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Toronto figs to go
Pop-rockers back on the road again
Results of drinking habit survey p.7
F ig trees that have lined The Boulevarde in Toronto for 40 years will soon face the chop, with Lake Macquarie City Council-lors unanimously endorsing the Toronto
Streetscape Master Plan at last week’s Council meeting.
The plan, which aims to improve the accessibil-ity, functionality and aesthetic appearance of the town centre, includes the staged removal of eight mature Hills Weeping Figs from the southern side of the street.
North ward councillor, Brian Adamthwaite said Council’s decision to remove the trees was inevi-table, citing the trees potential to damage com-mercial premises and underground utilities or be-come a trip hazard along the busy shopping strip.
“The question was never whether or not the trees would be removed but when,” he said.
“This plan gives us the opportunity to improve the area before the five or 10 year period when the trees would have needed to be removed.”
Councillor Daniel Wallace, who represents the ward that includes the suburb of Toronto, said the adoption of the plan was good news for local busi-
nesses. “This is actually going to open up Toronto into a vibrant streetscape,” he said.
“With the [National Disability Insurance Scheme] office set to open in Toronto there is op-portunity for economic growth, which has got to be good news for business on the western side of the lake.”
Council received 46 submissions regarding its tree replacement plan, 17 of which expressly op-posed the removal of the trees.
Most focused on the loss of character removing the trees would cause and the impact on native non-endangered fauna. The fig trees will be re-placed with more suitable native species.
Eight to be removed in an effort to improve the look of main drag
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The Boulevarde, Toronto will soon be redeveloped as part of the Toronto Streetscape Master PlanHit the Bricks
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trades & ServicesNeed help at your placethis weekend? p.43-48
Tanya Wilks on Christmasp.4
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Violent venues scheme working well enough for Newcastle
A weekend newspaper story highlighted the possibility of liquor licence fees being intro-duced in NSW based on the risk of trouble of a particular venue.
The state opposition have backed the idea which has reportedly seen a significant reduction in vio-lence after being introduced in the ACT.
Sounds fair enough you might say - make ven-ues paying high amounts in fees think about why they are considered high-risk and then hopefully make them take extra steps to prevent incidents from occurring.
But there are also figures stating that the in-cidence of violence at Newcastle venues has dropped by a quarter in recent years after the state government introduced a violent venues scheme.
That would indicate that venues which have had problems in the past are not sweeping the problem under the carpet and that they do un-derstand that violence will not be tolerated.
My feeling is that while the licence fees idea does have some merit and the success in the ACT is well worth taking into account, I think the vio-lent venues scheme is working well enough to be continued.
It’s terrible PR for a venue to be on the publicly-available list, not to mention the tough restric-tions placed on them.
Many venues in Newcastle have managed to
remove themselves from the list, through a dili-gent approach to adding extra security.
If you're known as a venue with violence prob-lems then you're probably losing hundreds of potential customers who will just head down the road to somewhere else.
Some venues in the ACT pay more than $20,000 in licence fees. Currently NSW venues do not pay an annual fee.
Adding a significant fee to their costs could be the difference between financial survival for some venues doing it a bit tough.
You will notice on page 21 that we have intro-duced a medical column featuring Doctors Tony and Kim Isaac from Kotara Family Practice.
From next week, Tony and Kim will answer a selection of medical questions each week.
Readers are invited to submit questions by emailing [email protected] with your first name and suburb along with your query. Please put 'Medical column' in the subject field, so your questions can be quickly passed on to the team at Kotara Family Practice.
Please be aware though that the doctors cannot provide a specific, individual diagnosis. Ques-tions should be of a general nature and can re-quest information or explanations about condi-tions or treatments.
You should, of course, always visit your doctor in person if you have any health concerns.
Terrible PR for a venue to be on the list
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D ark clouds threatened, but the pitter patter of rain held off and was replaced by the pitter patter of feet as the Flame of Hope made
its way through Maitland on Saturday.A contingent of 30 police officers from
Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, New Zealand and the USA joined locals and the odd Special Olympian to carry the flame along High Street as part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run in the lead up to the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Games Opening Ceremony, held on Sunday night.
Central Hunter Local Area Commander, Superintendent Garry O’Dell, said that the torch run was a fantastic experience.
“It’s great to have the opportunity to have Special Olympians in the area,” Su-perintendent O’Dell said.
“It’s days like today we are proud to be police.”
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International sport makes its way to the Hunter region
The Flame of Hope in Maitland on Saturday
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The games run until Saturday and ad-mission to all events is free.
Maitland will host Ten Pin Bowling at
Superstrike Rutherford. Turn to page 6 to see photos from Sunday’s Opening Cer-emony.
State government happy with federaleducation back flipThe NSW Government has welcomed a Commonwealth commitment to education funding, after the Abbott Government back flipped once again on its education funding policy.
Just a week after announcing that they would be taking the former La-bor Government’s Better School Plan back to the drawing board, turn-ing their back on agreements made with State leaders prior to the elec-tion, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Education Minister Christopher Pyne have locked in to funding NSW schools for four years, the same commitment given by the Common-wealth earlier this year.
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell said the news made the Federal Govern-ment’s position on education funding clear.
“This announcement removed any uncertainty about funding for govern-ment and non-government schools across the State,” he said in a state-ment on Monday afternoon.
“As I said last week there was always room for improvement in the way the former Federal Government intend-ed to implement education funding reforms, so I also look forward to a sleeker federal oversight structure.”
Shadow Education Minister, Kate Ellis, took to Twitter after the an-nouncement, writing that the Gov-ernment was “setting the states free to cut school funding as they please.”
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A Christmas tradition worth thinking about
So there I was in the Post Office queue last week with little more to do than wait for one elderly lady after another to purchase ‘a’ stamp.
Yes, one single, solitary stamp....(God help me and grant me patience) .. when a polite, male voice cut through and asked for a book of Christmas stamps. Well this bold bit of philatelic extravagance had me standing straighter and craning my neck around the sensible grey hair do’s to seek out the kind of person who still sends Christmas cards en masse.
It was indeed a neatly-dressed gentle-man of advanced years who had that unhurried manner retirees perfect and I imagined him wandering off to find a warm place in the shade where he could settle in for the afternoon and write out his twenty cards. Not for him a hurried ‘Season’s Greetings, hope it’s great, from blah blah’. No, his would have a short personal note inside, unique to every much-loved, or at least thought about, recipient.
I was more than a little wistful as I watched him amble away because HE
was the ghost of Christmas Card Past. He represented your Nan’s place where the venetian blinds would suddenly come to life during the festive season with cards from her nearest and dearest hooked over every white slat.
He was the time when my mum feared she would end up on Santa’s naughty list because she’d snuck a long letter to an old friend into their Christmas card but paid the cheaper ‘card only’ price for the stamp.
I can’t remember the last time I bought a card to send through the mail.
I, like most of you, am most definitely the Ghost of Christmas Card Present; an e-card here, a Christmas Day text there, the obligatory Christmas Eve cham-pagne flute/Santa/tree instagram shot. How now, how cost effective, how lack-ing tradition and, some elders would say, utterly soulless.
Is it sad that we have moved away from the quaintness of a hand written card? If it’s the obligatory list of ‘must sends’ where the only consideration is writing it the right way up and spelling the name
correctly, then I’d say, no. But the box of treasured cards under my bed from fam-ily and friends who have gone too soon tell me there’s still a place for a nice card, a charity card, better yet - a hand made card.
So what of the Ghost Of Christmas Cards Yet To Come? I would hate to think a visit from that terrifying spectre would herald a world without seasons greetings and, given our penchant for technology, I think not.
Chances are Harry Potter is giving tech heads plenty to work with and it wont be too long before holograms are popping out of e-cards and delivering a complete Christmas pantomime starring ghostly images of US in our very own lounge rooms.
