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Graeme aims to put colour back in artKate McIntosh

Graeme Stevenson says a new real-ity art series he developed has the potential to put Tweed artists and the region’s natural beauty on the world map.

Put Some Colour in Your Life cur-rently screens weekly on community television in Brisbane and Perth and is due to be rolled out nationally across the network in coming months.

Graeme, who hosts the program, travels on his Harley Davidson across the Northern Rivers, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast to interview artists about their work and the creative process.

The Murwillumbah-based artist describes the program as Billy Con-nelly meets Master Chef and The Hairy Bikers.

‘It’s a form of entertainment, but it’s based around art,’ he said.

Graeme says he has had interest from airlines wanting to screen the series as part of their onboard enter-tainment, as well as major TV stations who are keen for him to take the pro-gram national.

All of the artwork featured is for sale, with episodes stored on the web-site as part of an online database of artists.

Library of minds‘� e idea is to build a library of the

minds of artists,’ he said.‘Artists don’t leave a legacy of their

minds; they leave their pictures but not the creative process.’

� e Northern Rivers has the high-est proportion of artists per capita in Australia, yet Graeme says many struggle to make a living due to tough competition and a lack of re-sources.

Art gallery closures across Austra-lia in recent years had also limited the

opportunities for artists to promote and sell their work.

� e series has also been backed by Destination Tweed, which sees it as a potential showcase for the region.

Graeme, himself an artist of inter-national repute, is well known for his colourful surrealist-style oil paintings.

He spent 10 years in the United States where he made regular appear-ances on an art show on the US cable network which screened to an average of 60 million viewers every year.

A� er returning to Australia, he was inspired to create his own reality art show as a vehicle to help other art-ists harness the enormous potential of new technology and market their product to a wider audience.

Graeme poured his own savings into the project and also returned to college to study � lm and editing to help get the series o� the ground.

He says the art world had long suf-fered due to perceptions of snobbery and academic elitism.

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The creation of a carbon tax has sparked renewed calls for the Mur-willumbah to Casino rail line to be reopened.

Abandoned by the Carr Labor gov-ernment in 2004, the line was once popular with young people as a cheap way to travel to Sydney and between towns on the far north coast, with stations at Lismore, Bangalow, Byron, Mullumbimby, Billinudgel, Stokers Siding and Murwillumbah.

But a� er the Greiner government replaced the Gold Coast Motor Rail with the faster and more expensive XPT service in 1990 it became less popular, with most younger commut-ers deserting the service only to have their seats taken by half-price paying pensioners.

Rail activist Karin Kolbe said that with a price now placed on carbon it was the right time to spend the $70 million needed to recommission the rail line.

‘To put the $70 million into per-spective, it is costing $321 million to build the Banora Point bypass,’ said Ms Kolbe, of the Trains On Our Tracks (TOOT) group.

‘We have 132 kilometres of track between Casino and Murwillumbah. It would be money well spent. � e rail is still in excellent condition but the bridges need work.

‘It would be a wonderful way for tourists to explore our region and leave a low-carbon footprint. It would sit well with our green-clean image and would be something tourists could do when it rained.’

Ms Kolbe said that with petrol ex-cluded from the carbon tax, the rail link would be a quick way of remov-

ing thousands of vehicles from north coast roads.

She said councils were � nding it � nancially di� cult to repair roads, with a large percentage of the damage (up to 40 per cent) caused by tourist tra� c.

‘� e myth is that it was closed be-cause no-one used it,’ she said.

‘� e truth is the XPT train schedule was designed for Sydney commuters and locals stopped using it.

‘Before the XPT the old Gold Coast Motor Rail was used by locals to travel from town to town. � ey called it the “Surf Train’’ because people from Murwillumbah and Lismore would take it to Byron so they could go to the beach.

‘The late-night XPT timetable might have suited Sydneysiders, but not locals.

‘It was similar to running a chil-dren’s movie at the cinema at mid-night. Nobody would go to see it.’

‘Extend rail to airport’Tweed Shire Council deputy may-

or Barry Longland predicted the rail link would only reopen if funding was found to extend the line to the Gold Coast Airport so it could be linked to the Queensland rail network.

He said the rail line could have a future as a commuter service rather than a route for high-speed trains to Sydney.

‘You have to have a service that will attract mainstream commuters and encourage them to leave their cars at home,’ said Cr Longland.

‘� e bulk of Tweed workers travel across the Queensland border in cars to go to work.’

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Kate McIntosh

A Tweed Heads op-shop is providing a stepping stone back into the workforce for those recovering from mental health issues.

The Repsychlers Op-Shop helps fund On Track’s com-munity programs  while also providing supported employ-ment for its clients.

� e shop’s name references its recycling of pre-loved goods and the process of psychologi-cal rehabilitation.

Op-shop team leader Kate Flick said the complex nature of mental illness and the asso-ciated stigma meant many suf-ferers struggled to hold down permanent jobs.

With mental health often tied to surrounding issues of homelessness, disability and social disadvantage, Ms Flick said sufferers often needed wide-ranging support.

‘Some of them are well for a while and then they’re not,’ she said.

‘� ey may need support in a whole range of areas for their whole life and open employ-ment doesn’t really take that into account.’

� rough supported employ-ment workers are paid a per-centage of a normal wage while gaining work experience and valuable life skills.

Workers at the shop are re-sponsible for a variety of tasks, including sorting items, pick-ing up donated goods and working on the cash register.

‘Being at work for a lot of them is a social thing,’ Ms Flick said.

‘Part of their getting well is about being able to contribute. � ey get a lot of satisfaction out of coming here; it gives

them an outlet rather than sitting at home and thinking about their illness.’

� e shop has had some suc-cess, with some of its support-ed workers going on to find open employment.

Since opening two-and-a-half years ago, the op-shop has staked its claim as the biggest and cheapest in the Tweed, stocking a wide variety of sec-

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‘� ere’s this perception that we’re all a bunch of bloody to� s that hang out at galleries and sip champagne,’ he said.

He says technology had the ability to make art more ac-cessible, taking it out of its traditional gallery setting and into the living rooms of a wide global audience.

‘� e technology is there and if we don’t go with it, the arts will simply die o� ,’ he said.

� e latest episode, due to go to air today (Thursday), will feature renowned Indigenous sculptor Garth Lena of Fingal.

More info about the pro-gram can be found on the website www.colourinyourlife.com.au.

Nathan Joyce, one of the people employed at On Track’s op-shop in Tweed Heads.

line needed to be part of a state government long-term strate-gic plan for the region.

But while a plan had been dra� ed, it focused mostly on the release of future residential land and failed to tackle trans-port infrastructure needs.

‘� e plan assumes that we will be driving around in cars forever,’ he said.

‘I think the chances (of reo-pening the line) are slim with-out serious NSW government involvement.

‘[Queensland premier] Anna Bligh recently released an in-frastructure plan. We need that kind of vision coming from the NSW government.’

Former Tweed mayor Cr Warren Polglase also wants to see trains back on our rail tracks, saying it would bene� t the shire’s tourism industry.

He said tourist trains had been a success in country Vic-toria and around Cairns, and the e� ectiveness of train over car transport had been proven at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, where the only sensible way to arrive was by train and commuter bus, as parking was virtually non-existent.

‘� ere would be nothing bet-ter than riding a train through the Tweed Valley with a pie in one hand and a cold drink in the other watching the cows go by,’ he said.

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More than 450 people turned out for the debut of The Songs of the Haight Ashbury stage show at Stokers Siding Hall last Sunday. Inspired by the music that sprang out of San Francisco’s coun-terculture movement in the 1950s and 60s, the show featured performances by well-known local musicians including Lil’Fi, Bill Jacobi, Diana Anaid and Jonathan Harvey (pictured channelling Jimi Hendrix). Producer Nick Hanlon described the show as a ‘feel-good journey back in time to a less cynical age’. Photo Je� ‘Groovy’ Dawson

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Steve Spencer

� e Jack Evans Boat Harbour parkland is soon to o� cially open for business following an $8 million faceli� and 17 years of neglect.

Visitors have been � ocking to the parkland since work-men le� last week, with most giving a big thumbs up to the timber boardwalks, stone and steel sculptures and re-formed beach.

Picnic tables, benches, bar-becues and a children’s play-ground should be installed in a couple of months.

Tweed mayor Kevin Skin-ner held a press launch earlier this week on the boat harbour’s beach. He posed for photos in a Crocodile bike while sit-ting next to Toni Cameron – daughter of Tweed tourism pioneer and dolphin trainer Jack Evans.

Council also plans to mark the long-overdue milestone with a family day on Sunday, July 24.

‘� is is a great opportunity to highlight the bene� ts of the fantastic precinct and show o�

its abilities to be not just a great community open space but a high-calibre events venue as well,’ said Cr Skinner.

� e overhaul, which took 10 months to complete, follows a series of aborted plans for the harbour foreshore since the council closed down the popular Border Caravan Park,

despite a public outcry, in 1994.The current plans had to

be drastically amended as late as last year after the council missed out on a crucial $10.6 million federal grant which it had expected to receive.

� e shock disclosure shaved $6.35 million off the project and sparked widespread disap-

pointment and anger, particu-larly among  the business com-munity who were hoping the long-awaited harbour spruce-up would help revitalise the ail-ing Tweed Heads CBD.

But despite the funding set-back, the council’s chief en-gineer, Patrick Knight, said work on stage 1 of the $14.35 million project was still able to go ahead with the help of $3.4 million which had already been allocated from council co� ers.

But not everyone is happy with the revitalisation. Greens councillor Katie Milne said much of the money could have been better spent on projects to battle climate change.

