pepper sauce

Kids 12 years and under

Kids Beef Burger & Chips 9.00Steak ’n’ Chips with Salad 9.00Fish ’n’ Chips with Salad 9.00Cheesy Penne Napoli 9.00Chicken Nuggets & Chips 9.00Lasagne & Chips 9.00All kids’ meals come with ice cream

Monday-Friday 12-2.30, 5.30-8.30 Saturday & Sunday 12–8.30pm

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SIZES 8-30

Television Guide

1. Huang Wen Bin plays the child Li Cunxin in

Mao’s Last Dancer (NBN, Saturday, 9.40pm), Bruce

Beresford’s fi lm of the book of a dancer growing up

in the Cultural Revolution and going on to world

fame. To fi nd out what Li Cunxin is up to these days,

visit Li Cunxin www.licunxin.com. If you’re not into

the terpsichorean arts you can catch the classic

comedy Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, Tony

Curtis and Jack Lemmon on ABC2 at 8.4opm.

2. ABC1 continues its heartening series When

Teenage Meets Old Age (Sunday, 9.35pm), in which

British teens mingle with an older generation.

According to the BBC guide, ‘… four young people

who have little or no contact with the elderly have

volunteered to work as carers in a retirement village.

It’s the start of an inspirational and emotional

journey of discovery for both sides of the generation

gap.’ It’s also an experiment which would have great

value in Byron Shire with its ageing population.

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ABC 14.00 rage (G) 5.00 Can We Help? 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Land Girls 2.10 National Cultural Policy 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.25 World Café Asia Calcutta 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 My Family 8.30 Midsomer Murders (M) 10.05 The Old Guys10.35 Late Edition News 10.45 Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight (M) 11.45 Tracey Ullman’s State Of The Union (M) 12.10 rage (MA)

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 River Monsters 8.30 Friday Night Lights (M) 9.30 Dogs In Space (M)11.15 Marathon Boy (M) 12.15 Cold Feet (M) 1.05 Blade Of The Immortal (M) 1.30 Root Of All Evil (M) 1.55 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 One Plus One 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Technology Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.30 One Plus One 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Technology Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 ABC News 1.30 Contact Sport 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 One Plus One

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Breaking Boundaries 2.30 The Squiz 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Coast 8.30 As It Happened Killer

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

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

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Chef At Home South

America 7.00 Peta Unplugged In

Marrakech 7.30 Brick City 8.30 The Staircase (M) 9.30 Movie: Silmido (MAV

2004) South Korean action

11.55 Movie: Blood Brothers (MAV 2007) Mandarin drama 1.40 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 The Project 7.30 Jamie’s Great Britain 8.30 Movie: Mission

Impossible (M 1996) US action. Tom Cruise, Jon Voight

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

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 10.00 Sex And The City (MA)11.10 The Late Late Show 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD6.00 Bundesliga Football – Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen 8.00 NBL Basketball – Cairns v Gold Coast 10.00 ATP World Tour Tennis 10.30 NFL America’s Game 11.30 National Football League – LIVE 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 4x4 Adventures 6.00 Jeopardy!

6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Master Of Disaster 8.30 An Idiot Abroad (M) 9.30 Miami Swat (M) 10.30 Out Of Control11.30 Pro Bull Riding 12.30 Omnisport 1.00 Serie A Football 3.00 Arsenal Football

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Shark Swarm (M) 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 7.30 Better Homes & Gardens 8.30 Lewis (M) 10.30 Natural Mysteries11.45 Perfect Couples 12.15 Movie: Chasing Papi (PG 2002) US comedy. Sofi a Vergara, Roselyn Sanchez 2.00 Home Shopping

7TWO6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Brothers & Sisters (M) 1.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 One Foot In The Grave 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Are You Being Served? 7.40 One Foot In The Grave 9.10 Escape To The Country 10.10 To The Manor Bowen11.10 The Lakes 11.40 Movie: Half Broken Things (M 2007) UK thriller. Daniel Mays, Penelope Wilton 1.40 Australian Open Tennis 2005: Saffi n v Hewitt 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Simon And Simon 1.00 The Equalizer (M) 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 Gary Unmarried 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Gene Simmons Family

Jewels 8.30 My Name Is Earl 9.30 Reaper (M) 10.30 Jersey Shore (M)

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

NBN5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.30 Hi-5 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 6.30 A Current Aff air 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Movie: No Reservations

(PG 2007) US comedy. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart

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

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Movie: Scooby Doo

And The Cyber Chase (G 2001) Animation

7.30 Movie: The Pink Panther (PG 2006) US comedy. Steve Martin, Kevin Kline

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

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

GEM6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Saturday Island (PG 1952) WWII romance. Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter 2.00 Sea Patrol 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Richard Hammond’s

Invisible Worlds 8.30 Law & Order (M) 9.30 Movie: The Prestige (M

2006) US drama. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale

12.00 Conan (M) 1.00 Psychic TV 2.30 Movie: Sweeney! (M 1976) UK drama. Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster 4.20 Murder, She Wrote 5.30 The Golden Girls

FRIDAY 9

ABC 15.00 rage (PG) 11.00 Choccywoccy-doodah 11.30 At The Movies 12.00 My Family 12.30 Elders: Clive James 1.00 WNBL Basketball LIVE – Canberra v Sydney Uni 3.00 W-League Football LIVE – Brisbane v Adelaide 5.00 Bowls: Australia v RSA 6.00 Men’s Champions Hockey 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The One Ronnie 8.20 Miss Marple 9.50 Graham Norton Show (M)10.40 Gunrush (MA) 12.10 rage (MA)

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Program 7.00 Monkey Thieves 7.30 Heston Blumenthal’s

Perfect Christmas 8.30 At The Movies 8.40 Movie: Some Like It Hot

(PG 1959) US comedy. Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis

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

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC News 6.00 7.30 6.30 Message Stick 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.45 Technology Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.45 Consumer Quarter 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 7.30 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Foreign Correspondent 4.00 ABC News 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 5.30 One Plus One 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Australian Story 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This Week 8.00 Four Corners 8.45 Arts Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 State To State 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 Select 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Foreign Correspondent 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 7.30 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

SBS 15.00 World News 5.05 World News 1.00 The Infernal Comedy 2.45 The Trouble With Tolstoy 4.00 Terry Jones 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Prototype This 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Big, Bigger, Biggest 8.30 Mythbusters 9.30 RocKwiz 10.20 Movie: Priceless (M 2006)

French romantic comedy12.15 SOS (G/M) 1.15 South Park (M)

2.10 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News

6.00 A Fork In The Road Washington DC

6.30 Food Trip 7.30 Pray The Devil Back To

Hell 8.40 European Film Awards

2011 10.25 Movie: Everything Will

Be Fine (MA 2010) Danish thriller

12.10 Movie: Phileine Says Sorry (MA 2003) Dutch romantic comedy 1.50 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Landed Music 12.30 Hit Rater.Com 1.00 Stories From The Harbour 2.00 Rok Adventure 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 3.30 Making Tracks 4.00 Escape With ET 5.00 Ten News 6.30 Movie: Buff y The

Vampire Slayer (PG 1992) US comedy. Kirsty Swanson, Luke Perry

8.30 Movie: Taken (M 2008) French action. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace

10.25 Movie: Soapdish (M 1991) US comedy. Sally Field, Kevin Kline

12.30 Burn Notice (M) 2.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.30 Frasier 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.30 Star Trek: Voyager11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD6.00 World Rally Championship 7.00 Pro Bull Riding 8.00 NBL Basketball – Sydney v Adelaide 10.00 WWE Experience 11.00 X Venture Corporate Games 12.00 World Cup Triathlon 1.00

Polo In The City 1.30 Serie A Football 2.00 World Championship Sailing LIVE – Perth 5.00 Holiday Dream Team 5.30 I Fish 6.00 Save Point 6.30 WWE Experience 7.30 Fear Factor 8.30 Forensics Under Fire (M) 9.30 48 Hours (M) 10.30 NBL Basketball Cairns v

Melbourne12.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 1.30 NBL Basketball: Sydney v Adelaide 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Serie A Football – Parma v Palermo

PRIME6.30 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 2.00 V8 Xtra 3.00 Motorsport 4.00 That ’70s Show 4.30 A Man And His Dogs 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 No Leave No Life 7.00 Movie: Chicken Run (G

2000) Animation 8.50 Movie: Doubt (M 2008)

US drama. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoff man

11.00 That ’70s Show 12.00 Movie: Dying On The Edge (M 2001) US drama. John Heard, Andrew Hawkes 2.10 Home Shopping

7TWO6.30 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Sandcastles 9.00 Better Homes And Gardens 10.00 The Great Outdoors 11.00 Queensland Weekender 11.30 Great South East 12.00 Creek To Coast 12.30 The Travel Bug 1.30 Weekend Kitchen 5.00 The Good Life 5.40 Are You Being Served? 6.50 To The Manor Born 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Taggart (M) 10.40 Rome (MA)11.40 Movie: Storm Center (PG 1956) US drama. Bette Davis, Brian Keith 1.30 Australian Open Tennis 2001: Clement v Grosjean

7MATE6.00 The Jeff Foxworthy Show 6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 12.30 Panic Mechanics 1.00 Zoom TV 2.00 Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes 3.00 Monster Garage 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 Monster Fish 6.30 Mighty Structures 7.30 Mega Movers 8.30 Shockwave (M) 9.30 Mega Disasters 10.30 The Universe11.30 Unsolved Mysteries (M) 12.30 Jeff Foxworthy Show 1.00 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 1.30 Panic Mechanics 2.00