Come on, it’s only one step away from the internet elf-yourself sensation.
I guess the point is, it doesn’t matter how you remind your loved ones you’re thinking of them, the point is just to do it.
Merry Christmas to you and yoursTanya
I can't remember the last time I bought a card to send through the mail. Is it sad that we have moved away from the hand-written card?
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M uch-loved KOFM breakfast duo, David Collins and Tanya Wilks, said their final good-bye, farewell and amen to
listeners last week, with the ‘David and Tanya for Breakfast’ show going to air for the very last time on Friday morning after 22 years on-air.
The emotionally-charged show was broadcast live in front of around 500 lis-teners and special guests at Wests, New Lambton. Tears were shed as legendary pop performer, John Paul Young, ser-enaded the pair with ‘Love is in the Air’ and as Mr Collins and Ms Wilks dedicated Andrew Gold’s ‘Thank You for Being a Friend’ to one another.
“I couldn’t think of a more appropri-ate song to play to an amazing man and a true friend,” said an emotional Ms Wilks,
KOFM’s David and Tanya call it quits after 22 years on the airwaves
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It's goodbye, farewell and amen to Australia’s longest running radio duo
A tearful David Collins and Tanya Wilks at their final show last Friday and John Paul Young sings ‘Love is in the Air.’
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speaking of her long-time on-air partner. “It was has been a pleasure to come to
work every morning and get paid for a job we would have happily done for free – just don’t tell our boss that,” Mr Collins said.
After clocking up more than two decades
on their air between local stations 2HD and KOFM, Mr Collins and Ms Wilks fin-ish their breakfast run with the title of the longest running radio duo in the history of Australian radio.
Ms Wilks will return to the KOFM break-
fast time-slot in mid-January with a new, yet-to-be-named host. Mr Collins, who has worked behind the scenes on KOFM’s ‘Footy Call Team’ program for the past six years, will stay at the station to pursue new opportunities in sports broadcasting.
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What's really in that Big Mac?
Does McDonald’s use pig fat in its milk-shakes? Are the eggs in the McMuffin real? Does McDonald’s use the whole cow in its burgers?
McDonald’s Australia is lifting the lid on the Golden Arches, through a new ini-tiative, Our Food, Your Questions, which launches today and aims to give Aussies access like never before.
Our Food, Your Questions is an online platform that will allow consumers from all over the nation the chance to have an honest conversation with McDonald’s and ask their burning questions about the Macca’s menu.
McDonald’s Edgeworth, Glendale, Morisset and Toronto Licensee, Adam
Sherman, said: “We know that lots of peo-ple have lots of questions about our food. We’ve created Our Food, Your Questions because we know they want answers and our job is to do what we can to give them the information they’re looking for,” said Adam.
“For most people, the only interaction they have had with us has most likely been on the other side of the counter in the restaurant, so it’s exciting to give Aus-tralians the chance to personally explore McDonald’s on an entirely new level,” added Adam.
To start a conversation with McDon-ald’s, head to www.mcdonalds.com.au/your questions
A grant for a new car park will go a long way to changing the pub-lic’s perception of PCYC Lake Macquarie at Windale, according
to club manager, Andrew Best.The club recently received a $32,526
grant from the NSW Government to re-surface its pothole-riddled car park.
Mr Best said not only were the potholes becoming a safety risk, they turned some members of the community off visiting the club.
“You walk into any place and the first thing you experience coming into it is often the car park and the amenities that you visual see and this is the key one for us,” he said. “We’re doing some major works with some painting and new sig-nage, but if you’re still driving into an old car park that perception is still going to
remain the same.”He said work was currently underway
to clean up the club’s image, with a new sign, commissioned graffiti murals and new exterior paint job all planned to com-pliment the upgraded car park.
Presenting the cheque to the PCYC Lake Macquarie, State Member for Charles-town, Andrew Cornwell said resurfacing the car park would improve accessibility for elderly and disabled members of the community and improve safety for those using the facility at night. PCYC Lake Mac-quarie was one of four crown reserves in the Charlestown electorate to share in more than $100,000 in funds from the State Government’s Public Reserves Man-agement Fund. $60,000 was also given for the eradication of weeds in Jewells Wetland, Charlestown Girl Guide hall will have its roof replaced at a cost of almost $10,000 and $2,000 will go towards water hyacinth control on Burwood Lagoon in the Glenrock State Conservation Area.
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PCYC Lake Macquarie manager, Andrew Best, and Member for Charlestown, Andrew Cornwell believe the club’s car park desperately needs an upgrade
Public Notice Of Exhibition - Draft Local Approvals PolicyA draft Local Approvals Policy has been prepared to satisfy the requirements of the Local Government Act 1993 (the Act).
Section 68 of the Act provides an opportunity for councils to prepare a Local Approvals Policy for certain groups of low impact activities. The Act allows the Local Approvals Policy to specify the low impact activities that may be undertaken without Development Approval under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979. Such activities include mobile vendors, busking, fundraising and the use of the beach for commercial fishing purposes.
It is important that Council has a transparent framework for dealing with requests to carry out low impact activities. A Local Approvals Policy provides this opportunity through granting exemptions from the need for approval, and outlining criteria that the activities must satisfy.
The Draft Local Approvals Policy and attachments are on exhibition from Monday 4 November to Monday 16 December at:
• Council’s Customer Service Centre, 126-138 Main Road Speers Point; and
• All libraries
A copy is also available on Council’s website www.lakemac.com.au.
Submissions: Written submissions to the Draft Strategy should be received by Council before close of business on Monday 16 December 2013 and be sent to the address below.
Disclosure of Political Donations and Gifts: All persons who lodge a submission are required to declare any relevant political donations and/or gifts in accordance with Section 147(5) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The information and disclosure form is available at www.lakemac.com.au and search Political Donations and Gifts.
Council will release all submissions received upon request, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
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R ecently launched street art festi-val, Hit the Bricks, could be back in 2014 if early community feedback is any indication.
Held last month, the event brought a col-lection of street artists from all over Aus-tralia and New Zealand to Newcastle for a weekend of mural painting and work-shops across the CBD and surrounding suburbs.
Carl Morgan, director of local design fes-tival Look Hear and organiser of Hit the Bricks, told the Post he had not heard a word against the event yet and was certain it would run again next year and attract even more artists.
“We were actually filming a documenta-ry during the event and asking people for feedback,” he said.
“We specifically wanted some negative opinions of street art in the film but even
Positive feedback flowing in for inaugural street art festival
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The word on the street: Hit the Bricks to return to Newcastle in 2014
A piece by street artists Beastman and Phibs in Hunter Street
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when we baiting people with things like, ‘Why do you think street art is bad,’ the feedback was still overwhelming posi-tive.”
“I’ve got a list of artists as long as my arm that we’d like to invite and we definitely
want to go more internationals over here.” Mr Morgan said he received a lot of sup-
port from Newcastle City Council and lo-cal business owners in the lead up to the event and praised Newcastle Lord Mayor, Jeff McCloy, for putting forward a building
as a canvas for street artists. “Jeff McCloy was all over it,” Mr Morgan said.
“He is a smart man and understands the true potential of street art.”
“Street art is fine art on a grand scale – you can’t ignore it.”
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A helping hand with the NDISStroke and Disability Information (S.A.D.I.) is a local not-for-profit service providing experienced, caring and confidential advocacy with regard to the Na-tional Disability Insur-ance Scheme.
The Newcastle Local Government Area is a pi-lot area for this scheme. Anyone living in this area with a disability, aged between 0 to 65 years is eligible for the scheme.
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C hristmas can be a particularly difficult time for those whose lives have been changed by violent crime and tragedy – not
just in the first year, but always. Imag-ine, for example, king-hit victim Thomas Kelly’s parents and family – what they must think about the coming Christmas season? What of the parents of loved ones who suicided – how will Christmas be for them?