‘Climate change is upon us and council is spending mil-lions so people can play in parks,’ said Cr Milne.

‘Some of that money could have been used to address carbon reduction or perhaps create a shelter for homeless people.’

Cr Milne said she was dis-appointed that the consolida-tion of stormwater outlets had not gone further, suggesting a

pipeline could have been laid to pump the dirty water 500m away into the main channel of the Tweed River.

And she predicted the park upgrade would do little to re-vitalise the Tweed Heads CBD, often labelled an economic dead zone, saying recent con-struction of two high-rise buildings nearby had failed to give the Bay Street area a much needed boost.

But former mayor Warren Polglase described the park faceli� as ‘fantastic’ and sug-gested Cr Milne take a closer look at the foreshore faceli� .

‘Council spent $2 million of the money on consolidat-ing the seven or so stormwa-ter drains and building a � lter system. � at’s money you can’t see,’ he said

‘I don’t think Cr Milne un-derstands what council has done. We have met the com-munity’s requirements.’

Cr Polglase said praise should be given to former Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce president, the late Dennis McMahon, who began championing the revitalisation of the parkland nearly two de-cades ago.

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Tweed mayor Kevin Skinner and Toni Cameron, the daughter of Jack Evans, get pedalling at the launch of the park’s revamped foreshore area.

Struggling Tweed Heads businesses are hoping the long-awaited Jack Evans facelift will trigger a revival of their once-thriving commercial heart.

They say their hopes have been buoyed by positive feedback from a steady stream of visitors to the re-vamped harbour foreshores since the project’s completion last week.

But they remain concerned whether the scaled-down overhaul will be enough to restore it to the tourist Mec-ca it was when the foreshores housed a caravan park and an aquarium operated by the park’s namesake, Jack Evans.

The town’s decline in less than two decades from its status as the shire’s commercial hub to being branded a Mexican border town coincided with the decision by authorities to close both drawcards, with the park being last to close in 1994.

The closures sparked a transforma-tion which turned the area into a pot-holed wasteland and a sanctuary for

the shire’s small army of homeless.It started when an Aboriginal land

claim derailed initial plans to revamp the site after council allegedly ignored community protests and warnings and closed the highly pro� table cara-van park.

The Lands Department claimed it told the council that local Aborigines were likely to pursue a claim over the site if the tourist park was closed, but council chiefs maintain they acted under pressure from the department.

Original plans to transform the harbour into an upmarket tourist at-traction featuring a hotel, holiday units and an underwater observatory were shelved when negotiations over the claim dragged on for several years.

The two sides reached a compro-mise after the council agreed to set aside an area to showcase local Abo-riginal art and culture.

But the agreement became em-broiled in controversy and may have torpedoed a vital federal grant.

Federal MP Justine Elliott denied she had been spooked by threats from some local Aborigines to mount public protests if the proposed $10 million grant was used to help fund the cultural site which they claimed ignored their existence.

Instead she angered senior council sta� by claiming their application for the money failed to tick the right boxes. The lost grant forced cuts of more than $6 million from the project.

In the meantime major companies continued their exodus from the CBD, leaving behind a smattering of adult bookshops, tattoo parlours, brothels and embattled businesses.

A bid by the council 10 years ago to breathe new life into the town centre with a $3.2 million streetscaping project failed, leaving business owners burdened with a special rate levy to pay o� a loan to undertake the work.

Several owners now say the park facelift may provide their last chance to � nally turn their fortunes around.

Chequered history lies behind economic revival hopes

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Steve Spencer

� e Tweed Coast’s picturesque pandanus plant is under threat from a rampaging bug which has invaded the shire from across the Queensland border.

� e pandanus plant hopper, an insect that has slowly spread south from its native north Queensland, is chew-ing up the plants faster than they can grow back – causing pockets of dieback along the shire’s coastline.

Introduction of the bugs’ only natural enemy, a parasitic wasp which lays eggs inside a bug’s body a� er paralysing it with a sting, may be the only natural way of stopping an explosion in pandanus plant-hopper numbers along the Tweed Coast.

But the wasps are also native to north Queensland and may not thrive in the Tweed’s more temperate climate.

Pandanus dieback spread s low ly into s out he ast Queensland in the 1990s and small infestations have now been found as far south as Yamba.

Planthopper adults are � at-tened insects up to 8mm long with mottled grey-brown wings.

While the bug doesn’t spread quickly, it can leapfrog into new habitats when in-

fested plants are harvested by gardeners or horticulturalists and transported south.

Tweed Shire Council staff have been injecting plants with insecticide to help stop the dieback, which is caused by heavy infestations of plan-

thoppers sucking a plant’s sap.� e bugs also excrete hon-

eydew which encourages mould and rots the plants.

Dieback usually begins on the northern side of the tree, or on trees on the northern edge of clumps.

Planthoppers and their skin casings can be found under the leaves of infested trees and black mould, caused by the in-sect’s secretions, can be seen on the leaves and trunks of badly infested trees.

Tweed council entomology sta� regularly check pandanus plants along the Tweed Coast for infestations, injecting in-secticide and stripping leaves from infested plants to reduce bug populations.

Leaf stripping also helps reduce mould and limb rot as well as stimulating new growth.

Within � ve months of treat-ment most trees with light to moderate infestations showed signs of recovery and har-boured no live planthoppers.

Trees typically developed strong regrowth within 12 months; however, trees that were too heavily infested be-fore treatment o� en struggled to survive.

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Kate McIntosh

Indigo Stiller-Smith’s seeming-ly harmless habit of wearing sunglasses and eating healthy snacks led to a campaign of playground bullying so severe it eventually forced him out of school.

Paul Smith, who pulled his nine-year-old son out of his Tweed primary school about � ve months ago, said his son was taunted by bullies for two years.

A stay-at-home dad, Mr Smith now home schools In-digo and said his son is an ex-cellent student.

With bullying on the rise in schools and online, he believes it’s only a matter of time be-fore home schooling becomes a more widespread movement.

‘I think it’s moving that way. People are starting to think “what’s the point of throwing our kids in with the rat pack,” so to speak.’

He says Indigo was constant-ly singled out by other kids, with some throwing food at his son when they saw him eat-ing sliced carrot and capsicum sticks at lunch time. He was also teased for being a ‘special needs’ kid because he wore

sunglasses in the playground.In another incident he was

pushed to the ground and held down by one child while an-other hit him with a newspa-per.

‘He was the only kid that wore sunnies and for some rea-son that made him the brunt of every bully there,’ Mr Smith said.

‘It’s [bullying] just rife and I think it’s terrible that this has become some sort of social

standard; that kids are exposed to this sort of thing.’

Despite the harassment, In-digo, who topped his school’s NAPLAN scores last year, continued to wear sunglasses when outdoors.

Mr Smith suspects his son’s individuality may have stood him apart from other kids, making him a so� target for bullies.

‘� at’s how they [bullies] op-erate, they target anyone that

stands out or is a bit di� erent from the crowd,’ he said

Mr Smith said he had be-come increasingly frustrated by the school’s response, with things coming to a head when his usually placid son began threatening to retaliate against the bullies.

‘He’s a pretty amazing little fella, he’s got a lot of backbone and usually just takes things in his stride, so to hear him say he wanted to go and punch these kids in the head was quite shocking for me,’ he said.

Mr Smith said his son now studies via distance educa-tion and is tutored privately in Maths, English and drama and also attends regular extra-curricular social activities.

Although he concedes it was daunting in the beginning, Mr Smith says home schooling had proved to be a rewarding experience.

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At just 16 Terranora’s Poppi Meeves is already displaying some pretty impressive politi-cal clout.

The Lindisfarne student was among the winners of the federal parliament’s inaugural My First Speech competition, which was open to students in years 10, 11 and 12 across Australia. Poppi took out third place for her well-considered speech, which covered issues particularly pertinent to the Northern Rivers area, includ-ing population and develop-ment pressures.

She travelled to Canberra last week for the opening of a public exhibition on first speeches at Parliament House where she met with PM Julia Gillard after delivering her speech to Cabinet.

� e competition was organ-ised by the House of Represen-tatives, with students required to write and video a three-min-ute speech as if it was their � rst speech to parliament. Entries were judged on language, con-

tent and delivery, with the vid-eos forming part of the public exhibition.

As part of the ‘behind the scenes’ trip to Parliament House Poppi also met with federal MPs.

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Poppi takes her speech to Canberra

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T he good news is that the government � nally has a product to sell. � e bad

news is that it is only margin-ally about climate change.

The Clean Energy Future plan certainly gives Australia a long-overdue foot in the door in the campaign to control car-bon emissions and there is no real reason to doubt that it will succeed in the � rst of its mod-est aims: a � ve per cent reduc-tion by 2020.

And the decision to do so by putting a price on carbon as the centrepiece shows that Julia Gillard and her team have not entirely abandoned eco-nomic reality.

But the sales pitch so far sug-gests that what was supposed to be the primary objective – the great moral, political and eco-nomic challenge of our times – is to be all but submerged in an indiscriminate pandering to the greed and self-interest of as many people as possible. We are destined to hear very little about the overwhelming sci-enti� c case for action and the urgency of the threat facing the planet and a great deal about how we will all (well, most of us – all but the stinking rich) end up with a bit more in the hip-pocket.

Perhaps this was inevitable; the understandable cynicism about our current crop of po-litical leaders probably rules out any appeal to idealism or concern for the future being taken seriously.

Until the electorate is con-vinced that the government ac-tually means what it says and can deliver what it promises, what used to be called the vi-sion thing is simply irrelevant.