The Incredible Hulk 3.00 Six Million Dollar Man 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today 9.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 First Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest

Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Polar Express (G

2004) Animation 8.40 Lotto 9.40 Movie: Mao’s Last

Dancer (PG 2009) Australian biography. Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood

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

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Bewitched 1.30 Married With Children 2.30 Teen Mum 4.30 Dukes Of Hazzard 5.30 Total Wipeout UK 6.30 Top Gear USA 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Movie: Sphere (M

1998) US drama. Dustin Hoff man, Sharon Stone

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

GEM6.00 Movie: Saturday Island (PG 1952) WWII romance. Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter 8.00 Infomercials 9.00 Movie: Mr Forbush And The Penguins (PG 1971) UK adventure. John Hurt, Hayley Mills 11.10 The Avengers 12.10 Movie: A Summer Place (PG 1959) US romance. Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire 2.50 Movie: 55 Days At Peking (G 1963) US drama. Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner 6.00 The Golden Girls 7.30 Antiques Roadshow 8.30 CSI: NY (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 CSI (M)11.30 Conan (M) 12.20 Psychic TV 1.50 Movie: Jules Verne’s Rocket To The Moon (G 1967) UK scifi . Burl Ives, Troy Donahue 4.00 Movie: Mr Forbush And The Penguins

SATURDAY 10

ABC 15.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The World This Week 10.00 ABC News 10.40 Christianity: A History 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Beachcomber Cottage 1.00 7.30 1.30 Message Stick (M) 2.00 The Story Of India 3.00 The Magnifi cent Tati 4.00 Making War Horse 5.00 Dance Academy 5.30 Men’s Champions Hockey 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Restoration Home 8.30 Upstairs Downstairs 9.35 When Teenage Meets

Old Age10.35 Wuthering Heights 11.50 Ladies Of Letters 12.15 Restoration Home 1.20 Sisters (M) 2.00 When Teenage Meets Old Age 3.05 Desert Lions

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 At The Movies 7.30 Voyage To The Planets

Uranus and Neptune 8.30 Sunday Best (M) 10.10 London Live The

Courteeners Special10.40 R.E.M. At The BBC 11.40 Beautiful Noise: Ron Sexsmith 12.35 triple j tv’s One Night Stand 2008 (M) 1.05 Scrapheap Challenge 1.50 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 Big Ideas 5.00 Newshour 6.00 7.30 6.30 Message Stick 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 Select 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Big Ideas 8.45 Health Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The World This Week 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Tonic 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 7.30 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Australian Story 4.00 ABC News 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 5.30 Catalyst 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Foreign Correspondent 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Big Ideas 9.30 Tonic 10.00 ABC News 10.30 The World This Week 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Australian Story 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 7.30 Select 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

SBS 15.00 World News 8.30 PopAsia 10.30 Football Asia 11.00 Football Feature 12.00 UEFA Champions League 12.30 Speedweek 2.00 World News 3.00 Chris Botti Live 4.00 The Chilean Mine Rescue 5.00 Cycling Central 6.00 Thalassa 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 The Bible A History 8.30 The Promise (M)

10.10 Movie: I Always Wanted To Be A Gangster (M 2007) French comedy

12.10 Movie: 53 Winter Days (M 2006) Spanish drama 1.50 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 6.00 More Than A Fiesta 6.35 Italian Food Challenge 7.30 Ninja Warrior 8.00 Unbeatable Banzuke 8.30 Escape To The Legion (M) 9.30 Movie: The Mystery Of

The Yellow Room (M 2003) French mystery

11.35 Movie: Darling (M 2007) Swedish drama 1.15 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Ironman Preview 1.30 I Fish 2.30 The Biggest Loser 3.30 Everybody Hates Chris 4.00 All 4 Adventure 4.30 Ozzie Holiday 5.00 Ten News 6.30 Merlin 7.30 It’s A Knockout 8.30 Movie: Mission

Impossible II (M 2000) US action. Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton

11.05 Movie: Match Point (M 2005) UK drama. Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers 2.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 Movie: The Rocker (M

2008) US comedy. Bradley Cooper, Rainn Wilson

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

ONE HD6.00 Serie A Football 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 World Of Free Sports 8.00 Volvo Ocean Race 9.00 Rok Adventure 10.00 World Rally Championship 11.00 Australian Rally Championship 12.00

UFC 140 Prelims – LIVE 1.00 Airline 1.30 Fear Factor 2.30 Australian Swimmer Of The Year Awards 3.00 Jaguar Adventure 4.00 4x4 Adventures 5.00 World Championship Sailing LIVE – Perth 8.00 Cops 8.30 Movie: The Happening

(MA 2008) US thriller. Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel

10.45 NBL Basketball Wollongong v Perth

12.30 NBL Basketball – Cairns v Melbourne 2.30 ATP World Tour Tennis 3.00 World Of Free Sports 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 NFL Total Access 5.00 National Football League – LIVE

PRIME6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Business Builders 10.30 Under The Hammer 11.00 Kids’ Programs 2.00 That ’70s Show 2.30 Movie: D2 – The Mighty Ducks (G 1994) US comedy. Emilio Estevez, Michael Tucker 4.45 Fawlty Towers 5.30 New Zealand On A Plate 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Christmas With The Stars 7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.00 Coastwatch 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Royal Pains (M)11.30 Love Bites (M) 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

7TWO6.30 Step By Step 7.00 Head Of The Class 7.30 Perfect Strangers 8.00 The Hogan Family 8.30 Ugly Betty 9.20 Route 66 10.15 Naked City 10.45 Murphy Brown 11.15 Movie: Cruisin’ Down The River (G 1953) US musi-cal. Dick Haymes, Audrey Totter 1.00 Movie: Pepe (G 1961) Mexican comedy. Cantinfl as, Dan Daily 4.30 All Creatures Great & Small 6.30 Test Kitchen 7.00 Country Calendar 7.30 The Royal 8.30 Escape To The Country 10.30 Homes Under The

Hammer11.45 The World At War 12.50 No Going Back 1.50 Movie: Duplex (M 2003) US comedy. Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore 3.40 Route 66 4.30 Leyland Brothers World 5.30 Home Shopping

7MATE6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 V8 Xtra 10.00 Man V Food 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 12.30 Zoom TV 1.30 Panic Mechanics 2.00 Riding With Rossi 3.00 Monster Garage 5.00 Drew Carey Show 5.30 Smash Lab 6.30 Verminators 7.30 Mythbusters

8.30 Movie: Smokey And The Bandit (M 1977) US comedy. Burt Reynolds, Sally Field

10.30 Warehouse 13 (M)12.30 Caprica (M) 2.30 Man V Food 3.00 Six Million Dollar Man 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Christmas With The

Australian Women’s Weekly

7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 CSI (M) 10.30 The Commander (M) 11.30 Flashpoint (M) 12.30 The Baron 1.30 Spyforce 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Picture This With Quickfl ix 1.30 Take 40 Live Presents… 2.30 Spin City 3.30 The Bachelor 5.30 Survivor: South Pacifi c 6.30 Teen Mum 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: xXx (M 2002)

US action. Vin Diesel, Samuel L Jackson

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

GEM6.00 Religion 6.30 Movie: Tales Of Beatrix Potter (G 1972) The Royal Ballet 8.30 Infomercials 9.30 Movie: San Antonio (PG 1945) Western. Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith 12.00 Movie: Travels With My Aunt (PG 1972) US adventure. Maggie Smith, Lou Gossett Jr 2.00 Getaway 3.00 Movie: PT 109 (G 1963) WWII drama. Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp 6.00 The Golden Girls 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.00 Yes Minister 8.30 Movie: The Wedding

Planner (PG 2001) US comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey

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

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ABC 14.00 rage (G) 5.00 Stuff 5.30 Collectors 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Best Of Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Monarch Of The Glen 1.30 The Free Range Cook 2.00 Bed Of Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Grand Designs 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Who’s Been Sleeping In

My House? 8.30 The Hour (M) 9.30 Kevin McCloud’s Grand

Tour (M)10.35 Silent Witness (M) 11.30 Darling Buds Of May 12.20 The Hour (M) 1.20 Poirot (M) 3.00 Bowls: Australia v RSA

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Three Hungry Boys 8.00 Outnumbered 8.30 Haven (M) 9.30 Breaking Bad (M) 10.15 Graham Norton Show (M)11.05 River Monsters 11.55 London Live: Maroon 5, The Magic Numbers, Akon, Kaiser Chiefs 12.25 Zoo Days 12.50 Scrapheap Challenge 1.35 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The World This Week 4.30 One Plus One 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Environment Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Environment Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Dispatches 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Environment Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Dispatches

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 The Hidden Face Of Fear 2.00 India Reborn 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Futbol Mundial 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Man vs Wild 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Housos (MA) 10.30 Skins (MA)11.30 The World Game 12.30 Movie: My Father Is An Engineer

(M 2004) French drama 2.25 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Chef At Home South

America 7.00 Peta Unplugged In

Marrakech 7.30 The Truth About

Cigarettes 8.30 Underwater Dream

Machine 9.30 The World Game 10.30 Movie: Empire Of

Passion (MAV 1978) Japanese horror

12.25 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 The Project 7.30 Modern Family 8.00 Rules Of Engagement 8.30 The Glades (M) 9.30 Offspring (M) 10.30 Go Girls (M)11.30 The Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 Futurama 8.30 Smallville (M) 10.30 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD6.00 National Football League – LIVE 11.15 Omnisport 11.45 World Of Free Sports 12.20 National Football League – LIVE 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I Fish 6.00 Jeopardy! 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops

7.30 Psych 8.30 Burn Notice (M) 9.30 Blue Bloods (M) 10.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M)11.30 World Rally Championship 12.30 Omnisport 1.00 MotoGP Classic 2.00 Serie A Football 2.30 Arsenal Football 5.30 500 Great Goals

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: All I Want (PG 2002) Canadian comedy. Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 7.30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 8.00 Drug Bust 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 Air Crash Investigations 10.30 Royal Pains (M)11.30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians (M) 12.00 Cannibal Crusade 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Are You Being Served? 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Are You Being Served? 7.40 Heartbeat 8.40 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 9.40 The Bill (M)10.40 Six Feet Under (M) 11.45 Dawn Goes Lesbian (MA) 12.50 Mad About You 1.15 Who’s The Boss 1.45 Movie: Government Girl (G 1943) US comedy. Olivia De Havilland, Sonny Tufts 3.40 Shortland Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena: Warrior Princess 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 Gary Unmarried 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 How I Met Your Mother 8.30 Family Guy (M) 9.00 American Dad (M)

9.30 Family Guy (M) 10.30 My Name Is Earl11.00 Boston Legal (M) 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Hercules 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.30 Hi-5 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 Hot In Cleveland 8.25 Lotto 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 Harry’s Law (M) 10.30 Extreme Makeover11.30 Undercovers (M) 12.30 The Avengers 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.00 Aria Awards 2011 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me

Out Of Here 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 The Inbetweeners (MA) 9.30 Movie: Fired Up! (M

2009) US comedy. Nicholas D’agosto, Eric Christian Olsen

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

GEM6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: An Elephant Called Slowly (G 1970) UK adventure. Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Denegeres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Michaela’s Animal Road

Trip 8.30 Extreme Parental

Guidance 9.30 Hell’s Kitchen (MA) 10.30 Secret Diary Of A Call

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

MONDAY 12

ABC 14.00 rage (G) 5.00 Gardening Australia 5.30 First Tuesday Book Club 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Rivers 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Meerkat Manor 2.00 Bed Of Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Turn Back Time 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Nigella Kitchen 8.30 Grumpy Guide To The

Eighties (M) 9.30 The Real King’s Speech 10.20 Late Edition News 10.30 Spooks (M)11.25 The Pursuit Of Excellence 12.25 Grumpy Guide To The Eighties 1.25 Monarch Of The Glen 2.15 Movie: High, Wide And Handsome (PG 1937) US musical. Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Dirty Jobs 8.30 Peter Serafinowicz Show

Christmas Special (M) 9.00 Harry And Paul (M) 9.30 Green Wing (M) 10.25 Root Of All Evil (M)10.45 Arrested Development (M) 11.10 Torchwood (M) 12.00 Billable Hours (M) 12.25 What Would Happen If…1.10 Scrapheap Challenge 2.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Health Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Finance Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.30 Foreign Correspondent 9.00 The World 10.00 The Drum 10.45 Finance Quarter 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Foreign Correspondent

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Good Hands (PG 2001) Estonian drama 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Do You See What I See? 8.30 Go Back To Where You

Came From (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.05 Hot Docs

11.40 Movie: December Heat (M 2008) Estonian drama 1.20 Embedded With Sheik Hilaly (M) 2.20 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Chef At Home 7.00 Taste Takes Off 7.30 Lost Worlds The Heritage

Of Genghis Khan 8.30 As It Happened The

Children’s Odyssey (M) 9.30 Movie: Les Choristes (M

2004) French drama11.15 Movie: Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (G 2002) Dutch musical comedy 1.05 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 The Project 7.30 Modern Family 8.00 Rules Of Engagement 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 9.30 Offspring (M) 10.30 Go Girls (M)11.30 Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 The Office 9.30 American Horror Story (AV)10.30 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD6.00 Serie A Football 8.00 Ironman: Texas 9.00 The Storming 10.00 NBL Basketball – Wollongong v Perth 12.00 NFL America’s Game 1.00 Serie A Football 1.30 Lost Prophets 2.30 Save Point 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I

Fish 6.00 Jeopardy! 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Expedition Impossible 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 Rush (M) 10.30 24 (M) 11.30 The League (MA) 12.00 Save Point 12.30 National Football League 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Serie A Football 5.30 FA Cup Classic

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: A Perfect Day (PG 2006) US drama. Rob Lowe, Paget Brewster 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 7.30 Happy Endings 8.00 How I Met Your Mother 8.30 Movie: Out Of Time (M

2003) US drama. Denzel Washington, Eva Mendez

10.50 Keeping Up With The Kardashians (M) 12.15 House Calls To The Rescue 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Are You Being Served?

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Are You Being Served? 7.40 Dad’s Army 8.15 Keeping Up Appearances 9.50 The Bill (M)10.55 Six Feet Under (M) 12.00 No Going Back 12.30 Mad About You 1.00 Who’s The Boss 1.30 Movie: The Woman On Pier 13 (PG 1949) US film-noire. Laraine Day, John Agar 3.00 Room For Improvement 3.30 Shortland Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 Garry Unmarried 7.00 That ’70s Show

7.30 Mythbusters 9.30 The Border 10.30 All Worked Up (M)11.00 Boston Legal (M) 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Hercules 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.30 Hi-5 10.00 Second Cricket Test LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 The Middle 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 Mike And Molly (M) 9.30 Survivor: South Pacific 10.30 Nothing Trivial (M)11.30 The Unusuals (M) 12.30 20/20 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me

Out Of Here 8.30 Movie: Rush Hour 2 (M

2001) US action. Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

10.30 The Inbetweeners (MA) 11.30 South Park (MA) 12.00 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Rock Rivals (M) 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: The Constant Husband (G 1955) UK comedy. Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.00 Yes Minister 8.30 The Closer (M) 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M)11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

TUESDAY 13

ABC 14.00 rage (G) 5.00 Strictly Speaking 5.30 Spicks And Specks 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 How Earth Made Us 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Henry VIII 1.30 Bush Slam 2.00 Bed Of Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Country House Rescue 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Outnumbered 8.30 QI (M) 9.00 The Thick Of It (M) 9.35 Absolutely Fabulous 10.05 The Trip (M)10.35 Late Edition News 10.45 Comedy Roadshow (M) 11.30 The Neanderthal Code 12.20 Ten Minute Tales 12.30 Absolutely Fabulous 1.00 The Trip (M) 1.30 Chaser’s War On Repeats (M) 2.00 W-League Football: Brisbane v Adelaide

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Mega Builders 8.30 Undercover Princesses 9.30 The 27 Inch Man10.20 S&M: Short And Male (M)11.20 Across The Andes (M) 12.20 Animal Cops 1.10 Scrapheap Challenge 1.55 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Arts Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Culture Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Dispatches 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Culture Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Dispatches

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Mataharis (PG 2007) Spanish drama 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Explore Patagonia to the

Pampas 8.30 One Born Every Minute

(M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: Heading South

(M 2005) French drama

11.50 112 Emergency (PG/M) 1.20 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Chef At Home South

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

2008) Bulgarian drama11.10 Movie: The Murmuring Coast (M 2004) Portuguese drama 1.15 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 The Project 7.30 Glee 8.30 Hawaii Five-O (M) 9.30 Offspring (M) 10.30 Go Girls (M)11.30 Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 The Simpsons 9.00 Futurama 9.30 The Cleveland Show (M) 10.30 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD6.00 Liverpool Football 9.00 Pro Bull Riding 10.00 NBL Basketball – Cairns v Melbourne 12.00 Rok Adventure 1.00 World Rally Championship 2.00 NFL Total Access 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I Fish 6.00 Jeopardy! 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops

7.30 Ice Road Truckers 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 The Killing (M) 10.30 NFL Total Access11.30 National Football League 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 Bundesliga Football 5.30 FA Cup Classic

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Love’s Unfolding Dream (PG 2007) US drama. Erin Cottrell, Scout Taylor-Compton 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 7.30 World’s Strictest Parents 8.40 Criminal Minds (M) 9.40 The Pacific (M)11.35 30 Rock 12.10 Sons And Daughters 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Are You Being Served?