VOCALs pre-Christmas ceremony is
designed to honour and remember lives lost & lives changed. Survivors, family and friends will place their special angels on the plain VOCAL Christmas Tree, and we will, as a community, build together a beautiful ‘tree of angels’.
The ceremony will begin at 7 pm, and be followed by a light Christmas supper at $10.00 per head. Get there early.
For more information on the event, visit vocal.org.au/vocals-christmas-tree-of-angels/
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Super Saturday at Westfield Kotara
A new oral treatment that reduces the frequency of relapses and delays disabil-ity progression in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) has been listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in Australia.
TECFIDERA, manufactured by Biogen
Idec, will be available to suitable MS pa-tients in Australia via the PBS from the 1st of December 2013.
Newcastle-based neurologist Associate Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott was in-volved in the Australian clinical trials for the new medicine.
Professor Lechner-Scott says improved access to new options for MS patients of-fers hope for the future.
As of September 2013, which marks the six-month milestone post US approval, approximately 35,000 patients have been treated globally with TECFIDERA
The Catholic Schools Office in the Dio-cese of Maitland-Newcastle is pleased to formally announce that the name of its planned new school, to be built and opened in Chisholm by 2015, will be ‘St Aloysius Catholic Primary School’.
The new school will be a two-stream primary school (K – 6) with an eventual capacity of 420 students and has been named after the patron saint of young students and youth generally, St Aloy-sius Gonzaga.
The site of the new school is on a par-cel of land within the Waterford Coun-ty residential subdivision at Chisholm, Thornton North and St Aloysius Catho-lic Primary School is due to open in 2015.
Bishop Bill Wright said he’s delighted to officially be able to announce the name of the new school.
“My preference in naming the new school was definitely for adopting the name of an individual ‘patron’, some-one with a real life history and story, who might hopefully become a bit of a model or inspiration to future stu-dents,” Bishop Bill said.
Bishop Bill also explained that the name received quite strong advocacy from a number of women who were consulted during the process of decid-ing on the new name.
“That suggestion was pleasing to me, since I’d done most of my schooling at St Aloysius College, but its aptness to a school in Chisholm or the Diocese was not otherwise immediately apparent to me before these discussions,” he said.
On Saturday 7 December, the biggest shopping event of the year will take place at Westfield Kotara.
The annual event promises to be just as spectacular as last year, with loads of discounts for shoppers, in-centre enter-tainment and most importantly, fund-raising activities for GiveAbility charity partners all taking place on the big day.
At Westfield Kotara, shoppers will de-light with a cooking demonstration with 2012 Masterchef winner, Andy Allen.
Many other activities are planned for the day including a breakfast with San-ta, Christmas gift tree, Nail and Chan-don bar, character meet and greets and a fairy floss and popcorn stand. Proceeds from these activities will be donated to Westfield Kotara's local charity partner, Autism Spectrum.
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I t’s a dance craze that’s taken the world by storm, and a busy Erina Fair saw 40 flash mobbers from both Newcastle and the Central
Coast kick up their heels, last week for a great cause. They joined thousands across Australia who were calling for full adult rates of pay for 18-20 year old workers.
The flash mob was part of National 100% Pay Week which comes as the Fair Work Commission deliberates on the case to pay 20 year old retail workers full adult wages as the first step towards pay-ing 18 and 19 year olds fairly.
Under the General Retail Industry Award, 18 year olds are paid 30 per cent less than the adult rate, 19 year olds are paid 20 per cent less and 20 year olds are paid 10 per cent less. Onlookers were taken by surprise when people who were seemingly part of the crowd began to dance at ‘The Hive’, Erina Fair’s outdoor arena. The crowd wasn’t sure what was happening as age related songs blasted through the stereo and the mob gradu-ally grew in size. At the end it became ap-parent it was all for a good cause, with a banner directing people to the campaign website (www.100percentpay.com.au).
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E ver wondered how Charlestown got its name, when the first school opened in Pelican or how many miners worked at the John Dar-
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thousands of pieces of information docu-menting the colourful and vibrant history of Lake Macquarie via a recently launched user- friendly database.
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historians over two years, Lake Macquarie History Online features suburb and street name histories, newsletters, historic court records, maps, photographs and more.
Community history librarian, Ann Crump, said the website was a key resource for the community.
“The site captures Lake Macquarie’s past, present and future,” she said.
“The website is about the people of Lake Macquarie, the history of where they lived, where they worked, their recreational pur-suits and their achievements."
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Toronto Private Hospital is located 35 minutes from Newcastle and 10 minutes from Warners Bay.
Maitland Private Hospital is located 35 minutes from Newcastle and 5 minutes from Maitland District Hospital.
The specialist psychiatrists, therapy and nursing staff are highly experienced and committed to providing quality mental healthcare and support to the wider community and referring general practitioners in the Newcastle and Hunter region.
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I f there’s an multi-national sporting being held anywhere near Newcastle or Sydney, it’s a fair bet that George Tattersell will be there to lend a hand.
Mr Tattersell, 72, is amongst 3,000 vol-unteering out an about at the Special Olympics 2013 Asia Pacific Games in New-castle having given his time over the years to major events in Sydney such as the 2000 Olympic and Paralympics Games, the 2009 Masters Games and the Sydney International tennis tournament.
“I just enjoy meeting people from all over the world,” Mr Tattersell said when asked the main reason behind his com-
Paul Monforte mitment to helping others. “If there’s no volunteers, then there’s no Olympics,” he added.
Mr Tattersell recalled, with pride, Olym-pics swimming gold medallist Susie O’Neill personally thanking him and all volunteers for their efforts at the 2000 Games. He also served as a driver for for-mer world No.1 tennis player Pat Rafter, who he describes as a “terrific bloke”.
Special Olympics 2013 Asia Pacific Games Director Chris Heverin paid tribute to the 3,000 volunteers currently in action in Newcastle.
“Our volunteers are the lifeblood of the Games”, Mr Heverin said. “They come from all walks of life and there are also some international volunteers for the Games. I’d like to also thank them for their patience during the application process”
the smiles said it all on Sunday night as 2 500 athletes from 29 countries were welcomed to newcastle for the Special olympics asia Pacific Games.
The spectacular featured performances from Human Nature, Marcia Hines, Anthony Callea, Doug Parkinson, Iva Davies, The Mc-Clymonts and Darren Percival in front of an almost 25 000 strong crowd.
They were joined by thousands of performers from local and national and international groups in a cultural party that celebrated those with an intellectual disability.
The games run until Saturday and specta-tor admission is free. For information on venues visit www.specialolympicsasia-pacgames2013.com
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The splendors of Christmas are fast approaching and I am de-lighted to launch Lake Mac’s Christmas Countdown spectacu-lar and Christmas Toy Appeal at this year's Newcastle Perma-nent Carols by Candlelight, this Sunday, 8 December.
Council's Christmas Countdown celebrations in Speers Point Park, is 14 jam-packed days of free fun and activity. There's something for everyone with crafts, circus skills, Santa photos with pets and wrapping up with a free family fun day.
Christmas can be a difficult time for many people and fami-lies, many less fortunate families simply cannot afford gifts to brighten Christmas morning. I would like to ask residents and businesses to donate to the appeal this Christmas.
This year is special as donors can place their unwrapped gift under Lake Macquarie’s very own giant Christmas Tree, while enjoying Lake Mac’s Christmas Countdown activities, or leave your gift at Swansea or Morisset libraries until 24 December.
Donated goods are delivered to Wesley Mission, The Salva-tion Army and the Samaritans to be distributed to families in need throughout Lake Macquarie in time for Christmas.