Hence Julia Gillard’s im-mediate task: to hold her ground against the inevitable avalanche of rent seekers de-manding special treatment and

of mendicants claiming to have been overlooked for the lar-gesse they have come to believe is theirs by right.

� e treasurer Wayne Swan has given her a very good start with the restructured tax scales: the slight rise in the marginal rates to help pay for a massive increase in the tax-free threshold is not only an across-the-board benefit favouring the most needy, but a genu-ine social reform to encourage

welfare recipients to rejoin the workforce.

And the realistic admission that not everybody will be bet-ter o� , that there will be losers as well as winners, gives the package an air of credibility lacking in some of the wilder promises that have been made in the past.

Importantly the Greens did not get a lot of what they want-ed, but they are now locked into supporting the plan, as are the necessary three independ-ents. For once, the unlikely coalition Labor has brought together looks both solid and pragmatic. � is alone should reassure many of the doubters.

And the generous handouts to the steel industry mean that e� orts to suggest that indus-try is unanimously against the plan will fail; the miners and some other sectors will con-tinue to protest, but it will now be much easier to dismiss them as a rapacious minority.

So the basics for the long campaign ahead are pretty much in place. � e big ques-

tion now is whether Gillard can get people to listen to her as she seeks to capitalise on them.

Tony Abbott, who preposter-ously claims credit for saving the steel industry, proposes that the next election will be seen as a referendum on the carbon tax, and he may well be right; the polls suggest that the debate has now e� ectively abandoned any form of ration-al argument and has settled down along party lines. Gil-

lard will now have to bring it back to the centre, and having demonstrated that her scheme is not about to destroy the na-tional economy and bankrupt both industries and families, the next step is to take a long, hard look at the alternative.

It is all very well to portray Tony Abbott as Dr No, the snarling wrecker who is op-posed to everything. But the fact is that Abbott has pro-posed an alternative direct ac-tion plan and unconditional tax cuts for all.

Gillard and Swan now have the chance to compare and contrast the opposition lead-er’s fairy godmother approach with their own carefully de-tailed and costed proposals, and would be wise to go on the attack immediately. By forcing Abbott to defend his position, they can gain some clear air in which to sell their own.

And in spite of the opinion polls Abbott is vulnerable. � ere is an increasing number of hard-heads in the Liberal Party who understand that his

present policy stance is unten-able; no carbon tax, no mining tax, indeed tax cuts for busi-ness overall, but at the same time implanting an open-end-ed bonanza of handouts and grandiose schemes of which his direct action plan is simply the most obviously extravagant and wasteful.

To blandly dismiss the ob-vious question of where the money’s coming from with an assertion that he’ll tell us later, but it can be found by making savings, just won’t wash now that Gillard has put her own cards on the table.

At the very least we are enti-tled to demand a fuller explana-tion of his own proposals for tackling climate change and a clear statement about just where he stands on its importance.

It’s too much to expect that Abbott will shut up, so he can be challenged to put up. And just perhaps that would be a � rst step towards a genuine de-bate on an issue which is now back where it belongs: front and centre.

A nd we can’t let the week go by without at least a glance at the Evil Em-

pire. Having worked there, I can assure readers that Rupert Murdoch keeps a pretty close eye on what is going on in his newspapers and he demands that his executives and editors do the same.

Not only are they expected to get the scoops and outdo the opposition, they are to do so in accordance with a strict code of ethics and propriety.

Yet somehow, over a period of years, a culture of organised crime developed in the News of the World, and absolutely no-one noticed. And if you be-lieve that you’ll believe all the other stu� that appears in the Murdoch press.

Twenty-eight Australian servicemen have so far been killed in Afghanistan. On active duty, over the space of ten years, that may not seem an excessive casualty rate. But nevertheless 28 families are grieving, and 28 times we have been through the charade of political leaders telling us that their sacri� ce has not been in vain.

There is, however, a di� erence between dying for one’s country when it is under attack and dying for confused, unclear war aims, or insu� ciently examined foreign policies, or simply because we feel obliged to do what another, more powerful, country tells us to do.

There is no danger to Australia in Afghanistan, except to the soldiers we have chosen to send there. There are no clearly de� ned military goals and there is no exit strategy (other than follow what the USA does). The reason for joining America in the invasion of Afghanistan was the destruction of Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda in retaliation for the World Trade Centre atrocity. The ter-rorist is dead and his organisation has now largely withdrawn to Africa. Pursuing the Afghani Taliban because they are despicable (which they are) makes no sense in terms of realistic policy: there are many despicable regimes in the world, some with greater claims on our attention.

Remaining in Afghanistan in order to shore up Pakistan is an-other rationale which falls apart when examined. Pakistan’s pos-session of nuclear weapons is terrifying, but short of taking over the country – which even the US would not attempt – the aim of western countries should be to strengthen moderate govern-ment there. But every civilian ‘collateral’ casualty and every drone attack piloted by ‘combatants’ sitting safe in America diminishes support for moderation.

Twenty-eight may not be the tipping point, but surely some-time, and soon, the Australian public will ask why our troops are dying, and cease to be content with solemn ceremonies and empty platitudes. No soldier should lay down his life so that Australian politicians can continue to be assured of a warm reception in Washington. Our leaders have perfected the art of hand-wringing lamentation; it’s time they adopted the approach of being honest with the people whose sons are sent to die.

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Irreplaceable landI don’t believe that the land near the lights at the corner of the Kingscli� turno� should be an emergency services centre. � at is irreplaceable agricultural land that we fought to protect years ago and put zoning in place to do so.

An emergency services cen-tre can be located anywhere, and should be close to the M1 so that the river and as many areas as possible are accessible during � oods and other events.

It should also be in a non-residential area so that the noise and � ashing lights don’t disturb nearby residents. 

It could be on the M1 near the existing BP service station at Chinderah, or in an indus-trial area somewhere close to the M1. � ere is land for sale near the Chinderah industrial estate, why not there instead? Why this particular spot? It doesn’t make sense for it to go there.

Tracey StrideCudgen

� e real dam factsWhat are the real facts about the Byrrill Creek dam issue? � ese days the average person needs a PhD to understand and interpret all the relevant infor-mation. � ese days we need in-telligent elected representatives on council, who can read and understand the reports from council sta� , and can make in-telligent strategic decisions for Tweed Shire.

It seems sensible to save wa-ter for the dry times in a dam. � at is how our forefathers did it. However, the consequences of this thinking are now evi-dent.

There can be no question that the construction and on-going management of a dam has an impact on the environ-ment. � ere are speci� c state government policies and stra-tegic plans, based on research by experts, that prohibit dams on creeks for the purpose of development, and that directs new developments to include dual reticulation and storm-water management in their design.

The costings done by the experts show that the con-struction of a dam on Byrrill Creek is the most costly op-tion. And remember, existing households are deemed to pay for the infrastructure for new developments.

From expert analysis of wa-ter usage, volumes, popula-tion projections, it is clear that Clarrie Hall Dam is more than adequate to provide for exist-ing households and reasonable development until 2036. If new developments are required to have rainwater tanks and dual reticulation, Clarrie Hall Dam will be more than adequate in the dry times, also.

If you are seriously con-cerned about coming dry times, buy a tank. And in the dry times, use your washing water on the garden.

Miranda MillsMt Burrell

Attention-getterAny letter that talks about a ‘purely political decision by a pro-developer Sydney govern-ment’ is bound to get my atten-tion (Letters, July 7).

Naturally I assumed that the writer must be talking about the Labor mob that gave con-cept approval to the two giant developments about to engulf the Tweed with the many thousands of new water guz-zlers – but no! Perhaps it was someone applauding the new mob who have made it impos-sible for developers to go out-side the normal council rules any more – (damn, missed it by that much) no, again.

It was the local chief apolo-gist for the Labor party try-ing to rewrite history – sorry, not on my watch, Laurie. It’s not Alice in Wonderland, you know.

Lisa TownsendMurwillumbah

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■ Backburner (July 7) makes a prescient point about the bank-rolling of Lord Monckton’s tour of Australia. Lord Mon-ckton, a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords and sometime � atcherite, has not been elected by Australians – he sits as a member of the United Kingdom’s equivalent of the Australian Senate.

Why is he engaged as a par-tisan protagonist in an Austral-ian domestic debate about car-bon emissions? What would the reaction of the British pub-lic be if Senator Bob Brown turned up in the UK, leading debate about a pending do-mestic political decision?

No more emissions from Monckton please, at least on Australian soil.

N P WilliamsPottsville

■ Wes Allen says scientists aren’t certain how much the tempera-ture will rise by. Climate scien-tists refer to something called ‘climate sensitivity’, which is the temperature rise you’d get for a doubling of CO2 from pre-industrial levels (280 ppm to 560 ppm: we’re currently at 390 ppm).

While it’s true scientists aren’t certain of the exact sen-sitivity, independent lines of evidence from past climate change, volcano eruptions and solar cycles (as well as the best climate models) all point to a best estimate of three degrees Celsius within a likely range of 2–4.5ºC. Wes claims the es-timates are ‘controversial’ and ‘uncertain’ but in reality most studies show a similar range and best estimate of sensitivity. Moreover, it’s extremely un-likely that the sensitivity is be-low 1.5ºC, and not that unlikely that it could be above 4.5ºC.

Even a 2ºC rise (not seen on Earth for millions of years) is very dangerous, yet scientists estimate that we could get a 4ºC rise by 2100, even with the Copenhagen commitments. � is would be catastrophic.

Wes then points to tempera-tures in individual years and locations, which are irrelevant,

as it’s the global trend that mat-ters.