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Keeping Up Appearances 7.40 Heartbeat 9.45 The Bill (M) 10.50 Six Feet Under (M) 12.00 McCallum (M) 1.40 Shortland Street 2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Room For Improvement 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 6.00 My Wife And Kids 6.30 Garry Unmarried 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Pimp My Ride 8.30 Hardcore Pawn (M) 9.30 American Pickers 10.30 Banged Up Abroad (M)11.30 The Sexy Ads Show (MA) 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Room For Improvement 4.00 Quantum Leap 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Entertainment Tonight 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 RBT 8.25 Lotto 8.30 Sherlock (M) 10.30 True CSI (AV)11.30 Weeds (MA) 12.00 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Take 40 Stars Of Summer 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me

Out Of Here 8.30 Mike & Molly 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Layer Cake (AV

2004) UK crime. Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller

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

GEM6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Summer Catch (PG 2001) US comedy. Freddie Prinze Jr, Jessica Biel 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Movie: Guarding Tess

(PG 1994) US comedy. Shirley Maclaine, Nicolas Cage

9.30 Hoarders 10.30 My Strange Addiction 11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

WEDNESDAY 14

ABC 14.00 rage (G) 5.00 National Press Club Address 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Country House Rescue 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Tess Of The D’Urbervilles 1.30 Mother And Son 2.00 Bed Of Roses 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 River Cottage 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Jimmy’s Food Factory 8.30 Gordon Ramsay’s

Ultimate Christmas 9.25 Greatest Cities Of The

World New York 10.15 Late Edition News 10.25 Bastard Boys (M)11.25 Live From Abbey Road: The Enemy, Antony And The Johnsons 12.15 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 1.05 Elephant Nomads Of The Namib Desert 2.00 WNBL Basketball: Canberra v Sydney Uni

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Bega Builders 8.30 Arrested Development

(M) 9.00 Warehouse Comedy

Festival (M) 9.30 Graham Norton Show 10.15 Ideal (MA)10.45 Peep Show (M) 11.15 Psychoville (M) 11.45 Beautiful Noise: Kathleen Edwards 12.45 What Would Happen If… 1.10 Scrapheap Challenge 2.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Consumer Quarter 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 Food Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Best Of Australian Story 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 Food Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Asia Focus 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Best Of Australian Story

SBS 15.00 World News 6.45 UEFA Champions League – LIVE 9.10 World News 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 My Sri Lanka

8.00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 8.30 The Family (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: Dirty Pretty

Things (MAV 2002) UK drama

11.45 Movie: The Colonel (M 2006) French drama 1.45 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Chef At Home South

America 7.00 Taste Takes Off 7.30 Trails From The East The

Balkans 8.30 UEFA Champions League 10.00 Movie: Volver (M 2006)

Spanish drama12.05 Movie: Carnage (M 2002) French drama 2.25 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 The Project 7.30 Recruits Paramedics 8.00 Keeping Up With The

Joneses 8.30 Law & Order (M) 9.30 Go Girls (M)11.30 The Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 The Brady Bunch 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Diagnosis Murder 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 The King Of Queens 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 8.30 Star Trek Next Generation 10.30 The Late Late Show11.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina 1.00 The King Of Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD6.00 Serie A Football 8.00 Bundesliga Football 10.00 NBL Basketball – Sydney v Adelaide 12.00 MotoGP Classic 1.00 Save Point 2.00 Jaguar Adventure 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 Beach Patrol 4.30 Airline 5.00 I Fish

6.00 Jeopardy! 6.30 Beach Patrol 7.00 Cops 7.30 Extreme Fishing 8.30 Movie: The Skeleton Key

(M 2005) US drama. Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands

10.45 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 11.45 UFC 140 Prelims 12.45 National Football League 3.15 Omnisport 3.30 Serie A Football

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: The Colour Of Magic (PG 2008) Part 1 of UK adventure. Sir David Jason, Sean Astin 2.30 Dr Oz 3.00 Find My Family 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 7.30 The Amazing Race 9.00 Movie: The Waterboy (M

1999) US comedy. Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates

11.00 Outsourced 11.30 30 Rock 12.00 Trauma (M) 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Ghost Whisperer (M) 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Five Mile Creek 3.00 Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss 5.00 Doctor At Large 5.30 Rising Damp

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 On The Buses 7.30 The Royal 8.30 Stonehenge Decoded 9.40 The Bill (M)10.40 Six Feet Under (M) 11.45 America’s Court 12.10 The Mole 1.10 Australian Open Tennis Classic: 2006 Baghdatis v Nalbandian 3.30 Shortland Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.30 Six Million Dollar Man 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 6.00 My Wife And Kids 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Swamp People 8.30 The Blasters 9.30 Operation Repo (M)10.30 Jail (M) 11.30 Campus PD (M)

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

NBN5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Entertainment Tonight 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Getaway 8.30 Unforgettable (M) 9.30 CSI: NY (M) 10.30 Nothing Trivial (M)11.30 Rubicon (M) 12.30 The Baron 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me

Out Of Here 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Into The Blue (M

2005) US adventure. Paul Walker, Jessica Alba

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

GEM6.00 Today 9.00 Alive & Cooking 9.30 The Zoo 10.00 Friends 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: His Majesty O’Keefe (G 1953) US action. Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Friends 8.30 Movie: Brokeback

Mountain (M 2005) US drama. Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal

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

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A L L Y O U R L O C A L E N T E R TA I N M E N T 7 D AY S A W E E K

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

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

Deya Dova is utterly mesmerising as she loops her ethereal vocals and harmonised layer after lush layer – accompanied by totally infectious dance beats she seemed to be possessed by something otherworldly. Infl uences come from indigenous sounds from across the world, tapping into something primal. Currumbin Soundlounge Friday.

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

Broaden your horizonsFollowing a hectic weekend of touring in the Coff s region Broadfoot return to the Tweed Coast, launching into their supersonic repertoire. Having played fi ve gigs in four days, Broadfoot will be well rested and full of energy to achieve their fabled musical fusion, leaving the audience charged with pleasure and an overwhelming desire to dance. Cabarita Beach Sports Club Friday.

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

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

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

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program guide

MONDAY6am The Morning Mix Kabes9am The Lighthouse Lounge

Andrew & Pollyanna 11am Belly BellySisters12pm Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond

Hunna & Lara1pm That’s Amore The Italians2pm Q’s Jazz ‘n Blues Quentin Watts4pm Cruizy Beatz DJ Cruizy6pm Grailey Whole Celtic Show

Margaret Wyatt8pm Sounds of Africa DJ Massaganda10pm Freedom Run Callum

TUESDAY6am Clockwise Gary Street 9am Under Construction

Sarah Ndiaye & Gina Baker11am Byron Business Phil Daly12pm Wirritjin Terra Nullus2pm The Music Garden Michael Brereton 4pm Below the Radar The Invisible Man6pm Post Modern Backlash Hudson8pm Radio Mundial Steve Snelgrove10pm Shel’s Place Shel Kronich

WEDNESDAY6am Catch and Grab DJ Holly Holster9am 2481 Undone Nicqui Yazdi11am Go Earthcare Ros Elliott12pm Suara Indonesia Francesca & Kirana1pm Afternoon Tea Party Adelaide & Fai2pm The Junkyard Stuey 4pm Olylamas Beanbag Olylama6pm Bongo Gum Brett Diemar8pm Basswize/Good times Crucial D/Big B10pm All Funked Up Mr Mantiki12am Live from Earth Dane

THURSDAY6am Planet Luv Glitter 9am Arts Canvass Karena 11am Bohemian Beat Riddhi12pm Juke Joint Tony Parker2pm Audio Chocolate Rich 4pm Future Classics Matt Meir 6pm Crossroads Paul Martin8pm Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’

The Honeydripper10pm Booty Call Lainie12am Gimme Shelter Rockstar Fee

FRIDAY6am That Friday Feeling Nicky9am The Spin Cycle Karin Kolbe 11am Page Turners/ Pip Morrissey Social Savvy Networking

Russell & Maxim12pm Mystery Train Mary Cannon1pm Whirled Music Phil Hirst2pm Grooveyard Teesha & Nilesh4pm The Village Manie 6pm Chopsuey Rachy8pm Submerged/Down & Out

Si Clone/Slinky10pm Rotation/B-BoyMixers POB/Elixza

SATURDAY6am Bay Rock Tark8am Musical Kaleidoscope Jill10am Cowboy’s Sweetheart Carrie D12pm Blues from the Bay Anthony & Ken2pm Paris Cat Alley Lou4pm The Festival Express Tegs5pm Radio Re-Generation Mother & Child6pm Random Rhythms Ashgirl 8pm Diggin in the Archives Undertaker & Joan of Arc10pm In the Vaults/ Matt Wardle/ The Hypnagogic State Ice Creme Kid

SUNDAY7am Astro Alchemy Iris & Michael8am Sounds of the 60’s Alan E. 10am Jazz Moods Jean Brown12pm Omnibus RG Pedicini & Les Schmidt2pm Radio Latina Yolanda, Salvador & David4pm The Bay Lounge aqua6pm Roots & Culture DJ Selector8pm Ice Cream Truck Fulton Hobbs 10pm The Space Between Mr Hugs

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CATCH DEYA DOVA AT CURRUMBIN SOUND LOUNGE ON FRIDAY

RAPSKALLION PLAY AT THE SHEOAK SHACK ON THURSDAY DEC 15TH

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

RED BANTOO PLAY AT THE CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE ON FRIDAY

ANDY PLAYS AT THE SHEOAK SHACK ON SATURDAY

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

The underpant trend has reached a new low tide of late with teenage boys wearing their undies under their actual bum cheeks. This requires the wearer to have the belt fi rmly strapped so as to not lose the pants completely. In fact it would appear that the penis and balls play a vital role in securing the trouser to the wearer. I have watched these boys run and notice that their body movements are dictated by the challenge of keeping what’s left of their pants on.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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soap boxHOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

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

It will be the fi rst time that an Australian artist has ever headlined this iconic musical event. Bluesfest’s announcement is testament to the special place Cold Chisel’s music has come to occupy in Australian hearts and minds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cold Chisel to headline Bluesfest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WILD MARMALADE PLAY AT SPHINX ROCK CAFE ON SUNDAY

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THURSDAY 8 BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM MR JOHN

CLUB BANORA 6PM SCOTT WHATMAN

COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 7PM JAM NIGHT

KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM DARBY BURGER

FRIDAY 9 BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB 8PM DR SCRUBBY & THE BLUES HEALERS

BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30 PAUL HAYMAN

CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB BROADFOOT

CHINDERAH TAVERN 8PM LINZ

CLUB BANORA 7PM RUSS LEIGH

COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 7.30PM PAUL JONES AND MASON RACK

CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM LOADED DICE

KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM PAUL ATKINS

CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE 7.30PM DEYA DOVA + RED BANTOO

KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM DAVE MURRAY DUO

KINGSCLIFF SURF CLUB CLAY BLITHE

MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA BEACH 7.30PM EILISH ELLEN

POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM PHIL & GAZ

SALTBAR KINGSCLIFF CABOOSE

SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 8PM JAYNE HENRY DUO

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM MICHAEL 7.30PM THE STREET

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

CHINDERAH TAVERN 3PM DAVE TONKS

CLUB BANORA 7PM THE BLACK CATS RELOADED

COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 8PM CHRIS BOINZ

CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM THE REAL DEAL

JAKES @ KINGSCLIFF 6.30PM MR TROY

KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM KARAOKE

KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM BRETT GANNON

MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA BEACH 7.30PM NORTH COAST TIME

POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM GEOFF DUTTON

SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM ONE 2 MANY BAND

SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 8PM STREET CAFE

SHEOAK SHACK 7PM ANDY ONEMANEIGHTINSTRUMENTS

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM 4BH’S SOUND OF THE 60S

TWIN TOWNS 8PM JACK THOMSPON & THE ORIGINAL SINNERS

UKI HALL 8PM GLO DANCE WITH DJ PULSE

SUNDAY 11 BABALOU, KINGSCLIFF HOTEL, 2.30PM JACKSON DUNN

BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM POCO LOCO

CHINDERAH TAVERN 2PM DARREN MARLOW

CLUB BANORA 11.30AM AMY LAPTHORNE 12.30PM GLENN BRACE

COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 5PM JONESY

CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM DARREN J RAY

DOLPHIN HOTEL, TWEED HEADS 2PM MR TROY

KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 1PM RICK BARRON

KINGSCLIFF SURF CLUB PAUL ATKINS

KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 4PM HAVE-A-GO-KARAOKE

NEVERLAND COOLANGATTA EASY SUNDAYS

POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB MICHAEL EOTVOS

SHEOAK SHACK 4PM THE CAT & THE FIDDLE

SPHINX ROCK CAFE MT BURRELL 4PM WILD MARMALADE

SURFERS BEER GARDEN SUNDAY SESSIONS

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM CRAIG SHAW

MONDAY 12 KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12 NOON CRAIG SHAW

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM ALICE ANDERSON MARCO 6.30PM DICK BARNS

TUESDAY 13 CUDGEN LEAGUES TUESDAY MARKET DAY WITH JAYNE HENRY

MARTY’S AT CABA CABARITA BEACH 7.30PM JAM NIGHT WITH

ANNETTE

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM CHRIS DOYLE

TWIN TOWNS 10.30AM THE GASLIGHT CO PRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

WEDNESDAY 14 CLUB BANORA 6PM ROB KEITH

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM MARCO 6.30PM DAVID LEE

THURSDAY 15 BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM DAVID LEE

CUDGEN LEAGUES ALICE ANDERSON

CLUB BANORA 6PM JEFF CAMILLERI

COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL JAM NIGHT

KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE

SHEOAK SHACK RAPSKALLION

TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM VEENIE’S – SWIZZLE

For your free listing in the most comprehensive entertainment gig guide in the area email gigs@tweedecho.com.au or phone us on 02 6684 1777. DEADLINE is noon Tuesday prior to publication.

Gig Guide

good bloke and of course much loved and respected star of acclaimed fi lms.

Normie Rowe, Australia’s most popular male star in the 1960s has had more hit records than anyone else in the history of Aussie music including, Shaken all Over, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Stay With Me Baby, Que Sera Sera, Tell Him I’m Not Home and more.

Kevin Borich is one of the most celebrated guitar players in the history of Australian rock. The leader of Kevin Borich Express, 1970s hit band La De Das and founder member of Party Boys, Kevin has supported many shows for international acts also including

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

Jammin’ hot jamWild Marmalade shows Sphinx Rock how to party.

Byron Bay’s favourite sons Wild Marmalade will take centre stage to send their distinctive organic dance trance beats into the universe for all to enjoy.

It’s hard to believe that Wild Marmalade is just two men. Si Mullumby, known as Si Didge, plays the didgeridoo, overtone fl ute and the beat box. He uses fl amboyant acrobatics to give his sound even more dimension. Matt Goodwin plays drums, the Cook Island log drum and the Jaw Harp. It’s the way he plays his drum kit that leaves audiences wide- eyed with memories of an ecstatic tribal drummer.

Over the last 10 years this duo has played festivals, concert halls and huge outdoor raves around the

world. Their touring has taken them around Japan and Europe many times, their legend is alive and well throughout Canada, France and Austria. Music hubs such as Ibiza, the Edinburgh Festival and the Woodford Festival have become their playgrounds. Always their audiences are left knowing they have just experienced a unique phenomenon.

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

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

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

Join The Gaslight Company featuring leading Australian tenor Roy Best and Compere Chris McKenna in a wonderful Christmas Morning Melodies. You can be ensured the show will be packed with a great mix of traditional Christmas carols and contemporary Christmas songs all spiced with fun and humour.

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

Rapt with RapskallionAfter a self-imposed winter exile spent recording in northern New South Wales, Rapskallion will take to the road this summer, to launch their brand new album Vagabond King.Like buccaneers gone electric, the ’Skallions explode onto the stage like a jack in the box, in a fl urry of

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

Station Street Studios, cnr Mill & Station streets, Mullumbimby

FIVE ARTISTS, FIVE SENSIBILITIES, ONE WEEKEND ONLYMultimedia art event to take you to the end of the line and back

STAT ION STREET STUD IOS PRESENTS

end ofthe line

Opening 6pm Friday 9 December with music by Stu Beaumont10am–4pm, Saturday & Sunday 10th & 11th December

Nathalie Verdejo, Frida Lezius, Cristina Sharratt, Steve Waller, Hannah Massey

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LOADED DICE PLAY AT CURRUMBIN RSL ON FRIDAY

MASON RACK AND PAUL JONES PLAY AT COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS ON TUESDAY AT

TWIN TOWNS

BROADFOOT PLAY AT CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB ON FRIDAY

MR TROY PLAYS AT THE DOLPHIN HOTEL

ON SUNDAY

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The Echo’s guide toGOODTASTE Here you will fi nd some of the best local dining on off er. Restaurant owners take note: Good Taste provides you

with the chance to tell your customers more about your business with ample room for that extra information that may not fi t in a small advertisement. Great introductory rates are on off er. Call 02 6672 2280 to fi nd out more.

What’s new and naked and travels all over?Windhorse Gallery in Bangalow is currently hosting the premiere exhibition of local Kingscliff artist John Fittell. Nomads, Nudes and Nouveau is a collection of works from John’s recent travels to Morocco, the Greek Islands and France with some alluring bodyscape images also included to showcase another of his artistic interests.

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

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

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

Coff ee and rhymesThe Cafe Poet Program places poets in cafes as ‘poets in residence’ for a six-month period. The poet is given space to write (maybe two or three times a week – in consultation with the cafe) as well as complimentary tea and/or coff ee and in return the cafe gets to be part of this community, promotion and the opportunity to plan events with the poet enriching the cultural life of the cafe. The program began in February

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

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

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Mungo’s Crossword

Quick CluesACROSS1. Novel by Charles Dickens featuring Sidney Carson (4,2,3,6)9. Gripping, demanding attention (9)10. Suggest, give an impression (5)11. Antenna or tentacle (6)12. Description of small, unimportant town (3,5)13. Poison from South America (6)15. Begin a word with an H sound (8)18. Person in charge of filming (8)19. Assyrian goddess of love (6)21. Above; up in the sky (8)23. Fishing boats (6)26. Item of protective clothing (5)27. Not living (9)28. Story by Charles Dickens featuring Ebeneezer Scrooge (1,9,5)

DOWN1. Trade, transportation (7)2. Seaside town near Melbourne (5)3. To do with midwifery (9)4. Journey (4)5. Living being (8)6. Nationality of Oscar Wilde (5)7. Significant, urgent (9)8. Synthetic rubber (7)14. One of the elements cerium, lanthanum or ytterbium (4,5)16. Suffering from sleep disorder (9)17. Supporter of the crown (8)18. Three dimensional model of a battle or some other dramatic scene (7)20. Actor ....... Crowe (7)22. Official language of India (5)24. Piece of furniture (5)25. Crazy, nuts (4)

Cryptic CluesACROSS1. Wet toilet fiasco diaster? What the Dickens? (4,2,3,6)9. Stopping rivetting (9)10. Suggest a thousandfold (5)11. Antenna’s iron reel collapses (6)12. Small town’s single nag (3,5)13. Poison dog with crooked ear (6)15. H, a little buccaneer (8)18. Morrisey, clergyman, takes charge of filming ... (8)19. ... island’s hot pitch for a goddess; (6)21. o, heavenly! (8)23. Fishing boats are hits (6)26. Cover for a bad porn (5)27. Silly about one carpet – it’s lifeless (9)28. Socratic marshal composes a song to go with 1 across (1,9,5)

DOWN1. 101 Fahrenheit; break, wind up trade (7)2. Behold river north-east of beach resort (5)3.Set crib to work for midwifery (9)4. Journey was a mistake (4)5. Instrument is medieval, being ...6. ... one royal individual, quiet, like James Joyce. (5)7. Bring in a worker, it’s urgent (9)8. Synthetic rubber enclosure over Rivkin (7)14. 13 heart break -- not copper, but cerium (4,5)16. Murderer, male, overweight, northern individual is back – he can’t sleep (9)17. Faithful follower changes sides to become a monarchist (8)18. Ten in the play – a 3D production! (7)20. Soft, crackling noise? Sounds like Crowe (7)22. Language for one following deer (5)24. Take charge of the furniture (5)25. Mad lady? (4)

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Mungo’s Crossword first published in The Week.