I would like to thank the hundreds of generous people who have donated toys in previous years and hope we can contin-ue this spirit to make 2013 the biggest toy appeal yet.
Christmas is a time for giving and caring for one another, for family, friendships and community.
Cr Jodie HarrisonLake Macquarie City CouncilMayor
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I remember as a child visiting The Store and David Jones to get a taste of Christmas as shop owners tried to outdo each other with their decorated windows. We want to recreate this magic for our children and grandchildren with Christmas in the city, a month long celebration of our festive season.
Festivities kicked off last week and I want to thank the per-formers, businesses, families and friends who came along, got into the spirit of things and were part of seeing Christmas reborn in the city. Staff, along with local business, have been working on this initiative for the last few months to set the stage for Christmas in the city to encourage shoppers and the community to rediscover the city centre.
The centrepiece of the launch was the illumination of the former Post Office in Hunter Street in a swathe of Christmas colour. This theme will continue throughout December with a program of live performances and events involving hundreds of local people including schools on Friday nights and Saturday mornings, a Christmas trail of decorated shops through the city, street Christmas lights and free parking in the King Street car park after 5pm on Fridays. City Evolutions in Watt Street also has a Christmas theme and retailers are running Christmas pro-motions including the shop in town promotion to win prizes in the $20,000 Christmas hamper. All the offers and details can be found on the Newcastle Now Christmas app that can be down-loaded from iTunes or the Play Store.
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Go Kindy Early Education Centres has announced plans to develop a state-of-the-art Childcare Centre in Northlakes Estate at Cameron Park.
Go Kindy has 15 years experience and has teamed with local architects Jackson Teece to create a 106 place centre to meet growing demand.
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A local Aboriginal woman has been named Australian Training’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stu-dent of the Year. TAFE NSW - OTEN student Mar-keeta Douglas was honoured with the award at the
2013 Australian Training Awards on November 22.Markeeta was delighted to get the award and thanked
OTEN for their support. Her belief in the importance of hearing health led her to enrol in audiometry by distance education.
“I had a genuine interest in hearing health and I had a real understanding of how much it affected our commu-nity, in particular our children,” Markeeta said.
Markeeta works for Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Co-operative as the Aboriginal Hearing Health Worker/ Audiometrist.
“I have lived in Newcastle for 17 years and my family and I are actively involved in all activities. I have dedicated most of my adult life to working not only in Aboriginal health but to the community in which I live and that my children will grow up in.”
“I have a great apprecia-tion of how lucky we are in the Newcastle and Hunter region. We really do live in an amazing part of NSW with endless op-portunities for our com-munity,” Markeeta said.
For more information on OTEN, please call 131 870 or go to oten.tafensw.edu.au.
W omen from Newcastle and across the Hunter New Eng-land region are leading the way in helping fast-track
breast cancer research with more than 2,000 joining the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s online community for breast cancer research called Register4 www.register4.org.au in the past two months.
With 1 in 8 Australian women being diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime, the National Breast Cancer Foundation and BreastScreen NSW Hunt-er New England are working together to help find answers to combat this disease.
All BreastScreen NSW clients in the Hunter New England region who have had a mammogram in the past two years have been invited to join the Register4 online community, which is open to women or men over the age of 18 - you don’t have to have had breast cancer to participate.
It is free and totally confidential. Since Register4 was launched in October 2010,
almost 35,000 people have signed up to support breast cancer research.
An initiative of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Register4 assists researchers spend less time and money on recruiting volunteers, and more time conducting their research. It can some-times take researchers years to find the right people for their projects. Register4 helps fast track this.
Once a project is complete, the findings are shared with Register4 members, so they know they are making a difference within the breast cancer research com-munity. Currently, there are a number of research projects looking for participants. Help us to make a difference by helping researchers fast-track a cure for cancer. Register now to participate in Australia’s first online community, or for more infor-mation, visit www.register4.org.au.
Women are encouraged not to forget their free screening mammogram every two years. To make your appointment at BreastScreen, please telephone 13 20 50.
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M aitland City Council could soon launch its own Newcas-tle-style urban revitalisation program as it aims to fill va-
cant shops along High Street and attract creative industries to the CBD.
Renew Australia founder, Marcus West-bury, and Merryn Spencer from Pop Up Parramatta were invited to brief council-lors last week as Council works to develop its own strategy to inject creativity and culture into the heart of Maitland.
Council’s manager marketing and com-munications, Rachel MacLucas, said look-ing at renewal style schemes was current-ly one of Council’s top priorities.
“Pure infrastructure development is not going to be enough to change the face of central Maitland,” said Ms MacLucas, re-ferring to Council’s multimillion dollar
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mall upgrade project, the Levee.“We want these projects to be running in
tandem so people can see change happen-ing not just structurally, but culturally and economically. We want central Maitland interesting to live in, visit, work and shop.
“It’s about changing perceptions and making Maitland the vibrant heart of the region.”
Mr Westbury, the driving force behind Hunter Street Mall’s transformation through the Renew Newcastle project, said by opening up High Street to those who have the “initiative to try and fail,” Council could make central Maitland a place people have to visit.
“People don’t want to go to places that look the same as everywhere else,” he said. “People will pay a premium to find and see things they can’t get anywhere else – it’s about creating distinctiveness, uniqueness and originality.”
Ms MacLucas said Council was seek-ing input from local artists and creative entrepreneurs about launching an urban renewal scheme in Maitland.
Those interested in participating in such a program are urged to contact Maitland City Council’s economic development of-ficer, Pierre Malou, via email at [email protected].
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T he countdown is on to Esca Bim-badgen’s highly-anticipated Red & White Party this New Year’s Eve. Frock up in daring red or
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Head over to the award-winning winery restaurant at 7pm for canapés and Bim-badgen Sparkling wine on arrival before selecting from a four-course feast that promises nothing short of an unforgetta-ble taste experience.
Head Chef Mark Bennett’s specially de-signed menu provides the ultimate in New Year’s Eve dining:
First CourseProsciutto, roasted fresh fig, Bimbadgen Shiraz, pate, cheese foam and pink peppercorn. Suggested wine match: Bimbadgen Regions 2012 Pinot GrisSecond CourseAromatic ‘Thai red curry’ inspired duck, lychees. Suggested wine match: Bimbadgen Regions 2012 GewurztraminerThird CourseMoroccan spiced lamb leg, Hunter Valley olive crumble, crushed minted chickpeas, babaganoush.
Suggested wine match: Bimbadgen Signature 2011 Hunter Valley Shiraz
OR Cider smoked in house, salmon fillet, herb and lemon risotto, asparagus, horseradish crème fraiche. Suggested wine match: Bimbadgen Estate 2012 Chardonnay
Conclude the feast with your choice of White chocolate, Passionfruit cheesecake, Mango salsa or Meringue, accompanied by Bimbadgen Estate 2007 Botrytis Semil-lon. Bimbadgen Sparkling wine will be on hand when the clock strikes 12 to help you toast the New Year.
Esca Bimbadgen will be commencing festivities from 7pm. A four course set menu is priced at $140 or $175 with wine matching, and $130 for Club Bimbadgen members or $165 with wine matching. Phone 02 4998 4666 or email [email protected] to book your spot today!
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S eeing the jolly man in red around this time of year isn’t uncommon, but seeing 1000 Santas running through the streets of Newcastle
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Variety Newcastle regional development manager, Peter Harvey, said the event has been growing steadily every year.
“Two years ago we had 300 runners, this year we had a record number of partici-pants,” he said.
Officials are still tallying up the exact amount raised on the day, but Mr Harvey believed the amount will be in excess of $30,000.
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know that this money will go towards helping children with special needs, ill-nesses or other disadvantages in the Hunter.