If Wes thinks the climate scientists have it wrong, he should submit his critique to the rigours of the peer-review process. Ninety-seven per cent of climate scientist are con-vinced we have a problem. We ignore them at our peril.

Yasir AssamTweed CAN

■ For once in my life I actually agree with Cr Polglase. A car-bon tax will make us all poorer – except for carbon traders and tax collectors. Raising the cost of petrol/electricity will raise the cost of everything, even food, without improving the climate one iota. 

� e theory of anthropogen-ic global warming (AGW) is based on an unproven theory that for every bit of carbon dioxide emitted, three bits of water vapour are created. Yet for four decades not a single weather balloon has been able to detect that hot spot over the tropics 10km up that the cli-mate models predicted. Mean-while, the Church of AGW insists we are ‘warming’ and all our climate woes are caused by carbon dioxide. 

The environmental move-ment is doomed to fail because it is focused on carbophobia. Yes, get rid of polluting coal and oil, but also get rid of the livestock industry which impacts the planet via defor-estation (which does affect climate), soil erosion, air and water pollution, biodiversity loss, massive water use, ocean dead zones. 

Even though the livestock industry produces a whopping 51 per cent of greenhouse gas-es, amazingly, it will be exempt from carbon tax! 

Environmentalists and the Greens are asleep at the wheel for not encouraging a plant-based diet. While the northern hemisphere will be blanketed in snow and ice with record temperatures (as last year) this coming winter, how much longer before they wake up? 

If the carbon tax comes in,

who will be surprised when they tax us for exhaling? I won’t.

Menkit PrinceUki

■ I think Mandy Nolan’s ‘Cor-porate Tipping Point’ is bril-liant. It should be compulsory reading for all the anti-carbon tax stooges. I’m thinking of framing it to put on my wall. 

Yvonne McintyreTweed Heads

■ Well I’ve run out of loud exas-perated sighs, so its looks like it’s time to write a letter. I’m won-dering why every time I pick up a local paper in the Tweed Shire there is a letter from or article about some old bloke loudly proclaiming the falsity of cli-mate change and the horror of doing anything about it.

Just recently we had Mr Pol-glase saying we shouldn’t do anything about climate change, because it’s just like the Y2K bug. Well hello, Mr Polglase. The reason that Y2K did not result in disaster is that people actually got together and did something about it. If we’d done next to nothing, like we are do-ing with climate change, then we would surely have been in quite a bit of trouble.

I believe both sides of the debate should do their best to understand each other, and I’m trying my best to imagine just what it is about the existence of anthropogenic climate change that means it’s so hard for you people to even acknowledge its existence. I mean, when you cut yourself do you do the same thing? Do you refuse any as-sistance? Do you run around yelling about how bandaids are too costly? Do you let it it be-come a festering infected mess, thinking ‘no worries mate. I’ll just adapt’? 

I mean, what is actually going on here? It can’t just be because you might lose a few cents o� your fossil-fuel share prices. You can’t really believe that tens of thousands of scientists and every major body of scientists in the world is in a huge con-spiracy. (Either a socialist plot

to take over the world, or Al Gore’s fast track to mega riches.) 

I mean, seriously guys. Do you feel under-appreciated or something? Is it maybe a little sad that your charming boy-ish gas-guzzling fantasies and mega-engineering dreams have turned out to be less than per-fect? Do you worry that no-one appreciates the great industrial extravaganza you have had a part in supporting and creating. Well, you know we do appreci-ate what you have done for the world with your big machines and bridges and skyscrapers and all that. We do appreciate your sensational e� orts in keep-ing our lights on. Well done. That was all awesome. High five. Handshake. Thanks and all that. Really.  

The thing is that we have new information these days. A lot of new information. And it doesn’t mean we have to throw all your stuff out completely and live in caves. We just need a few adjustments here and there. Personally I would like to keep driving my car and using my computer and so on. But I would like to be able to do these things knowing they are not having any detrimental ef-fect on our life-support system. And the thing is, this is all quite possible. The technology is available now. It’s actually very exciting, and I think that quite a few boyish dreams now involve things like solar thermal and algae rather than that stinky old black stu� . 

Now back in the day (and continuing strongly to this day) that stinky stu� has had a lot of support from governments around the world. Now all we are asking is for a little sup-port for newer energy forms, and most economists tend to agree that the cheapest way to do this is to put a price on car-bon. While it looks like most of us will be compensated, there may be a little pain for those in the upper echelons. It cer-tainly won’t be anything like the festering infected mess we are going to get if you guys keep on your course.

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the ACTU, which he claims has moved too far from its Labor roots.  On one occasion during the course of this in-terview he made mention that ACTU school funding policy is similar to Greens policy. However, the words ‘hijacked by the Greens’ appeared on the bottom of the TV screen for most of the interview. 

In my view such an emo-tionally-charged term was totally unwarranted and mis-representative of what was said during the interview, and ap-pears to have been specifically designed to unfairly discredit the Greens.

I expect better than this from the ABC. Such distor-tion of the truth reinforces my belief that the media call the political shots and are largely responsible for political out-comes. If we can’t rely on the ABC for honest, unbiased re-porting, we have no hope of informed, rational choices at the ballot box.

Lyn Dickinson Pottsville

Seashore solutionHaving read of the $50,000 or so that were given to the sea over the foreshore erosion problems, I come to the conclu-sion our experts are not expert enough. As a mere minnow in our society, may I be so bold as to presume I could hold the answer to returning the beach-front to its former whatever glory?

Have a crack at this idea among many for our future: purchase two long lengths of heavy duty plastic tubing of one metre diameter with  ‘O’ rings sewn into the outer wall at even intervals to take shack-les that hold a heavy-duty tarp, like a skirt tarp on a truck.

The concept is to lay one tube on the ocean floor pumped full of water  along the length of beach you want to repair; the other tube pumped full of air floats on the surface and is at-tached to a canvas in between.

Railway-line lengths from the disused section of the Murwillumbah to Condong railway are placed out to sea  of the floating tubing as an anchor, preventing the de-vice from being washed ashore.

The tarp is there as the breakwater that still allows wa-ter through at a rate that can be managed to cease the erosion.

The same design can be used on Gold Coast beaches as a shark deterrent, thus saving the whales from tangled nets.

Might come in handy for oil slicks as well, if they could deliver long lengths of it to the slick by cargo plane.

Neville ThompsonBanora Point

More work neededBeing one of the many con-cerned community members who attended the Koala Con-nections workshop in Pottsville on June 18, I want to congratu-late the project manager, Sally Jacka, for a detailed and very

professional study undertaken to establish the current size of the koala population in our area.

It was, however, very disturb-ing to learn that this beautiful but unfortunately endangered species has been so badly treat-ed that unless major positive ac-tions are urgently undertaken it could end up being totally ex-tinct in a few years, as the total population in the area has been decreased to only 144!

Unfortunately no time had been set aside at the workshop to discuss what we can all do in order to protect our beautiful koalas, starting with relocating them to ‘safe’ areas if possible, planting of relevant trees to im-prove their habitat and to pro-tect this habitat from destruc-tion, mainly caused by huge development projects where generating profits seems to take priority, with little or no con-cern for the destruction thereby caused to our precious fauna and flora.

I do hope that a forthcom-ing workshop will address this important issue.

Ole C Lyngsted,Tweed Heads

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Don’t destroy the coastWe are retirees who regularly travel north for the sunshine and beautiful scenery on the eastern coast. We have always enjoyed staying in caravan parks, especially those right on the sea’s edge. However, we, and most educated people, now

realise that building on the deli-cate coastal fringe is a ridicu-lous idea in today’s world.

The argument that ‘many caravan parks are already built on the coastline so we should continue to do so’ holds no weight in 2011. The current knowledge we have about global warming and rising sea levels is just one reason why caravan parks and other de-velopments should not be built on the foreshore. The disaster in Kingscliff is clear evidence of the force of nature and the folly of humans. This extreme but natural coastal erosion has cost many people, both financially and emotionally.  It must be heart-breaking for local ratepayers to watch their beach disappear and their rates empty into the bottomless pit of supposed remedies. 

Cabarita Beach locals told us that the very same coun-cil which is now trying to fix the Kingscliff beach is think-ing of building a further very large caravan park at Cabarita South. Residents are very un-happy about this and cannot believe the hypocrisy rife in the council. Everyone loves look-ing at the sea – it has calming and restorative powers, some-thing about the negative ions in the sea air.  But we should not destroy more coastline to build a caravan park with 200-plus sites. Of course we possibly need more caravan parks given the baby boomers’ new status as grey nomads. But parks built should be carefully

planned to be the greenest pos-sible and on sites that are ap-proved by locals who are most affected by them. 

Most caravaners like our-selves enjoy being able to leave the car behind and stroll to nearby shops for our morn-ing latte and supermarket sup-plies. The location of the exist-ing caravan park in Cabarita is perfect. If council was so com-mitted to the need for another caravan park when residents are opposed to the location, perhaps council should buy this and upgrade it. Council seems to believe a caravan park would be a big revenue raiser, so if this is really true, the commercial cost of this site should easily be recovered by the profits.  

From what we hear as we travel it seems the Tweed Shire Council pretend they want to consult, but then ignore local opinion and spend huge sums of ratepayers’ money to fix or conceal their mistakes. 

Dorothy & Russell HawthorneCarisbrook, Vic

Boat harbour sell-outMayor Skinner, thank you for the press release invitation to the celebrations for Local Gov-ernment Week.  I think that you have mistakenly  featured the Jack Evans Boat Harbour. Look dispassionately at the location of Jack Evans Beach,  watch the tour coaches pull up, filled with  Gold Coast  tourists. Not one Tweed Heads shop stands to make a single dollar out of it.