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WITH LILITH

The secret to dealing with this week’s stressy combo of Mercury retro mixed with the season

of unreason? Keep reminding yourself

that if Plan A bites the dust, the alphabet still has twenty fi ve more

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ARIES: In physical astrology Aries rules the head, which should be kept cool when Mercury’s retrograde. While this week’s exciting, sometimes unnerving, twists and surprises, could incline you sparky types to turn snappy and fractious, but it’s in your own best interests to play calm and charming.

TAURUS: Taurans love their comfort and the astral subtext underlying this seasonal mayhem is change which rocks the comfy couch of habitual assumptions to its core. The good news is this week’s handing out prizes for patience and determination – something you could win hands down.

GEMINI: If people waffl e on incessantly, mistaking you for someone who gives a fi g, best don’t let them know, because this week runs on goodwill and extending it sets the law of payback into action in your direction. Best window of opportunity? Friday’s Gemini moon.

CANCER: This challenging week could turn anyone into the Leunig cartoon with the rain cloud over its head, but do your good deed for the year and lower stress levels by hanging with your calmest compats and nourishing yourself with whatever momentary connections or temporary gems pass your way.

LEO: Right now success depends on communications,

so delete arguing from your December activities list. If the support you’re expecting doesn’t eventuate, so what – it will come from somewhere else. And if that doesn’t go as planned, there’s still plenty of earthly enjoyment this week to revel in.

VIRGO: Don’t make the mistake of insisting others carry out the role you assign them. They might, they might not, or they might throw you a learning curve on the love road. The unexpected works in your favour this week if you resist the urge to micro-manage.

LIBRA: Remember Libran Winston Churchill’s famous phrase about success being the ability to move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm? This week could fail around communication, so be clear and if you aren’t getting through, have another go – in a diff erent way, from another angle.

SCORPIO: This week’s biggest ask is withholding unsolicited opinions. Second is not getting upset by people who don’t seem to understand the line between assertive and off ensive. Third is not taking Mercury retro’s glitches personally. How to take them then? Sympathetically, because they’re aff ecting everyone, not just you.

SAGITTARIUS: This week’s moving fast and dealing

some hard cards, so stay calm and lock into cruise control. Don’t rush or take risks which could cause accidents, wrangles or personality clashes. Of course you’re in your usual exuberant birthday mood, but try to resist unnecessary spending.

CAPRICORN: A romantic transit for both single and attached Caps as Venus in Capricorn buff s up your bedroom stars. Getting business sorted during retro Mercury isn’t easy, but in the words of this week’s birthday author Samuel Butler: The principle business of life is to enjoy it…

AQUARIUS: Communications aren’t easy with everyone talking and nobody listening. And your astrological tendency to insist everything’s fi ne when that ain’t necessarily so, makes this week’s hardest but most helpful word listen – to your own often-unacknowledged inner voice and even to people you vehemently disagree with.

PISCES: This week needs eyes wide open to the universal turbulence between the turnover of old ways, present conditions and new paradigms as our galaxy draws towards The Great Attractor. If reality reshuffl es your party plans, doing something special for someone else is a guaranteed mood improver.

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Roller derby is a fast-paced, full-contact sport. It is mainly played by women aged from 18 years and up. It is played on a fl at oval-shaped track, with ten girls on the track at a time. Every girl has a position either as: Pivot who controls what

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

On Sunday the Tweed Valley Rollers will be holding a bout at Epic Skate called Festive Fury. This will be the last game of the year with The Voodoo Dolls taking on the Sugar Skulls.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The following games from the exhibition show Lang’s sharp tac-tical eye.

Sontheim an der Brenz 2011White: G GritschBlack: M LangOpening: Nimzo-Indian Defence1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.d4 O-O 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O d5 8.Bd2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Rc1 c5 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.exd4?! Ng5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16 dxe5? 16.Qxe5 would keep the balance.16...Nf3+!! 0-1 After 17.gxf3 Qg5+ 18.Kh1 Qg4!! Black wins, while 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.h3 Qf4 19.g3 Qf5 is no better.Sontheim an der Brenz 2011White: D ReinholdBlack: M LangOpening: Sicilian Defence1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Kh1 8.c4, here or earlier, was stronger. 8...Nbc6 9.f4 d5 10.e5 f6! 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Nc3 Nf5 13.Bd3?? 13.Rf3 was necessary. 13...Ng3+! 0-1

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

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

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

Ben had attracted quite a

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

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

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

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

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

Having a good pair of sun-nies when you’re fishing from a yak is important. I recommend a good set of polarised sunnies. I lost my last good set down at Iluka chasing jew, over the side in 60ft of water. Finally I got the money together for another pair of Spotters; down to An-glers. I grabbed Aaron and to-gether we went through all the models and would you guess it – I chose the most expensive ones. I wasn’t even looking at the tags either.

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

SPORT RESULTSBOWLSCabarita Beach MenWednesday.November 30-Winners by a mar-gin of one shot were Serge Brecaud and Da-vid Crow.Runners up were Graham and Peter Schofield.Consolation Winners,by a large mar-gin were Brian Moore and Barry Sheppard. Saturday,December 3-Winners were Barry Jones,Ken Woodward and Tony Cox.Runners Up were Ian Creelman,Gary Minnards and Ken Ross. Monday,December 5-Winners by a large were Gary Rasmussen and Bill Davey.Runners Up were Bob Mackay and Geoff Westall-but still well behind the winners.Consolation winners were Les Rootsey and Tony Wonka.A reminder and others about the Christmas Function/Presentation Night on next Monday ,December 12 at 6.30 at the clubhouse.Cabarita Beach WomenDecember 6: Social Bowls Winning rink Pa-tricia Little, Lorraine Rice and Valerie Dudley. Consolation prize Barry Petty, JohnAndrews and Open Potter. Lucky raffle win-ners were Pam Kennedy, Barbara Cox and Margaret Rae. Congratulations folks.December 12: Xmas Party and Presentation Night: A fun filled night is promised. SOooo come along for a great night out. Fun startsat 6.30 pm. Looking forward to seeing all our lovely bowlers there. December 13: Social Bowls last day for the year. Dress Mufti Xmas theme a must. Lots of fun on the menu. Girls, bring a plate please. Coaching: Saturday De-cember 9 will be the last day for this year as the coaching team is going into recess until next year.Cudgen Leagues LadiesAfter the group photo was taken last Thurs, 2011 Cudgen Leagues WBC Club achievements were awarded to the following Members.TBD-WBA District Championship Singles,Runner-up,June Wotherspoon.TBDWBA District Sheild Winners-Side;Ann Revie,Pat Pieterse,Lorraine Sandall,Bev Hall & Faye Turner,Michelle Van Runt,June Wotherspoon,Liz Fleming.Cudgen Leagues Mixed Pairs Championships- Win-ners-Liz Fleming & Val Schiemer,Runners-up, Helen Wylie & Brien Murray.Cudgen Leagues Mixed Fours Championships-Winners-Ann Revie,Helen Wylie,Graeme Border,Brien Murray;Runners-up,Marion Hull,Rosalie Lowe,Darby Lowe,Coog Prichard.2011 Con-sistency Singles(sponsored by Bill Deal)Prizes already presented to,Winner-Liz Fleming;Runner-up,Joanne Dent;Semi Final-ists-Helen Wylie & Faye Turner;Presentations-Club Selected Fours,Runners-up,Marion Hull,Rosalie Lowe,Faye Turner,Lorraine Sandal l ;Winners-Marie El len, Isabel Nipperess,Pat Pieterse,June Wotherspoon.Club Selected Triples,Runners-up,Sharon Hinks,Ann Revie,Pat Pieterse;Winners-Yvonne Pritchard,Di North,Faye Turner;Club Se-lected Pairs-Runners-up,Beryl Mapp,Lorraine Sandall;Winners-Eileen Burke,Bev Hall.Novice Singles;Not played in 2011-insufficient en-tries.2011 Major Club Championships,Club Championships- Open Fours-Runners-up,Ann Revie,Pauline Bowen,Rosalie Lowe,Colleen Wein;Winners-Maureen Alcorn,Michelle Van Runt,Di North,Liz Fleming;Club Champi-onships- Open Triples-Runners-up,Clarice Blake,Sharon Hinks,Roni Stevens;Winners-Ann Revie,Pat Pieterse,Bev Hall;Club Champion-ships-Open Pairs;Runners-up Faye Turner,Liz Fleming;Winners-Ann Revie,Bev Hall;Club Championships-Open Singles;Runner-up June Wotherspoon;Winner-(Club Champion)Liz Fleming;Most Improved Club Player for 2011-Marie Ellen.Congratulations Everybody.