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Variety – the Children’s Charity delivers over $1.2 million in grants every month,
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With the summer school holidays just around the corner, a lot of people are thinking about heading overseas for a well-deserved break.
It’s easy to get caught up in the excite-ment of planning a trip abroad, so plan-ning a trip to the doctor for travel advice can be easily overlooked.
Some overseas holiday destinations do not require any vaccinations, but for oth-ers you may be recommended several vac-cinations or medicines to protect against illnesses such as malaria, hepatitis, ty-phoid, cholera, yellow fever, rabies and traveller’s diarrhoea.
Even if your stay will be short and city-based, it is worth discussing your travel agenda with your doctor to make sure you get the best cover for your needs. Smart Traveller (the Department of Foreign Af-fairs and Trade health advice website www.smartraveller.gov.au) recommends seeking medical advice at least 8 weeks before departure.
This is because some vaccines can take 2 weeks or more to give you full immunity and other diseases may require a series
of shots given several weeks apart before full immunity is achieved. So, planning for your travel health needs in advance is smart thinking.
Travel advice not only includes discuss-ing whether or not you may require vac-cinations but also discussing your general fitness for travel.
Some destinations may present environ-mental risks due to extreme temperature (tropical heat or winter cold) or altitude.
If you already have a pre-existing illness it can be very important to discuss your general fitness with your doctor and make sure you have all your medications filled and insurance documents completed.
Most of us think to insure our belong-ings when we travel, but insuring our-selves is just as important, especially if travelling to countries where access to good health care may be very expensive or very limited.
Australia has a reciprocal health agree-ment with New Zealand, the United King-dom and several European nations, but it is still no substitute for travel health insur-ance.
No matter where you are travelling, re-member that if you are travelling in our summer vacation then it is winter in the northern hemisphere and you will head-ing straight into the northern flu season.
Seasonal flu vaccination can provide protection against the influenza virus but will not stop you from getting a common cold, so use good hygiene habits and carry some liquid hand sanitizer in your pocket.
Traveller’s diarrhoea is a fairly common illness picked up by people travelling to developing countries where they may be exposed to contaminated food or water.
Diarrhoea, nausea, abdominal cramp-ing, fever and dehydration are the main symptoms of traveller’s diarrhoea and can last for several days.
There is no specific vaccine against trav-eller’s diarrhoea, but there is very good evidence to suggest that the oral (drink-able) cholera vaccine provides useful pro-tection against the bacteria E. coli which causes the illness.
Be sure to seek medical advice before you travel and protect your holiday by protecting yourself.
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A number of school, hospital, and nurs-ing home visits will form part of the camp while players will also run AFL clinics and meet junior footballers playing for their lo-cal club. Swans coach John Longmire said the Community Camps are a great initiative that brings the Swans and the community together. “The players always look forward to the Community Camp as it provides a terrific opportunity to break up pre-season training and get away for a couple of days to visit the club’s supporters throughout the state,” Longmire said.
“With the demands of the home-and-away season, it is difficult to visit regional centres in NSW throughout the year so the camp will be a great way for the Club to get out into the community to local schools, hospitals and junior clubs. The 2014 com-munity camp will be a great way to kick off the year just before the first bounce of the premiership season.”
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Spread The Joy This ChristmasThe Post NewspapersChristmas Gift Appeal 2013The Post will help bring a little joy to a child in need this Christmas.
Simply leave an unwrapped gift for 0 – 16 years of age under the Post’s Christmas Tree located in the foyer of our new offices at 19 Pearson Street, Charlestown by 19 December 2013.
Your gift of a new toy, book, etc. is sure to put a smile on the face of a child in need this Christmas.
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Wallsend Baptist Church is excited about the prospect of another great Community Carols night to be held in Federal Park on Saturday 14 December 2013. Last year’s Carols night was a great success with probably about 2,500 peo-ple in attendance. It is a fantastic oppor-tunity to come together as a community to celebrate Christmas.
The evening will commence at 6pm with pre event entertainment supplied by – plus an appearance by Goodnews the Clown.
You can take the opportunity to share in a BBQ – let the kids have some fun on the jumping castles – or sit back and enjoy your own BYO tea.
At 7pm the main program will com-mence where the band will be leading in all the favourite carols that everyone loves. This year our special guests will be a group called THE LADS all the way from Tennessee via New Zealand. They make a return visit to Newcastle after being part of the CityFest program in 2012. Their only appearance in New-castle will be at the Wallsend Commu-nity carols.
Santa will make a guest appearance – and you might even spot Wally The Wombat sometime in the evening.
At 9pm the evening will finish with a great fireworks display.
Wallsend Baptist Church wants to ex-press their thanks and appreciation to a number of people and businesses that have contributed to this year’s event.
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People who start exercising even late in life can reap the benefit of good health, a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine says.
Researchers tracked the health of nearly 3,500 people whose average age was 64, for more than eight years. People who already had a record of sustained and regu-lar exercise, meaning vigorous activity at least once a week, boosted their likelihood of ‘healthy ageing’ sev-enfold more than compared to people with a lifestyle of persistent inactivity.
‘Healthy ageing’ was rated by an absence of major diseases and disabilities, good mental health (the lack of depression or cognitive decline), and the ability to maintain stable social connections. The gain even among newcomers to exercise was roughly triple.
“Significant health benefits were... seen among par-ticipants who became physically active relatively late in life,” the paper, released on Monday, said.
Without regular workouts, maximum aerobic power falls in men by up to half between the ages of 20 and 60. Women begin to lose fitness aged around 35, with aerobic power also falling by up to half by the age of 60.
Eventually, everyday activities become “intolerably fatiguing” for older men and women.
Another study they published found that relatively high-intensity aerobic exercise over a relatively long period of time reverses these losses and could boost maximal aerobic power by 25 per cent.
The great thing about fashion is that it is inclusive of everyone; no matter where you are from, what sex you are, what you look like or how old you are, you can be and most certainly are a part of the fashion world.
You don’t have to follow the trends of the time or keep up with the latest fashion news – by simply buying and wearing clothes, you are contributing to fashion.
The sad thing is that often, fashion is thought to be relevant only to thin, pretty, twenty-something wom-en, which is so far from the truth.
Just last week I was chatting with some over 55’s and one lovely woman expressed her disappointment with the fact that a mature aged model is hard to find.
I took this as a challenge, scouring through magazines of all kinds and directed at all ages, finding that older models are almost nonexistent – except for one special feature in a highend fashion shoot that I found. Why this would be the case, I am not sure – just because you are ageing doesn’t mean you will stop caring about the things you love when you are younger. Plus, older peo-ple still wear clothes!
The misconception that fashion is only relevant to thin people is also ridiculous.
All you have to do is take a look around where you shop and there are plus-size clothes and models every-where in every display.
There are designers dedicated to creating sexy and practical clothes for curvy women.
Australian men of all ages are less healthy and, therefore, do not enjoy as good a quality of life as they should. All chronic conditions such as obesity, cancer, diabe-tes and heart disease occur more frequently in men. And it probably comes as no surprise to learn that men generally indulge in more risky behaviour than do women; and this behaviour pattern has been the case for many centuries
One out of every six men suffers from depression at any one time; and men are more likely to suicide than women. Also, men often do not recognise the symptoms of depression, and so do not seek help.
The Pharmaceutical Society (PSA) with has produced a fact card titled Depression. It’s one of a series on mental health issues which includes topics such as: Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Sleeping Problems and Relaxation Techniques.
There is also a Self Care fact card on Prostate Prob-lems, which are common for men to develop as they get older. Of course, prostate problems don’t neces-sarily mean prostate cancer.
The fact cards are available from pharmacies around Australia which provide the PSA Self Care health information. You can call 1300 369 772 for the nearest location or log onto the website at www.psa.org.au and click on “Self Care” then “Find a Self Care Pharmacy”.