It has been placed right against the Queensland border and it is now perceived as a Queensland tourist attraction, with all busi-ness going to the Queensland shops, cafes and tourist coaches. In summer it will be filled with kids holidaying in the Twin Towns Resort buildings… and all of the other Coolangatta re-sorts.

Of course the opportunity was there to place the park/beach/entrance on the Tweed Heads side of the harbour but this did not suit a private devel-opment which now appears to have disappeared.  The beach, the sculptures, the picnic ta-bles, the lighting, the land-scaping, the car parking… all facing and all adjacent to the Queensland border and abso-lutely no assistance to Tweed Heads businesses.

Ah well, mayor Skinner, $8 million donated to the Queensland tourist indus-try. Well done!  Now we are to spend more millions on Kingscliff underground car parking and landscaping in an area which the Pacific Ocean is determined to  reclaim. All of Kingscliff beachfront is over the hazard line and must be surrendered to the sea as it must be in Byron Bay. Meanwhile, there is no money to give Pottsville an upgrade to our overloaded sewerage system and our overstretched water supply system. We thank you for that.

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We met, in 2007, thinking we’d talk about referring business to each other – Jeff is an accountant and has small busi-ness customers; my coaching customers are small business owners. As we sat and ordered coffee, Jeff said ‘I don’t want to talk

about that, my wife says I need a business coach’. It went from there.

Jeff was frustrated in his business. He had a busy accountancy practice with $350,000 of turnover and more than 300 clients. But profit was only $60,000 (Jeff’s personal in-come), the business had $300,000 in aged debt and almost $80,000 of the revenue was trade – that is money you can’t spend on important stuff like mortgages and pet-rol. Jeff was feeling the pressure, working very hard, and wanted out.

The vision Jeff and Robyn (his wife) came up with for the business was ‘Sell for $750,000 in Dec 09’ – and escape up the coast.

We worked hard on the discipline of chas-ing debtors (and still do); we increased Jeff’s prices (to squeals of protest from Jeff but none from his customers); we started Jeff actively marketing (not something he felt comfortable with, I can tell you); we worked on Jeff – on stopping him being such a push-over for some people, on his confidence in his (very strong) abilities in accounting (and gutter technology, as he puts it), on his time management and prioritisation.

Within a year, profit was up to $100,000, Jeff was less stressed. We received and they rejected an offer to buy the practice (because they were enjoying it again). As of June 2011, revenue was $860,000, profit $300,000, Jeff is confident, engaged and a business leader in his local community.

Sometimes he likes to credit me with this but I think we know that 90 per cent of it was down to him. The coach is just the catalyst.

Have fun in your business. And call Jon for a free coaching session on 6680 8036.

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Creating shared valueWhen was the last time you heard some-thing positive about the corporate world? I’m guessing it’s been a while.

The current narrow view that money is the only measure of value has eroded political and public support for business. It’s hard to feel good about companies that make money while damaging people’s health or impacting negatively on their wellbeing. And no one wants to work for companies like that.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.Business has too much capability and

skill to not be part of making society a better place. Government, the community sector and others need to rethink how they engage by acknowledging that wealth gen-eration underpins a better lifestyle for all.

Instead of seeing environmental and so-cietal needs as a constraint on business, why not view them as the drivers of inno-vation? In fact, it’s in the intersections be-tween business and societal needs where customer needs are directly met.

Not-for-profit community organisations

are rich veins of understanding of societal needs, because they exist to address these problems.

On a day-to-day basis, ON-Q Human Resources solves business staffing and re-cruitment problems through specialised employment programs. But it is collabo-ratively, at a strategic level, that business, government and organisations like ours can engage the ‘might’ of business to gen-erate solutions in everyone’s interest.

In the future, businesses that generate profit by solving societal needs will have a competitive advantage.

Because what is good for the community is good for business.

I welcome your feedback. Alec Morgan, Managing Director ON-Q

Human Resources Ltd.Office: 1800 761 561Email: Alec.Morgan@onqhr.com.au

Importers and exporters, save money on your transfersWe live on a big island, which means eve-rything going in or out must be paid for in currencies that are not our own.

We know the retail crisis vs online boom, mixed with the Aussie dollar highs and global financial woes, has meant ‘the bottom line’ has been shifting wildly lately.

If you’re in import or export you’ve felt this. Your margins have increased (or de-creased) as the dollar has maxed out at $1.10c. How can you benefit even more, or damage-control further? Question your IMT provider now.

Focusing on ‘fees’ for International Mon-ey Transfers is disingenuous. The real issue is the rate. For example, if you’re an im-porter regularly settling with a US provider for US$200,000 and your provider quotes (at time of writing) 1.0474 with a fee of $30 you may think ‘that’s the way it is’. You may have been doing business with your current provider for a long time, and are just happy that the Aussie is ‘in your favour’. But there are options, if you can be bothered to look.

Similarly to Aussie Home Loans and building societies saving you money and time off a mortgage, there are foreign ex-change specialists for you also.

On the same day you would pay AU$190,979.01 for your US$200k, there’s a local option for AU$188,146.75.

Is 1.5 per cent worth it every week, month or year? How long does it take you to make $2832.26?

As with all FX transactions you must ‘compare apples’. When buying a car you don’t compare price on different models so, when you’re ready to trade, call your supplier for a quote then another within a two-minute window and you’ll clearly see the savings available.

And ask for their Australian Financial Servies Licence Number. If they don’t have one, they’re trading illegally and should be reported to ASIC.

Money Matters... It’s yours! Yours, Kylie Ryan-Milroy, Director I

Foreign Exchange Services, Atlas Currency Exchange. Australian Financial Services Licence 342627.

Office: 1300 261 090Email: kylie@atlascurrency.com.au

skeletons in the closet!What do you think the biggest issue super-annuation fund members (that’s you and me) vent when complaining to the super regulator APRA?

Investment returns?... Fees?... The has-sle involved with paperwork, certifying ID with a local JP and more forms, forms, forms when trying to roll funds over? What about call centres and the long waits or incomprehensible staff when finally get-ting through?

The answer is... complaints about pay-ment of your super benefits!

Let me elaborate.When you come to the end of the line

in life your super benefits are paid to your nominated beneficiary, a loved one gen-erally. The problem is, many of us have nominated an ‘invalid’ beneficiary! A su-perfund can only pay benefits to someone who is financially dependent on you. Mum and dad don’t normally qualify as being dependent on you for cash (it’s usually the other way around). Same generally goes for brothers, sisters or even girlfriends/boyfriends for example.

That leaves the trustee of the super fund with a small quandary. You have nomi-nated someone, but it’s invalid. The trus-tee must now make investigations as to who may have a right to your money. The call goes out (usually in a local paper), to anyone who cares to make a claim for a share of your super benefits. Ex-wives/husbands, boyfriends/girlfriends, busi-ness partners, brothers/sisters. Unfortu-nately when money is the subject, skel-etons start to appear from the strangest places and things can get weird!

Proof of such a right to claim must be provided, but at the end of the pro-cess, long after it begins and much to the heartache of your patient loved ones, the trustee may rule that some of your cash goes to one of the skeletons... which may cause yours to roll in the grave! That is the biggest complaint against a super fund – death benefit payment delays and rulings.

So if your skeleton is the only one you want your executor and loved ones to deal with, call our anti-skeleton hotline today.

For more information on matters that make Financial Sense call our office on 02 6687 6566.

This no-nonsense feature highlights local businesses that can help you get ahead and achieve your financial goals.

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Kathmandu Kitchen wins award for excellenceAt Kathmandu Kitchen we’ll take you on a culinary journey into the heart of Nepal. Hailing from the Kathmandu Valley, owner/chef Shankar Shrestha serves authentic dishes to suit every taste.Recently awarded ‘Best Subcontinent Restaurant’ in Northern NSW and declared ‘spiritually rich, bordering on

the divine’ by food critics!So come and experience the heart of Nepal in the heart of Kingscli� .Open Tuesday to Sunday, for dine in and take away. 2/106 Marine Pde Kingscli� phone 02 6674 5746.kathmandukingscli� .com.au

Zi Ran Qigong Byron August 2011 workshopsMaster Liu De Ming – fi fth generation inheritor of the Liu He Zi Ran Men line Nature Style Internal Martial Arts: ‘Qigong draws on three main elements: Regulating the Body through specifi c postures, self-massage and the movement of the limbs. Regulating the Mind through quiet relaxation and concentration of one’s mental activity. And Regulating the Qi by developing and strengthening the harmony between both mind and body.’Workshops will be held in:Mullumbimby – St John’s PS Hall 11 Murwillumbah Road: Saturday August 6, 11–4pm. Quang Ba Zhuan & 5 Element Qi Gong $80Sunday August 7, 11–4pm. Dan Tien Breath & Zi Ran Qi Gong Level 1 – $80.

Byron Bay – ‘Starseed’ 60 Yagers Lane:Tuesday August 9 and Thursday August 11, 7.30–9pm. Taoist philosophy and tranquillity meditation practice – $20.Saturday August 15, 11–4pm. Quang Ba Zhuan & 5 Element Qi Gong – $80.Sunday August 14, 11–4pm. Dan Tien Breath & Zi Ran Qi Gong Level 1 – $80.All levels are welcome. There are limited places so registration is essential – go to: http://masterliubyronbay.posterous.com or phone Paul Dumais on 0414 413 532 or Toby Mills on 0421 949 878. Private tuition is available.