Murwillumbah MenTuesday 29th winners R.Shoobridge, T.Payne & R.Brown ,losers B.Goodwin & R.white. Clubs 90th anniversary Carnival Thursday December 1st 34 teams entered with the winners J.Mills & B.Creedon from Cabarita Club 2+28, r/u A Maloney & M.Conaghan, 2+18,3rd R.Watson & B.Gregg 2+17,4th R.Erickson & T.Lee 2+16, Round 1 winner R.Norris & J.Mcardie +20 round 2 winner T.Martin & R.Shoobridge +17. Saturday December 3rd 90th anniversary tour-nament winners N.Vlahovic & N.Separovich from Tweed Heads Club 2+35 r/u W.Clifford & P.Ayres 2+19, 3rd J.Turner & J.McGill 2+18,4th J.Clarke & D.Aldridge 2+17,5th C.Neave & B.Preist 2+17,6th B.Marin & G.Andrews 2+14 round 1 winners A.Maloney & M.Chilcott +13 round 2 R & S Hickman +22 lucky losers B & L Moore. The final of the Club “B” grade tri-ples was played with C.Pickering,R.Toms & M.Brown def D.Knight, A.Stone & J.Jenkins 22/16.Pottsville MenWednesday November 30th 2011 Winners: S. Lofts – B. Kent Runners-up: R. Parker – B. Stephen – J. Rae Consulation: B. O’Brien – B. Gilchrist – R. Hall. Saturday December 3rd 2011 Winners: B. Moore – J. Rae Runners-up; B. Wilson – R. Bry-ant – G. Reading Consulation: L. Swift – K. McI-nnes. Championship Mixed Pairs Winners: G. Sawtell – M. Comerford Runners-up: C. Royan J. Royan. South Tweed Wed AM Pairs: 1st B Dare & M Halsey. 2nd K Banks & P Willmott.Wed PM Social: Winning rink: D Bateson, A.Reid & A Potts. Losing Rink: T Cotham,D McGrigor & R Bates.Sat. PM Pairs: Winners D Bennett & J Brown. Winners of Losers: G Thomas & D Maxwell.Sat PM Social: Winning rink K Davis, G Fraser & J Kirk.Losing rink; J Scully, J McBain & P Johnston.South Tweed LadiesThursday 1st December: Winning Rink: M.Tapper & S.Cancillier: Winner Losing Rink: C.Martin & D.O’Neill:Tuesday 6th December: Winning Rink: J.Solly, S.Johnston & S.Carroll: Winner Losing Rink: A.Howard, N.Renwick C.Stephens:Raffle Winner: J.Sutton:Next Tuesday 13th December Christmas Break up: Bowls Lunch Concert Extravangaza: Merry Xmas to all and hope to see you all back on the greens on Tuesday January 10, 2012:Tweed Byron District WomenDecember 5: District Break-up and Pres-entation Day was held at Cabarita Beach W.B.C. The day commenced with a lovely morning tea and a warm welcome to bowl-ers by Cabarita Beach President Helen Mul-ler and District President Anne Mackay. The cooler weather conditions ensured that the ladies had a lovely morning of bowls, after which presentations were made to our District Champions. Rink winners for the day were Glenys Johnson, Elaine Foster, Valerie Dudley and Joan Towner. Consolation prize went to Diana Abraham, Jean Lee, Daphne Edwards and Elizabeth Fleming. Lucky raffle winners were Fay Lean, Lois Dunlop, Di Lobb, Robyn Darling, Shirley Brown, Margaret Overall, Dianne North, Jean Kidman, Joy Lake and Judy Martin. Money board winners were Dianne North, Joanne Dent, Di Lobb and Jean Kidman. Congratula-tions ladies.After a day that provided so much wonder-ful fun, frivolity and high jinks together with rekindling friendships amongst our district bowlersTweed Byron District W.B.A. would like to

thank Cabarita Beach W.B.C. for hosting this extremely successful event that was thor-oughlyenjoyed by all.Tweed Heads MenNational RSL Lawn Bowls CarnivalTo all bowlers in the area that this is another reminder that the 45th National RSL Lawn Bowls Carnival will be held at Tweed Heads Bowls Club from December 27 2011 until Janu-ary 6, 2012. Limited social bowls will be held between these two dates.Bowls Super Challenge:This competition starts in mid January 2012 and the finals series is over the weekend March 31 and April 1, 2012. Social ResultsSun Nov 27: Green 1: Bev and Ray White, Joan and Bill Dan-gerfield; r/up: Don McDonald, Fred Brown, Ian SimmondsGreen 2: Diane and Murray James; r/up: Michele and Fred AxfordTues Nov 29: Winners Men: Roger Bell, David Nelson, Ean Quested, Jim Smith; r/up: Jim O’Neill, John Heath, Tony Laycock, John SiebenWinners Ladies: Jennifer Youl, Carmel Keane, Elaine Hunt, Shirley Ganter; r/up: Bev Bitmead, Val Philpot, Jean Smith, Stephanie GoldsmithWed Nov 30: Random Rink DrawGreen 1: Brian Bitmead, Ron Parker; r/up: Max Pearce, Gary PickettGreen 2: Ray White, Tom Wotton, Rod Steb-bins, Kim Stephenson; r/up: Jim O’Neill, John Easter, Allan Wood, John ThomsonGreen 3: Jim Bryant, Leon Harvey; r/up: Allan Davis, Brian Pearce.Green 4: David Dodge, Roy Nuttall; r/up: Jack Maloney, Frank ParsonsFri Dec 1: Green 1: Bern Jacobson, George Gorgenyi, Ron Hottinger; r/up: John Easter, Tom Reeves, Al-len JacksonGreen 2: Ian McLean, Ray Bates, Les Morrison; r/up:Cliff Dury, Fred Fry, Doug GrenfellGreen 3: Bob Chapman, Robert Young, Ron Parker; r/up: Oscar Cunningham, Fred Axford, Tony HalloranSat Dec 2: Jackpot SaturdayGreen 1: Les Hughes, Ron Edwards; r/up: Rob-ert Carnes, Ron Parker.Green 2: Bill Boyle, Keith Downey; r/up: Col-leen Graver, Bill GroseGreen 3: Clive Weston, Alan Stephen; r/up: Kevin Connelly, Dylan Cooper.The Jackpot of $1,000.00 was not won again and there is now only 9 envelopes left on the board with the second Jackpot now reaching $672. The consolation prize went to Russell Luland and Gordon Smith. Tweed Heads TourersThe Tourers celebrated last Sunday with their traditional Christmas break-up game to con-test the Bill Brooks Memorial Shield with a total of 30 players.Winners names to be inscribed onto the shield for 2011 were Ric Ware, Jenny Ware and Marga-ret McConvilleThat was the last official game for 2011 and they will return to normal bowls on Sunday January 8, 2012 and they wish all bowlers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.DARTSGOLFChinderah Seniors Social 28/11/11 Stroke & Monthly Medal Winner Monthly Medal Robyn Beattie. Winner A grade Glen Henry net 57(c/back) new h/cap 5, R/up Geoff Mobbs net 57(c/back) new h/cap 11.Winner B grade Coral Rasmussen net 55 new h/cap 13, R/up Frank Aaron net 56(c/back) new h/cap 15.

Winner C grade Robyn Beattie net 50 new h/cap 23, R/up Jill Collings net 53 new h/cap 28.Winner putting Bruce McGregor 24putts. Ball rundown to net 59(c/back).1/12/11 Stroke Winner A grade David Frazer net 55 new h/cap 12, R/up Mal Saggus net 57 new h/cap 14.Winner B grade Frank Featherstone net 54 new h/cap 22, R/up Tom Maye net 56 new h/cap 19. Ball rundown to net 59.MurwillumbahSunday 27th November Women’s winner P.Buckler 34 pts, Members B.Spencer 44 pts b.r.d. to 39 pts c.b. Monday 28th November Veterans 4.B.B.B.Stableford Winner Mixed J.Baker 7 G.Hughes 46 pts R.Up E.Wheeler & M.Biltoft 44 pts B.R.D.to 42 pts Members Winners K.Blyth & J.Kuhne 47 pts R.Up R.Pols & R.Green 45 pts N.Pins 2nd B.O’Reilly & J.Bertrams 8th K.Bullen 10th B.O’Reilly & G.Chadwick 14th BO’Reilly & K.Dawson . Wednesday 30TH Individual Stableford Win-ner a.grade p.Taylor 42pts.R.Up S.Brazel 40 pts. B.winner R.Btadford 45 pts. R.Up J.Clark 41 pts. N/Pin 2nd M.Calvert 10th S.Andrews Veteran Winner M.Biltoft 39 pts b.r.d. 39 pts c.b 4.B.B.B.Aggregate in conjuction Winners P.Taylor & G.Sharp 78 pts c.b R.Up D.Veares & R.R.Dicksonn 74 pts Wednesday 9 hole sporters Winner W.Kendrigan 43 pts n.pin 8th P.Dawes 14th D.Watts b.r.d. to 19 pts.c.b. Fri-day 2nd December Blue Marker Day Winner J.Groff 2nd T.Taylor 3rd T.McDonald b.r.d. 75 nett c.b Saturday 3rd monthly Medal Winner A.Grade J.Prichard 67 nett R.Up J,Moen 70 nett B.G T.Prichard 69 nett R.Up L.Travers-Jones 70 nett C.Grade A.Dempster 67 nett R.Up P.Van

Trier 70 nett D.Grade G.Percy 66 nett R.Up P.Dunne 68 nett N.Pin 2nd J.Fredericks 8th M.Imm 10th S.Murnane 14th A.dempster b.r.d. to 75 nett. Coming Events Monday december 12th Veterans Individual Stableford in 2 Grades . Wednesday 14th In-dividual Stableford Friday 16th Individual sta-bleford medley. Saturday 17th Individual Indi-vidual Stroke in 4 Grades Medal of Medals . SHOOTINGMurwillumbah Rifle Club The Murwillumbah Rifle Club held the An-nual Christmas Shoot on 4th December at 700 yards in good conditions with little wind and not too hot a day. A record number of members and friends at-tended with the day, starting with a 15 shot Fullbore match and then a 50 metre Smallbore match, and on completion a delicious lunch

provided by Janet, Dave and Gordon.After everyone had finished backing up for seconds, Captain John Macgregor-Skinner presented the days trophies, and the yearly competition Trophies. A most enjoyable day was had by everyone and to finish the day Alan Cronk and David George gave a demonstration with their Black Powder Firearms including plenty of smoke.Trophy winners. Fullbore Off Rifle A Gray, D Phippard, S Waddell.Handicap W Shoobridge, T Matthews, S Dolan.Scope Off Rifle G Morris, P Weeks, M Setright.Handicap P Loxley-Lewis, M Sforcina, Zoe Helyer.Rim Fire Off Rifle Sherie Sunderland, J Mac-Mahon, R Couch.Handicap Michelle Morris, P Cassis, G Burfoot.Next events: Smallbore on December 9, Full-bore December 10 at 500 yards.