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o lder workers in poor health could better fund their own treatments if they stayed in the workforce longer, a new report from
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As a result the government is looking at ways to promote self-sufficiency in retire-ment by encouraging people to continue working up to and beyond 65 years, even those who have chronic health conditions.
National Seniors chief executive Michael O’Neill said aside from addressing age dis-crimination in employment, governments were exploring other ways to keep people working for longer.
“As Australia faces the ageing popula-tion, the reality is that people will need to work longer and workplaces will also have to adapt to employees who have chronic health conditions,” O’Neill said.
“Making the workplace more accessible to older people with chronic health condi-tions such as arthritis, back problems and diabetes is one way to encourage them to remain working for longer.
“Remaining in the workforce past the age
of 65 has the potential to offset the high costs of poor health, which include treat-ment costs, changes to living arrangements and buying aids or equipment.”
The report found a range of interventions such as flexible working arrangements and workplace modifications can aid in pro-moting longer working lives and help peo-ple to remain self-sufficient in retirement.
The findings were released in the Nation-al Seniors Australia Productive Ageing Cen-tre’s report, A widening gap: The financial benefits of delaying retirement.
The study found workers in their early 60s who had a chronic health condition had better retirement savings and a higher level of wealth than those who had quit work.
There were also positive health benefits from remaining in the workforce, even for those with chronic health conditions.
“The results show that continuing to work may contribute to the improvement of a person’s health, particularly for those who have a chronic health condition,’’ O’Neill said.
“However support for people who are unable to work to the retirement age of 65 because of poor health must continue to be available,” he said.
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With Christmas just around the corner, it’s probably not the best time to be casting a critical eye over the eleventh album from Florida’s greatest blasphemers, but all that Satanic cahootery aside, this album is a thundering triumph.
Glen Benton and co have rarely sounded more vicious than they do here, thanks in no small part to the production skills of Jason Suecof (The Black Dahlia Murder, Death Angel, Atheist). The same unrelent-ing rhythm section, shrieking riffing and gut wrenching growls from Mr Benton are still the band’s stock in trade but it seems as though things may’ve ramped up a notch. Standouts include ‘Between the Flesh and the Void’ and ‘Even the Gods Can Bleed’.
If you like your music more on the abrasive side of the spectrum, you could certainly do a lot worse than this sonic onslaught.
Thanks to some masterful direction from Martin Scorsese and brilliant performances from Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte, this remake at least stands on par with the classic 1962 original starring Robert Mitchum.The story centres around small town-lawyer Sam Bowden (Nolte) who, four-teen years prior, put away psychotic, bible-quoting rapist, Max Cady (De Niro) after concealing a document that could have gotten Cady acquitted. Now, Cady has been released and is bent on teaching Bowden and his family a lesson.
The comedic team of writers/actors Nick Frost and Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright are back
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The sounds of Australia
When iconic Australian pop-rockers GANGga-jang lost their found-ing bass player, Chris Bailey, to throat cancer
earlier this year, it seemed as though it might be stumps for the band that brought us the “unofficial” Australian anthem, The Sounds of Then (This Is Australia).
Thankfully, for the band’s many fans they are hitting the road again – including a Newcastle show, for the first time since Bailey’s death and frontman Mark ‘Cal’ Callaghan (pictured) told TE that he ex-pected a bittersweet affair.
“It’s been quite a while between drinks for us in Newcastle – it’s a great town and eit’s always been good to us,” he said.
“It is going to be weird, though with Chris not being there.
“He really was the core of the whole GANGgajang thing and not just on the music side of things. He really was the glue that held the band together. Also, his playing was just incredible”
Callaghan added that Bailey (who also lent his considerable talent to the The
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Angels and many others), before his death, insisted to each member that the band continue and to that end, the band have recruited Rebecca Johnson into the fold.
“One thing that Chris made known is that he wanted the band to keep going and so we’ve got Rebecca John-son in to play bass and, at this stage, we haven’t actually met but she is a
phenomenal bass player with her own band and she has also played with peo-ple like Ian Moss and Richard Clapton so she’s no slouch. It’s funny because I know Chris would have said that we should get Rebecca in because she is better-looking than him,” he laughed.
Perhaps best known for their paean to Australia, ‘The Sounds of Then’, Cal-laghan said he had no idea that the song would become an Australian cultural touchstone.
“Often the way it works, for me at least, is that I’ll write a song thinking it’s the best thing ever, get really precious about it and then go and record it and be disappointed with the result,” he said.
“But it was the opposite with ‘Sounds of Then’. It was always a track we played in the middle of the set – it never really stood out – but then we recorded it and it took on a life of it’s own that none of us ever saw coming.”
So, with the band hitting the road again, can we expect GANGgajang to hit the stu-dio any time soon?
“Well, we have lots of songs as I’ve never really stopped writing,” he said.
“We have definitely talked about a new recording and we will road test a couple of new ones on these shows, but we’ll just take it one step at a time.”
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On the up and up T
he last time Newcastle-based singer songwriter Kristy James graced these pages, her de-but single, the tubthumping country rocker ‘Overdrive’ was
pricking up more than its fair share of ears.
Now, it looks as though that momentum is continuing with James’ first EP, ‘No-body’s Gonna Make Me’ debuting at an impressive number 12 on the iTunes coun-try charts before shooting up to the num-ber two spot, just behind Taylor Swift.
“I’m just so stoked – I never thought I’d see anything I’d done up there with the likes of Taylor Swift. It’s just amazing,” she told TE.
After listening to the five tracks of beautifully produced neo-country, it’s not hard to see why people are catching onto James at a rate of knots.
As with ‘Overdrive’, James teamed up with producer Simon Johnson (Adam Harvey, Travis Collins) and she said the relationship the pair had forged dur-ing the recording of ‘Overdrive’ proved invaluable to the creative continuity of ‘Nobody’s Gonna Make Me’
“I think having Simon on board again helped with the creative process no end," she said.
"Because, if you are in a comfortable
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I t seems as music wags are heaping such hyperbolic praise as “my new favourite artist” or “an indie mas-terpiece” to every second artist.
However, after just one listen to
Armidale-bred songwriter Dustin Teb-butt’s layered and intricate debut EP, ‘The Breach’, it becomes obvious what the wags were talking about. The EP, spear-headed by a mesmarising title track, is a meditation on the appeal of hibernation and the notion of life in the winter, and Tebbutt holed up for the better part of two years in Sweden to realise his creative vi-sion.
“The location was a fundamental influ-ence to everything that ended up on ‘The Breach’ – the landscape and the complete-ly altered sense of time,” he told TE.
“I found that I was inside a lot and doing small life things which really changes your perception of nearly everything.”
Tebbutt, who returned to Australia to mix the album in his home studio said that he nearly didn’t release the EP at all.
“At one point, after I’d finished it, I thought that it had served its purpose and I wasn’t going to release it, but I guess I just became intrigued with the process of releasing something. It was quite cathartic in that once it was released, it was like a scene from a space movie where the astro-naut is cut form the pod and starts drifting into space – that’s how I felt about the EP. It’s out there now in the ether and people can put their own interpretations on it and those different interpretations kind of force me to look at the songs in a different way.”
It seems as though it was the right deci-sion to unleash the EP as the eponymous single has received high-rotation airplay on Triple J, BBC1 in the UK and a number of US college stations while the EP hit the top 10 on the iTunes album chart. Teb-butt, who has just come off an extensive national run with Boy and Bear, said while the prospect of taking the songs tor a live setting was a little daunting , he said he is getting over the initial jitters.
“The first show of the whole project was about three months ago and it was so nerve wracking,” he said. “But I was well and truly thrown in the deep end with the Boy and Bear tour."
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space when you do record, you are kind of more willing to express yourself dif-ferently or offer creative input.”