Discover the new face of central Europe and RussiaMore than any other part of the Continent, Central Europe and Russia defi ne the epic history, culture and traditions that Australians travel so far to see. Medieval castles, Gothic Cathedrals, Art Galleries displaying priceless works, and Lavish Palaces dating back centuries. It is only in recent times that visitors have been truly welcomed to these nations which were cloistered for so long behind the Iron Curtain. Specialists in designing personalised small-group holidays, Bob and Beth Malcolm from Lifestyle Travel have designed a comprehensive 26-day

escorted tour that allows you to experience everything that this fascinating region has to o� er.Departing on June 26, the journey starts with a slow-paced exploration of Central Europe, travelling to Budapest, Vienna, Prague and Berlin. Your fl oating hotel on the Russian segment of this tour is the newly renovated Viking Peterhof – one of the best ships in Russia. Viking Peterhof takes you from Moscow to St Petersburg on the most interesting and historic part of the Russian waterways with beautiful vistas, villages and people experiences that occur along the riverbank.The tour is priced from $11,875 per person twin share. This price includes international airfares, and all the very best sightseeing excursions. Call Lifestyle Travel at Coolangatta on 07 5599 2929 for the complete brochure.

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Advanced Health and Chiropractic has recently opened in South Tweed. This is a family-run practice located on Minjungbal Drive one block north of Tweed City Shopping Centre. Chiropractor Scott Barbary, has extensive experience in successfully treating many conditions including back pain, neck pain, headaches, sciatica, arthritic pain, shoulder and hip pain, poor posture and many more. Chiropractic is safe and e� ective for all ages, from children to the elderly. As a drug-free solution to these conditions and more, call to

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We’ve opened the doors! Moo Moo Stitches have three new gals... Sue, Marie and Tina will be your sewing pals. Register for classes today. Held daytime, evening and weekends. We’ll pass on our knowledge. The quilts you create will never bore.Haberdashery and embroidery and UFOs (UnFinished Objects) can now be completed when you join our groups. Comprehensive range of fabrics. So come, shop and sew with us. Moo Moo Stitches now at 224 Stokers Rd, Stokers Siding. Phone 02 6677 9216. Email moomoostitches@aapt.net.au.

What is Upside?Upside is a new graphic and web design studio in Murwillumbah specialising in sustainable design. After ten years working in the industry and an enjoyable year at a local paper, graphic designer Greg Nelson had the opportunity to branch out and create Upside.Upside produces high-quality sustainable

design for print and the web including websites, logos, advertisements, annual reports, brochures, newsletters, magazines, signage, business cards, posters, photography and illustration.Why not come down to 13 Queen Street or call (02) 6672 6672 and take advantage of this new service available to the community.As an opening special, for the month of July I’m o� ering $50 business card designs. This o� er is open to the fi rst ten people to book in.www.upsidecreative.com.au

Op-shop now open SaturdaysThe Repyschlers Op-Shop stakes its claim as the biggest and cheapest op-shop in the Tweed area.And now it is more convenient to visit with The Repysychlers Op-Shop opening on Saturdays from 9.30am until 4.00pm. It is also open Monday to Friday from 9.30am until 4.00pm.The initial Saturday trading last week was a huge success with the shop breaking trading records.Clothing, furniture, tools and household items are among the vast array of goods are on o� er at bargain prices.

The Repsychlers Op-Shop welcomes quality donations to help support their community work and free pick up can be arranged.To fi nd out more visit the store at 56 Recreation Street, Tweed Heads next door to the Police Station or give the friendly sta� a call on 07 5536 2537.

MELINDA BOUTER IS BACK!After successfully completing my commitments in another shire, I am pleased to announce to the community thatI have returned to the area.

I am also proud to announce that my accountancy practice, Tweed Valley Accounting, will be opening an o� ce located at 20 King St Murwillumbah.

My team would like to welcome existing clients and new clients to our new o� ce.

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We are looking forward to being able to assist you with:

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Lighting the wayThe Lamplights’ pro� le has risen steadily since their formation at the end of 2009. The trio believe that great music is great music, no matter what the genre and this is re� ected in their energetic performances. Ryan Gittoes (vocals), Jason McGregor (guitar) and Ashley Perrow (acoustic lap slide guitar) demon-strate an honest belief that quality songs form foundations for quality perfor-mances. The Lamplights generate an eclectic mix of music with a truly unique sound. They’re laid back but full of energy, familiar but innovative, folky but funky.The Lamplights deliver a wide range of genres, sometimes sounding similar to Matchbox Twenty in one song and then delivering a folk pop number that would have Django Reinhardt tapping his patent leather shoes in the next. Providing lead vocals is Ryan Gittoes, one of Queensland’s great frontmen and emerging male vocalists, while Jason McGregor, well known guitarist and current Australian Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, and innovative slide guitarist Ashley Perrow provide the foundation of The Lamplights’ sound.The trio often invite special guests and may appear with up to a seven-piece including horns, keys, bass and percussion in tow. Without a doubt, entertain-ment and providing memorable musical moments is what this band does best. Currumbin SoundLounge Friday.

A breath of sweet, fresh airMelbourne-based singer-songwriter Chloe Hall has teamed up with Brisbane � ddle legend Silas Palmer (Women in Docs, Spot the Dog), bringing their blend of uplifting harmonies, great songs and exciting playing to the Gold Coast for the � rst time… Two beautiful voices, guitar and � ddle – this is music that will make you feel good. With a sixties vibe with a true modern-day slant Chloe and Silas are a breath of sweet, fresh air. See them with the Lamplights at the Currumbin SoundLounge on Friday.

The ‘WOW’ factorCaptain Wow Trio are

a highly entertaining, energy-packed show-party band. Known as the ever-evolving jug-gernaught of the Gold Coast entertainment industry, their sense of fun weaves in and out of each set that they play, but never compromising the delivery of any song they choose to cover, whether it’s an acoustic roots tune or a 70s disco classic. They are known from Cairns to Tasmania, and having played most of the major clubs and casinos, are recognised as one of the most versatile party and corporate acts in the country. Not many bands will play 60s � ower powered pop, 70s disco, 80s retro, a set of reggae, a whole set of country rock, and then turn around and do a set of acoustic singalong classics by anyone from Anastasia to Jack Johnson, Simon and Garfunkel or even Hugo Montene-gro! Over the years, the band has scored supports for Aussie greats such as Jimmy Barnes, and Mental As Anything and lead singer Nick Waters also played the support slot for Diesel and Mark Seymour from Hunters and Collectors. Captain Wow promise to bring to you their unique brand of wild west wacki-

ness, � ared hits with seriously plat-formed soul, mixed with Jamaican fun

and � ower- powered pop. Currumbin RSL Sunday.

May La Forza be with youGet ready for Australasia’s ‘hottest and most vocally powerful new act’ La Forza. Meaning the force it is just that and a whole lot more! In the spirit of Il Divo, the three male performers of La Forza with its prestige tag live up to all expectations and deliver

entertainment of the highest calibre! La Forza performs spine-tingling renditions of modern day classics from the likes of Josh Groban, Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé and many more. Twin Towns Wednesday.

Another golf SwingLes Wilson and his popular Swing Force Band perform Salute the Legends of Swing in a spectacular af-ternoon concert this weekend. Music of swing superstars such as Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman,

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formed soul, mixed with Jamaican fun and � ower- powered pop.

The Echo has two copies the the new release

from Method – Times Like These.

Method is local muso Bill Jacobi in his

incarnation as a duo with Frank Corby.

To win a copy of Times Like These email: gigs@

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CHLOE & SILAS CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE FRIDAY

SWING FORCE COOLANGATTA

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There is no such Thing as a free lunch. everything has a cost. Just ask Tiger Airways who managed to offer discount flights by compromising on pilot training and aircraft maintenance. While a flight to sydney may have been as low as $33, the reality is that it could have cost your life. i don’t know about you but i’d rather kick in an extra $100 and actually arrive.

Karl Marx got it right back in 1867 when he published the first volume of his masterwork Das Kapital, an analysis of the exploitation of the workers by capitalism where he predicted the illogical growth imperative of capital. That is, without continual growth in production and consumption, capitalism will not survive.

clearly arch capitalist Dick smith was right when he proposed his recent thesis, that without a complete re-think of our economic system we are destined for an environmental Armageddon. sadly Dick was shot down by politicians and economists who proved themselves to be bigger dicks than even Mr smith.

We are consumers who’ve been conditioned to use our wallets as intellectual rationale. cheap is good. no matter what the cost. What they never tell us is that in order for things to be cheap, there is always a social and economic consequence. The human cost. or is it that we don’t actually want to know?

every time you slip into a pair of $20 K-mart track pants, or a supre skirt, or even a new pair of nikes, chances are your budget product has been created by third world adults or children in sweat shops. in this equation, cheap labour supplied by manufacture is reliant on a system that perpetuates and supports dire poverty. it certainly makes those new jeans chafe.

Thank god for the creed of individualism which allows us to bury any noble ethics about injustice and inequity. surely globalisation has relieved us of the humanitarian duty to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings? After all, we have shopping to do.

The system in which we live perpetuates a sense of alienation and disconnection. For instance when i am shopping at Woolies or coles and i reach for a litre of store brand milk, i don’t notice that to reach my de-regulated cow juice that i’m actually standing on

the body of a dead farmer. so what if dairy farmers have been sent bankrupt, that some have suicided in absolute desperation, i’m saving $1.50. The only reason anything is cheaper than it should be is that someone is getting ripped off. generally it’s not the multinational, or the shareholders. it’s the supplier, the manufacturer... the producer.