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1 T 0540 1929 1120 0145,1.27; 1340,1.53 0722,0.62; 2027,0.442 F 0540 1929 1215 0018 0241,1.27; 1432,1.41 0821,0.68; 2115,0.493 S 0540 1930 1308 0051 0336,1.30; 1530,1.31 0927,0.71; 2201,0.524 S 0540 1931 1400 0122 0430,1.34; 1630,1.25 1034,0.70; 2247,0.535 M 0540 1932 1452 0153 0520,1.41; 1730,1.23 1141,0.66; 2333,0.526 T 0540 1932 1545 0226 0606,1.48; 1824,1.23 1238,0.597 W 0540 1933 1638 0300 0649,1.56; 1913,1.25 0015,0.51; 1326,0.528 T 0540 1934 1731 0337 0729,1.62; 1957,1.26 0056,0.51; 1408,0.459 F 0540 1935 1825 0418 0808,1.68; 2038,1.28 0134,0.50; 1447,0.4010 S 0540 1935 1918 0504 0845,1.73; 2117,1.29 0213,0.49; 1525,0.3511 S 0541 1936 2009 0554 0922,1.77; 2157,1.29 0250,0.48; 1601,0.3212 M 0541 1937 2056 0648 1000,1.78; 2237,1.30 0330,0.48; 1640,0.3113 T 0541 1937 2141 0745 1041,1.78; 2319,1.30 0410,0.48; 1720,0.3114 W 0541 1938 2222 0844 1122,1.76 0454,0.50; 1801,0.3115 T 0542 1939 2300 0944 0005,1.31; 1205,1.71 0542,0.52; 1845,0.3216 F 0542 1939 2337 1043 0055,1.32; 1252,1.64 0634,0.55; 1932,0.3417 S 0542 1940 1144 0148,1.35; 1345,1.55 0732,0.57; 2022,0.3618 S 0543 1941 0013 1245 0245,1.40; 1445,1.46 0839,0.59; 2115,0.3819 M 0543 1941 0050 1347 0345,1.47; 1553,1.39 0952,0.57; 2211,0.3920 T 0544 1942 0129 1452 0445,1.56; 1704,1.35 1109,0.51; 2308,0.4021 W 0544 1942 0213 1559 0545,1.67; 1814,1.34 1220,0.4222 T 0545 1943 0301 1706 0642,1.78; 1917,1.35 0005,0.39; 1325,0.3123 F 0545 1943 0355 1811 0737,1.88; 2015,1.37 0100,0.38; 1422,0.2224 S 0546 1944 0454 1912 0830,1.94; 2110,1.38 0153,0.37; 1515,0.1725 S 0546 1944 0557 2007 0920,1.97; 2200,1.39 0245,0.36; 1603,0.1526 M 0547 1944 0701 2055 1008,1.94; 2248,1.39 0335,0.38; 1649,0.1727 T 0547 1945 0804 2137 1054,1.88; 2334,1.37 0425,0.41; 1733,0.2228 W 0548 1945 0905 2215 1137,1.77 0513,0.46; 1815,0.2929 T 0549 1946 1003 2249 0020,1.36; 1219,1.64 0600,0.52; 1855,0.3730 F 0549 1946 1058 2321 0105,1.34; 1300,1.51 0648,0.59; 1934,0.4431 S 0550 1946 1151 2353 0151,1.34; 1342,1.38 0739.0.66; 2014,0.49Times Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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

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

Auction – RuralKyogle, 377A Fawcett Plain Road Lot B in DP 381264 Receivers Appointed

Contact Bob Elks 0428 322 250Contact Narelle Elks 0429 433 778

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

Auction – RuralKyogle, 181 Fawcett Plain Road Lot 170 in DP 755707 Receivers Appointed

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Comprising approximately 118 acres of Fawcett Creek alluvial land, laser levelled with underground mains and three phase power connected. The property has been used for cropping and grazing over the last 5 years. Buildings include a 3 bedroom homestead, old dairy building and stockyards.

Approximately 2 kilometres to Kyogle township, 1 hour to Byron Bay 1.5 hours to Gold Coast.Acting under instructions from Receivers and Managers, Taylor Woodings 371 Queen Street, Brisbane Qld 4000

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

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I absolutely love this 2.98 acre (1.21 Ha) property that is ready for you and a couple of horses. This superb property is well positioned with easy access to the Gold Coast Airport and surf beaches. The older style family home is in a beautiful garden setting that is private and easy to maintain. Ample water supply is so important. You will be happy with the large spring fed dam and endless fresh water bore. Our vendors have loved the acreage lifestyle of this property for 30 years; however the decision to

This property represents extreme value and will be sold.

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In the latest of a growing trend for small community fi lm soci-eties, Crabbes Creek will stage its opening fi lm night this Sat-urday, December 10, with Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Th e village’s fi lm so-ciety president Louiza Egan said fi lm nights ‘are great occasions for bringing the community together, sharing the magic of fi lm and supporting our local halls’. Th e family event begins with food served from 6pm and the fi lm starting at 7.30pm. Th e society aims to show fi lms every two months. For info call Die-dre on 02 6677 1523.

Good works by Tweed environ-mentalist were noticed across the Queensland border, during the recent 15th annual Gecko Awards. Th e gold Gecko went to Richard  Murray, president of the Tweed Heads Environ-ment Centre. Th e silver Gecko went to Team Koala founder and president, Jenny Hayes, of Murwillumbah for her ‘tireless dedication to the welfare of Australia’s koalas and in par-ticular the protection of their habitat in the Gold Coast and NSW border region’. Jenny says she was ‘greatly touched’ by the award, but that the real credit went to ‘the members of Team Koala and the community that has been so supportive of sav-ing our last three koala colo-nies on the Tweed Coast. Any-thing that can draw attention to their plight and the scientifi c measures needed to save our remaining 144 Tweed Coast koalas is greatly welcomed. It’s great to see the Gold Coast City council appreciating the fact that we still have koalas at all.’

As they say in the movies, the irony is so thick you could choke on it. After copping a comprehensive bucketing in state parliament, the Kings Forest and Cobaki Lakes de-veloper, Bob Ell, has cried foul. Th e property mogul, in seeking an offi cial right of reply, says Upper House MP Cate Faeh-

rmann’s allegations are ‘noth-ing more than unsupported and damaging assertions’ con-taining ‘errors of fact and dis-tortions’. Huh? Th e very same words would more than apply to the two volumes of unattrib-uted rants released by his Leda group seeking to undermine the integrity of people doing their jobs. Leda’s so-called dirt fi les rely on a confused mish-mash of half-truths and para-noid theories to try to prove the existence of a multi-level conspiracy to nobble his proj-ects. Even the mythical release of a ‘hopping rat’ onto Kings Forest more than a decade ago is recycled in a bid to besmirch the character and reputation of some of the alleged co-conspir-ators.

It comes as no surprise that a letter containing the full text of Ell’s bleats about copping an ‘appalling’ attack in parlia-ment was leaked to one of his propaganda arms, the Gold Coast Sun, which shares the

same pro-developer bias as its Rupert-owned stablemate, the daily Bully, as well as a desire to protect valuable real estate revenue. Th e two papers earlier splashed details of his bizarre conspiracy theory after also getting lucky with other leaks. Th ey have managed to all but ignore the scathing criticism in parliament a month ago, apart from one article which helpfully reminded Mr Ell he could face a $1 million fi ne if suspicions raised in the legis-lative council about clearing part of a nature reserve next door to Kings Forest prove to be founded.

  A face from the Tweed’s not-too-distant political past re-emerged centre stage at the weekend’s ALP national con-ference. Jenny McAllister, who was re-elected last week as ALP national president, chaired the big event which saw same-sex marriage endorsed as part of the party’s platform. As the for-mer ALP candidate for Rich-

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

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

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Murwillumbah TAFE Certifi cate IV Visual Arts student Judi Lee in front of her work My Kaite (mixed media on board) which she sold during last week’s ‘Verge’ exhibition at the TAFE which showcased 60 works by the 12 students who did the course this year. Judi said she was always interested in studying and creating art but had to put it off while bringing up her three children. Head teacher Craig Elliott said the course off ered a cross-section of disciplines with students training in painting, ceramics, printmaking, drawing and sculpture before they go on to specialise in their chosen fi eld. Photo Luis Feliu

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