Since first stepping onstage at the ten-der age of 11 and cutting her burgeoning musical teeth at the Steel City Country Music Club every Tuesday, James has taken to the life of a singer songwriter with gusto and has been an artist who is happy to do things on her own terms – as evidenced on the EP’s title track which James describes as “a song that says you are who you are ultimately because of you”.
“For me, songwriting is about my own real life experiences or maybe me steal-ing some of my friends real life experi-ences,’ she laughed.
“I’m not the kind of songwriter who can walk down the street, see a tree, and suddenly be inspired, so yeah, a lot of my songs are very personal and the title track definitely falls into that category.”
Aside from the critical plaudits the al-bum has been getting, James said she was heartenedby the response to her pozible.com campaign to get the EP funded with pledges going over and above the amount needed.
“It really was a difficult task getting the campaign together but it was just bril-liant to see so many people get behind the project and support it.
"It was a lot of hard work but worth it."‘Nobody’s Gonna Make Me’ is available
now through iTunes or at kristyjames.com.
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Michael Mills is a veteran performer with more than 30 years experi-ence of playing gigs in Australia and Europe.
Mills has many highlights in his career including a four-year stint at the Red Garter in Florence Italy, as well as two years of playing the Aussie pub circuit in Austria and Germany.
Famous audience members throughout his career have included Sting, David Bowie, Roberto Benigni and Dave Lambert from The Strawbs.
Mills is sure to have something for everyone.
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W ith craft beer halls popping up across Newcastle at an alarming rate, it was only a
matter of time until some bright spark decided to merge fine food with the fine liquid.
A relative newcomer to the Darby Street eat-scene, the Hop Factory is where that spark comes to life.
With 16 craft beers on tap, as well as a selection of ciders, Belgian brews and other speciality beers, there is plenty to keep even the keenest aficionado of the amber fluid satisfied – and with a sizeable locally focused wine list, wine lovers will feel right at home too.
But it’s the food that makes the Hop Factory stand out from the increasing-ly fecund Newcastle craft beer scene.
Unlike most restaurants, where the wine list is matched to the food, the Hop Factory seems to use the reverse philosophy, designing the menu to compliment the beer.
Full of sumptuous cuts of meat, sea-food, cheese, and pasta-goodness – it’s a hedonistic carb-loaded affair with barely a salad in sight.
Sipping on a Batlow Cloudy Apple Ci-der, at the recommendation of the chef I feasted on hefty potion of beef eye fillet charred and coated with an in-dulgent café de Paris butter sauce and topped with a king prawn. Cooked to perfection, this surf and turf with fancy twist really hit the spot.
Even my normally wine drinking din-ing partner couldn’t escape the craft beer pull, opting to wash down her delicious soft cheese stuffed chicken dish with a glass of 4 Pines American Style Pale Ale, haling from Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches – a bever-age that spurred the remark, “I think I could become a beer drinker!”
A clever blend of tasty meals and masterfully brewed beers in industrial yet welcoming surrounds makes the Hop Factory a perfect choice for group gatherings or perhaps even a hubby-friendly date night.
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Y ou might have noticed that New-castle post-hardcore powerhouse I Am The Agent have been con-
spicuously absent from stages of late.
However, don’t go thinking that the four piece is resting on its laurels. “Yeah at the moment we are laying a little low as we’re in the middle of writing our debut album which we’re expecting to have out early next year,” bass player Jason Breen told TE. Breen said the band handed over pro-duction control to Newcastle producer
Geoff Mullard at RTN Studios for the al-bum which gave the band the chance to further develop their sound in the studio.
“We’ve taken a bit of a different ap-proach with the album in that with the EPs [Volume One, Volume Two and Vol-ume Three] Michael [Gale, vocals] and Daniel [Lambert, guitar] took on the production role, and for the album we’re recording with Geoff at RTN and he’s got a really good ear for all kinds of sonic weirdness." Anyone who has seen I Am The Agent would know that they are one of the most committed and kinetic New-castle bands at the moment and Breen said one of the main focuses of ‘stay Drunk’ was to capture that live energy in the studio.
“We went into the album thinking that we really wanted to capture that live vibe, considering that we didn’t really get it on the first three volumes, so it will be a very live sounding album.
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D o the early NWOBM sounds of Iron Maiden get your blood pumping? Does the intense riff-
ing and double-kick madness of ‘Ride The Lightning’-era Metallica make you want to headbang until you’re in danger of developing whiplash? Then you’d do well to get along to the Great Northern this weekend for a healthy dose of metal madness courtesy of Newcastle four-piece Corpse Harvest.
While the idea of a bunch of guys tack-ling the metal masters might not sound
too special these days, what sets Corpse Harvest apart is the age of the members. Singer (or battle roars and wood chopping according to their bio) Andrew Murdoch has enlisted the talents of his progeny Sage Murdoch (age 11 - lead axeman) and Heath Murdoch (age nine - doom blasts) and mate Chad Ross on bass. Aside from Maiden and Metallica, the boys will also be giving the likes of Slayer, Twisted Sis-ter, Venom and an array of metal masters. So, get ready to raise those devil horns with glorious abandon.
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Y ou might have noticed that after rave reviews of the sold-out sea-son of his show ‘Todd McKenny
Sings Peter Allen’ there were so many requests for encore performances that McKenny juts had to say yes and now he is bringing the show to the Hunter region.
Just like the first go-around, the show promises to be a celebration of the songs and life of Peter Allen in a high-energy, vibrant and entertaining night that showcases McKenny’s formidable tal-ents.
McKenny first caught the performance bug when he slipped on his dancing shoes at the tender age of three. How-ever, it wasn’t until he landed the role of Peter Allen in the classic stage show ‘The Boy From Oz’ 14 years ago that he found his true passion.
McKenny became a household name after taking on the role of iconic Aus-sie performer Peter Allen in the original 1998 production of the 'Boy from Oz'. Now he’s set to reprise that role with a bit of a twist. He’s the all singing, can dance, Aussie stage sensation with a wonderful acerbic wit and irreverent sense of hu-mour. He’s as fit as he’s ever been and matches Allen’s own amazing energy through out the show.
This show is not just Peter Allen’s hits, McKenny also includes songs from
some of his earlier musical theatre per-formances and you’ll hear stories and anecdotes of Peter, as well as get all the goss from ‘Dancing with the Stars’. Got a question? Call it out during the show and Todd will likely answer you back. But here’s a fun warning to be careful as he can give as well as he gets. You’re most welcome to score Todd’s perfor-mance, in fact why not bring your score cards with you, but please do be kind.
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A nyone who caught even a sniff of the Newcastle music scene in the 80s and 90s would know
what a huge presence UJ Neill was. Best known as the frontman of the iconic cover band The Funbusters, Neill at-tained cult status as the clown prince of Newcastle.
Sadly, Neill passed away earlier this year, but in memory of one of Newcas-tle’s most-loved larrikins, close friends of Neill are holding the ‘UJ Neill Fun Family Benefit Buster’ (with proceeds to UJs family) at the Cambridge tomor-row night. Casey Raschke, who was an integral part of the Funbusters fam-ily as the ubiquitous “games hostess” Nurse Casey said the night would be an upbeat celebration of Neill’s rambunc-tious spirit. “The bill will include vari-ous bands featuring former Funbusters members including Loonatic Fringe, Punkfish, Love Experience and the show will be topped off with an all-star Funbusters jam session.”
Anyone who caught a Funbusters set would know that they would often turn into quite debaucherous affairs thanks to Neill’s rollicking sense of humour and
the array of games overseen by Nurse Casey. “UJ had a knack for turning one liners into ten liners,” she laughed. “He had such a quick wit and an ability to connect with people and there were some sets where the boys were lucky to play three songs. He was such an icon and it's a shame that we don’t have any-thing like UJ in Newcastle any more.