Marx noted that when it comes to supply there is a formula. capital equals materials plus wage labour. The cost of materials is generally a constant; the only part of that equation that can be manipulated or compromised is the wage/labour. right now everyone has to have an iPad. it’s the latest portal into the future. The contract for iPad construction has gone to Foxconn in china. This company continues to blatantly ignore human rights while making record profits to give us yet another gadget which ironically academics will eventually use in their classrooms to discuss ethics, human rights and law.

in recent times this factory has recorded 18 suicides. so in every cheap iPad there’s the story of a worker who couldn’t feed his family. The same goes for iPhones. if they were produced in Australia with proper conditions they wouldn’t cost $500 per unit, but somewhere around $14,000. i’m just as guilty as the next person. i have an iPhone. i shop in multinational supermarkets. i buy goods made by third world labour.

But i have made a pledge that where possible i will stop. i will buy my food locally. i will buy Australian made products where ever possible because every purchase is an ethical responsibility. it’s simply naive to pretend it’s not. There is a responsible drinking campaign called Think Before You Drink; maybe there should be one for shopping as well. ‘comprehend before you spend’.

Whether we are in denial or not about how our dollar spending makes us complicit to exploitation, we all have blood on our hands. The human stain. And like Lady Macbeth we’ll be standing at the basin with our homebrand lemon scented handwash crying ‘Will our hands ne’er be clean?’ no they won’t. ... if you don’t get what i’m saying don’t worry, pretty soon iPhone will be releasing a new downloadable conscience app.

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n TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB noon MICHAEL 7.30PM ADRENALINE

n TWin ToWns 8.30PM WOMEN OF SOUL MOTION

SATURDAY 16n BurLeigh BeArs LeAgues

cLuB 7.30PM MATRIXn chinDerA TAVern BO

JENKINSn cLuB BAnorA 7PM HARD

WORDn cooLAngATTA hoTeL 9PM

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BEAMn KingscLiFF BeAch BoWLs

cLuB 7.30PM HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE COMPETITION HEAT 2

n MurWiLLuMBAh serVices cLuB 6.30PM RUSSELL HINTON

n neVerLAnD cooLAngATTA HEY NOW + BRADLEY RODGERS AND TOM & JARRY

n PoTTsViLLe BeAch sPorTs cLuB 6PM 6PM EUGENE ELLISON

n PATch Lounge cooLAngATTA 8PM DJ ALFIE ROMEO

n reD PiAno BAr, uKi cAFe 8PM BILL JACOBI

n sALTBAr, KingscLiFF SMART ARTISTS

n seAguLLs LAKeVieW Lounge 8PM LOADED DICE

n TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB 7.30PM FRANK SPENCER & HOTSHOTZ

n SUNDAY 17n BABALou, KingscLiFF hoTeL,

3PM SOUTH PACIFIC SOUND SYSTEM

n BurLeigh BeArs LeAgues cLuB 2.30PM FIDDLE ME PLEASE

n cABAriTA BeAch sLsc 4PM TWO POT SCREAMER BLUES

n chinDerA TAVern SHADY AND THE LADY

n cLuB BAnorA 11.30AM WORDCATHY DRUMMOND 12.30PM GLENN BRACE

n cooLAngATTA hoTeL 3PM PAUL LINES TRIO

n cooLAngATTA TWeeD heADs goLF cLuB 1.30PM SWING FORCE BAND

n cuDgen sLsc KingscLiFF 3PM VICKY GRANT

n curruMBin rsL 7PM CAPTAIN WOW

n KirrA sPorTs cLuB 4PM HAVE-A-GO-KARAOKE

n MArTY’s AT cABA, cABAriTA BeAch 5PM MARK FERRIS

n neVerLAnD cooLAngATTA EASY SUNDAYS

n PATch Lounge cooLAngATTA 3PM JULY- NICK MUIR

n PoTTsViLLe BeAch sPorTs

cLuB 4PM 4PM RICHARD On sPhinX rocK cAFe MT

BurreLL 1PM SOMERSAULTn riVerVieW hoTeL

MurWiLLuMBAh 2PM BILL JACOBI

n surFers Beer gArDen SUNDAY SESSIONS

n TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB 5PM MARCO

n VicTorY hoTeL, MooBALL 1PM THE BASEMENT JAZZ BAND

moNDAY 18n KingscLiFF BeAch BoWLs

cLuB 12 noon PIXIE JENKINSn TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB

6.30PM PETER JOHNSON

TUeSDAY 19n cuDgen LeAgues cLuB

noon JAYNE HENRYn MArTY’s AT cABA cABAriTA

BeAch 7PM JAM NIGHT WITH ANNETTE

n TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB 6.30PM MICHAEL

nweDNeSDAY 20n BABALou KingscLFF 7PM

SPANISH DANCE NIGHTn cooLAngATTA hoTeL COOLY

COMEDY FEATURING CHRIS FRANKLIN

n cLuB BAnorA 6PM CLIFFYn TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB

6.30PM DAVID LEEn TWin ToWns shoWrooM

11AM LA FORZA

THURSDAY 21n BurLeigh BeArs LeAgues

cLuB 6PM PAUL ANTHONYn cLuB BAnorA 6PM DARRYL

KIERNANn cooLAngATTA hoTeL 8PM

ARCHIE RYE DUOn cuDgen LeAgues cLuB 6PM

LONEWOLFn KirrA sPorTs cLuB 8PM PHIL

EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE

n TWeeD heADs BoWLs cLuB 6PM Veenie’s – HOTSHOTZ

the tweed echoGig Guide

The Tweed Echo has the most comprehensive entertainment gig guide in the area. For your free listing, email gigs@tweedecho.com.au or phone us on (02) 6672 2280. Deadline is noon Tuesday prior to Thursday’s publication.

count Basie, Peggy Lee and Bobby Darin is featured in the concert, along with popular classics recently revived by contemporary crooners such as Michael Bublé and harry connick Jr. Formed by Les in 1996, the swing Force Big Band is a thirteen-piece group. it includes trumpets, trombones, saxophones, piano, bass and drums, plus outstanding vocalists – father and daughter duo, greg and Katey Aspeling. Although he has always had a love for jazz and swing since he was a child, greg is a relative newcomer to the professional music scene. his break came in 2007 when he was cast with his daughter Katey in the Arts centre gold coast’s produc-tion of Broadway In Concert, a showcase of songs from great Broadway musicals. over the next few years he gained more performance experience but it wasn’t until 2009, when he met renowned jazz keyboardist, arranger and musical director rick Best that his career began to skyrocket. rick and greg began performing together and also joined one of the coast’s big bands. in 2010, greg and Katey were invited to join Les Wil-son’s swing Force Big Band, which gave them both the opportunity to focus on the music they loved best. ‘i really enjoy the music of the jazz and swing singers from the golden era – Frank sinatra and ella Fitzgerald,’ says greg, ‘but i have always had a soft spot for Bobby Darin.’ greg says Katey has been sing-ing for as long as he can remember! ‘i used to sing her to sleep instead of reading bedtime

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One of the region’s great old country pubs. Delicious food, bistro open for lunch everyday from 12-2pm, dinner Thursday to Sunday from 6-8pm. Children’s playground, relaxing beer garden. Curry night on Thursday, ra� es and member’s draw on Friday, punter’s draw on Saturday and on Sunday there is a delicious roast.

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If you are looking for delicious food, co� ee or a romantic sunset cocktail on the riverbank, the Sheoak Shack is the beach shack for you with a funky laid back vibe. This gallery/cafe showcases the work of high quality local artists and is available for private functions… more Byron than Byron, in sleepy Fingal Head.

Sheoak Shack64 Fingal Rd, Fingal HeadPh 07 5523 1130Wed-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 9.30am-5pmwww.sheoakshack.com

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Saltbar has something for everyone, a large deck, newly refurbished Sports Bar, family friendly Bistro and Kids Korner. As well as ocean views, there’s always a great atmosphere, daily food specials, a well-equipped children’s area, live music and more. Kids eat free* Mon-Thurs 5.30-7pm + free kids’ movie 7pm, T-Bone Tues & free trivia, Half Price Wednesday + free Karaoke 7pm. Saltbar is on the absolute beachfront, Salt Village, 15 mins south of Coolangatta Airport. *conditions apply

Saltbar Beach Bar & Bistro Bells Boulevard, Salt Village, South Kingscli� Open 7 days1300 725 822www.saltbar.com.au

Chinderah Tavern66 Chinderah Bay Drive, ChinderahPh 02 6674 1137www.taphouse.com.au Open 7 daysLunch 12pm-2.30pmDinner 5.30pm–8.30pm

The ‘Chindy’ is an ideal place to bring family and friends of all ages for a real country pub experience. Kick back and watch the kids play on our brand new playground while you enjoy an ice cold beer and a dozen of our famous $12 oysters on the deck overlooking the Tweed river. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner, with afternoon entertainment on the weekends. Come and see why everyone is talking about the new Chinderah Tavern.

Upcoming wine-makers dinnerwith one of Australia’s hottest producers, SC Pannell. Four course menu married to outstanding old-world varietals such as Nebbiolo, Grenache and Touriga Nacional.

6.30pm, Wed Aug 24, $89 per person

FinsSalt Village, Kingscli� 6674 4833dining@� ns.com.auDinner 7 daysLunch Fri, Sat & Sun

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Small enough for personal care, large enough to o� er competitive prices. Santos has been supplying high quality biodynamic, organic, natural foods, and healthy products since 1975. We continue our commitment to sourcing as locally as possible. Santos is the home of Rainfed Rice–zero irrigation, certi� ed biodynamic, as local as you can get, and the most delicious rice you’re likely to � nd. Visit rainfedrice.com.au for more info, or visit our online store at santostrading.com.au. Eat well.