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W hile the thought of clock-ing up more than 100,000 kilometres in a year would
be enough to make most musos curl up in a ball, for bona fide one man band Claude Hay, it’s just the norm.
“It’s just a lifestyle thing for me,” the Blue Mountains based songwriter told TE.
“The East Coast of Australia, for exam-ple, is just an awesome stretch to play – you can just park the van at the beach and take each day as it comes. It can be tiring, but the pros definitely outweigh the cons.”
Hay, who has been plying his genre de-fining trade (he shifts from roots to blues to hard rock to funk almost effortlessly) since releasing his debut album ‘Kiss The Sky’ in 2007 (with subsequent al-bums ‘Deep Fried Satisfied’ in 2007 and ‘I Love Hate You’ in 2012), is unique in the blues/roots scene in that he takes the DIY concept a step further by making all of his own equipment such as “Betty” a double-necked guitar made out of an old kitchen bench-top or his latest creation the “Cigar Box” guitar that started life as
a six dollar baking tin. “I think I was pull-ing apart guitars before I was able to play them,’ he laughed.
“I have always been interested in elec-tronics and it allows me to create vastly different sounds that you couldn’t get from a traditional guitar.
“Nothing is off limits though – I was in the post office the other day and I saw these Christmas-themed biscuit tins and the first thing I thought was “now, they would make a fine guitar.”
While he is often lumped in the blues and roots genre, Hay’s latest album ‘I Love Hate You’ a paean to everything the singer both loves and hates, has a decid-edly rockier edge. For Hay, it was a sta-dium rock show at a very early age that spurred hm to a life on the road.
“I was in about second grade and me, my sister and two friends snuck out of the house to see Kiss at the Sydney Cricket Ground,” he said. “We were so little we easily slipped past the security guards and as soon as I heard them play-ing ‘Cold Gin’, I was instantly hooked.”
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W ith 2013 drawing to a close, it’s time to start gearing up for a mammoth 2014 and
what better way to start than with Kar-nivool and Dead Letter Circus on the same bill?
Since debuting at number one on the ARIA chart in July with their third album ‘Asymmetry’, Karnivool have been hard at it. Now a major international draw, they’ve already appeared at a string of major European festivals this year in-
cluding Sonisphere France (80, 000 peo-ple), Download UK (130, 000 people) and Hurricane Germany (60, 000 people). Karnivool are currently in the middle of their second European tour, concluding with a sold out London show and record-ing a coveted Radio One Rock session at the legendary Maida Vale Studios in the UK – not bad for five guys from Perth.
After sold out shows in Australia, last month Dead Letter Circus grabbed their round the world tickets and headlined Krank’d Up Festival in South Africa, toured the UK and Europe on a co-head-line run with Monuments, played Euro-blast Festival in Germany, and are now in California on their North American tour with Periphery.
Catck Karnivool and Dead Letter Cir-cus at Newcastle Panthers on Thursday, January 16. Tickets are available now at karnivool.com.au/tour. Get in now.
A hearty congratulations are in order for Newcastle-based outfit Ben-jalu who, after going head to head
with nearly 500 bands across the country to win a place on the new headspace stage at next year’s Sydney big Day Out.
Benjalu was chosen a one of four bands to play the iconic festival as part of head-space’s (an organisation devoted to pro-moting mental health amoung Australia’s 12 to 25-year-olds) Big Day Out Competi-tion which attracted more than 25,000 votes.
The online public vote created a shortlist of 50 bands before a panel of music in-dustry experts selected three winners for each festival and the Triple M Music Jury selected the fourth winner.
Benjalu frontman Ben Gumbleton said winning the competition was a dream come true.
“The band is overwhelmed with the love and support they have received from fans in the headspace competition,” he said.
The Big Day out will be on at Sydney Showgrounds on January 26.
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‘Messiah’, directed by the Cathedral’s organist and Master of the Choristers, Peter Guy, was a sell-out in front of more than 600 people when it was performed two years ago.
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‘Messiah’ will be performed at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, December 8 from 2pm. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 concession, $15 for students or $80 for a family ticket and can be purchased at newcastlecathedral.org.au
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G illian Anderson has only been in the sport of BMX racing since early 2011. But in the two and a half years she has been involved
in the sport she has made a meteoric rise.Gillian’s potential as a future star was
evident almost from the beginning when she competed at her first NSW state cham-pionships, winning bronze after being in the sport for approximately six months. Gillian has since gone on to consistently finish on the podium at state champion-ship level events.
At a national level Gillian’s presence has also been felt. Whilst at her first national championships in 2012, Gillian crashed in her first qualifying race whilst battling for the lead. Gillian sustained a broken collar bone in the fall and could no longer com-pete at the event. She had hoped to qual-ify for the 2012 world championships and was heart broken after the fall.
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Gillian riding her way to the top of BMX world
petition came late in 2012 when she travelled to Whangarei in New Zealand to compete in the New Zealand North Island championships.
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In July 2013 Gillian competed in her first world championships in Auck-land, New Zealand. Gillian raced in three qualifying races and missed the semis by only one point.
Gillian finished as the fifth placed Australian in the competition.
Recent wet weather allowed only two fi-nal round matches of the BCIB Big Bowls Challenge to be completed. Kurri Kurri “Cannons” 119.5 points are the new com-petition leaders after their hard fought 9.5/5.5 victory over Beresfield “Magpies” (119). Club Coach Nathan Dawson lead the way for the Cannons defeating Warren Shipley 8/8, 20/10.
The Pairs & Triples rubbers were both decided by one shot. Mick Beesley & Mat-thew Baus claimed the Pairs for the Mag-pies with a narrow 7/7, 6/5 win against Andrew Rees & Terry Antram. The trio of Brendon Baker, Aaron Appleby & Mark Smith clinched the Cannons win with a 7/7, 7/6 victory over Steven Pepperall, Da-vid Wayland & Michael Brown. The result means that both the Cannons & Magpies have qualified for this week’s semi-finals.
Maitland City “Hunters” (116.5) should have clinched the Minor Premiership with a win over Wallsend “Bears” (69.5) last night. In the other completed match East Maitland “Griffins” (73) downed Toronto Workers “Redbills” (96) which eliminated the Redbills from semi-final contention.
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T he Newcastle Jets and coach Gary van Egmond were left lamenting lost op-portunities and lapses in concentration after a 2-0 defeat by Sydney FC at Al-
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Jets lapses cost gameDrop in concentration leads to two goals in second loss to Sydney FC this season
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Wednesday 4 December 2013
Paul Monforte
There’s still plenty of work for us to get bet-ter”.
Emile Heskey made his long-awaited re-turn to Newcastle’s starting line-up but it was not enough to prevent the Jets suffering their
second loss to Sydney this season. The loss sees the Jets slip down to fifth place on the A-League ladder and are on the road again this week against Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon.
A-League Ladder
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2 W. Sydney Wanderers 8 4 3 1 3 15
3 Sydney FC 8 5 0 3 1 15
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5 Newcastle Jets 8 3 3 2 0 12
6 Central Coast Mariners 7 2 4 1 1 10
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8 Adelaide United 8 1 3 4 -4 6
9 Wellington Phoenix 7 0 4 3 -3 4
10 Melbourne Heart 8 0 3 5 -9 3
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LET’S CHAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS!MiPow Power Tube 2600 MFI approved with Lightning connector.
Available in a range of colours only $49.95
6 SAUSAGE ROLLS
FOR $5
SPEND $50 & RECEIVE A $10 GIFT CARD* YOURS TO SPENDS IN THE NEW YEAR
*TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY. SEE IN STORE FOR DETAILS
Exclusive eveningwear available now for your Christmas Party!
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Shop 21, Belmont Central4945 5111