Santos Trading WarehouseMon-Thurs 9 to 5Fridays 9 to 4OPEN TO THE PUBLIC3/7 Brigantine Street,Byron Arts & Industry Park(02) 6685 5685

Overlooking the sparkling blue waters of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour at Twin Towns is Horizons restaurant. Enjoy casual indoor or alfresco dining where you can take in the spectacular views. June Special – Grilled Barramundi and Prawn Skewers with a mango and chilli salsa, creamy potato mash and broccolini. A complimentary glass of house wine with your meal for just $19.95 for members and $24.95 for non-members!

Horizons Lunch from 11amDinner from 5.30pmBrunch Sundays from 10am Phone: (07) 5536 2277 or visit www.twintowns.com.au

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The Beach ShackShop 5, 60 Marine Parade, Kingscli� (next to Subway)6674 5822Open 7 days 9am-5pm

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stories, and from as young as � ve years, she knew how to hit a note,’ he said. At 15 Katey was introduced to the Seth Riggs vocal coaching method, and on reaching the age of 18 she attended one of his music camps in Bel Air, California. Out of 200 attendees from around the world, Katey was chosen to be one of only 10 performers on the closing night. Although this led to opportunities in the US to pursue a professional singing career, Katey returned to Australia to follow her dream. See the Swing at the Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Golf Club Sunday.

How Smart are your ArtistsSmart Artists are an Australian independent modern rock band regarded by many as one of the most dynamic up-and-coming bands in the country.The band’s formula for success is simple: avoid trends, write cool songs, and deliver an infectious brand of modern rock full of catchy chorus and crunchy guitars. Seems simple really.Following seven radio hits (� ve from their 2007 debut album Never Too Late) and two tours of New Zealand, 2008 saw the band secure deals with several production companies that have seen

their music appear worldwide. Smart Artists’ songs are now played on over 200 radio stations throughout 20 di� erent countries. With their eyes set � rmly on consolidating their recent successes, the band is busy wooing audiences along the east coast of Australia.Following the success of Annie, a new single Inside Moves was released in March 2009. A new album Highway Blonde is slated for an October 2009 release. Whether it’s a corporate event, a music festival, or a night at the popular local venue, Smart Artists is known as the band that creates an event and delivers an awe-some performance every time. Saltbar Kingscli� Saturday.

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This week asks challenging questions

about changing world circumstances, with most answers

suggesting a radical resetting of priorities…

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ARIES: Uranus retrograde in Aries till early December brings surprises – some delightful, others not so – including identity-crisis-triggering revelations about yourself, ranging from fantastic to � abbergasting. And kicking o� your biggest reinvention of yourself in this lifetime Aries, so go for the most splendidly authentic version you can. TAURUS: Despite mind-changing, drama-queen scenes, broody moods, power sulks and people behaving badly, for Taurans this week’s about new ideas. A news item, sound byte, even something accidentally overheard could profoundly alter your attitude towards future planning and change initiated by you. Now we’re talking… GEMINI: This week you’re in the material world of money, honey; discussing joint

investments or shared � nances with others who may not agree with you about what’s equal. If they don’t, ask yourself are you really being fair. Are they? Or are you both dealing with unresolved issues? CANCER: Happiness is more involved with choice than is usually recognised so if this week activates one of your glass-half-empty moods, then visualise it bubbling over with Bollingers of positive possibilities: your rich reserves of talent, in� uential friends and people who love you no matter what. LEO: If this week’s players take exception to your vivid personality and commanding presence, then step back and see how they get along without you. You don’t need to boast, exaggerate or adopt any kind of showbiz pose – just be the wise, warm-

hearted leading light you are. VIRGO: If others are temperamental, be the observer rather than the critic this week because people won’t want pressure, will need supportive understanding. But only up to a point, which doesn’t include catering to excessive expectations or knocking yourself out trying to decipher mixed messages and ambivalent signals. LIBRA: If this week’s cranky, cantankerous citizens have you wondering whatever happened to grace under pressure, modelling it might jog their memories. If not you’ll probably have to speak up, with Friday’s full moon in your house of prestige and status adding weight to your views. SCORPIO: This week triggers a merger

between your inner and outer selves, which requires the trickiest of tightrope dances between surrender and self-control – for instance keeping yourself open to new realisations while simultaneously monitoring any tendencies to being obsessive, possessive or competitive. SAGITTARIUS: Not everything’s above board this week – there’s a lot going on behind the scenes and under the radar, especially other people’s motivations which even they mightn’t be aware of. Your job’s to organise resources e� ectively and defend yourself against energetic distractions of your own making. CAPRICORN: Book your personal mobility unit in for recharging and repairs this week. Lay o� getting the universe in order,

especially during Friday’s Capricorn full moon (known in the trade as control freaks’ full moon) when being insistent could spark a towering inferno of emotional resistance. AQUARIUS: This week caters to your taste for new experiences by bringing the world to your doorstep in the form of unusual visitors. As usual you’ll exhibit no shortage of vivid opinions, but with others sensitive and self-protective, keep your inner editor switched to tact and diplomacy.PISCES: The more you expect things to be a certain way the less likely that is to happen this week; sorry about that. This doesn’t exclude bene� cial or enjoyable results, but suggests being prepared for these to present in a somewhat di� erent package than you imagined.

1. One increasingly turns to SBS for � lms with a touch of di� erence: Narco – The Secret Adventures Of Gustave Klopp (SBS2, Saturday, 9pm) follows the internal life of a Walter Mitty character su� ering from narcolepsy. If you fall asleep, it’s OK.2. Bruce Willis is back scaling di� cult things and taking on bad guys in Die Hard 4.0 (Ten, Sunday, 8.30pm). That’s a nice-looking shipping container he’s crawling across.3. Michael Sheen and Frank Langalla in Frost/Nixon (SevenTwo, Thursday 9.40pm), a fascinating study in politics and journalism.

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ABC 15.00 rage (PG) 11.00 Big Chef Takes On Little Chef 12.00 Collectors 12.30 Australian Story 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 1.30 Two In The Top End 2.00 Trekking In Gabon 2.25 Space Odyssey 3.00 Shute Shield Rugby Union – LIVE 5.00 Moama International Bowls 6.00 James Martin’s

Champagne 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Kingdom 8.30 New Tricks 9.25 Outcasts (M) 10.25 Graham Norton Show (M)11.15 Doctor Who 12.00 rage (MA)

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Program 7.00 Monkey Thieves 7.30 Great Food Truck Race 8.15 At The Movies 8.30 Movie: New York, New

York (PG 1977) US musical. Stars Liza Minnelli

11.15 Movie: Stepping Out (PG 1991) US musical. Stars Liza Minnelli 1.00 Make ’em Laugh (M) 2.00 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.45pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Stoked 6.30 The Slammer 7.00 Deadly 60 7.30 Good Game SP 8.00 The Tribe 9.15 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Shuttle 4.15 The Drum 5.00 Q&A 6.00 7.30 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.45 The Shuttle 9.00 ABC News 9.45 The Shuttle 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 Behind The News 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 The Shuttle 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 One Plus One 1.30 7.30 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 7.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 World News 1.00 Toscanini: In His Own Words 2.05 A Russian Resurrection 2.35 Leonardo da Vinci 3.30 In Their Own Words: British Novelists 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Food Sarari: Italian 6.00 Tour de France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Engineering Connections 8.30 Iron Chef 9.20 RocKwiz (M) 10.00 Tour de France LIVE –

Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille

2.00 Weatherwatch 4.45 Copa América LIVE – quar-

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SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To

Australia 6.30 Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour Of

Britain 7.30 Find My Family 8.30 Tour de France Highlights 9.00 Movie: Narco – The Secret

Adventures Of Gustave Klopp (M 2004) French comedy

10.55 Movie: Drowning Ghost (MA 2004) Swedish horror 12.45 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Landed Music 12.30 Hit Rater.Com 1.00 Infomercial 1.30 Hook Line & Sinker 2.00 AFL Premiership Season

LIVE – Richmond v Gold Coast

5.00 Ten News 5.30 Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals 6.00 Ten News 6.30 Expedition Impossible 7.30 Talkin’ ’bout Your

Generation 8.30 Movie: Mission

Impossible (M 1996) US action. Stars Tom Cruise

10.40 AFL Premiership Season: Melbourne v Port Adelaide 1.10 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 Cheers 3.30 Roseanne 4.00 Family Ties 4.30 Mork & Mindy 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 Biggest Loser US 10.30 9021011.30 Cheers 12.00 Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 Mork & Mindy 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 World Championship Netball: Final – Australia v New Zealand 8.00 British Touring Cars 9.00 Isle Of Man TT 10.00 Pro Bull Riding 11.00 World Of Free Sports 11.30 Drive 12.00 Ironman: Utah 1.00 WWE Experience 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 Extreme Dreams 4.00 Airline 5.00 Bondi Rescue 5.30 I Fish 6.30 WWE Experience 7.30 Everest: Beyond The Limit 8.30 An Idiot Abroad (M) 9.30 MotoGP Qualifying LIVE

– Germany11.10 UFC (M) 1.10 NASCAR Sprint Cup 1.30 Omnisport 2.00 OneAsia Tour Golf

PRIME6.30 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.30 V8 Xtra 1.00 Fujitsu Series Motorsport 2.00 Marie Claire – Under The Cover 2.30 Movie: Sixteen Candles (PG 1984) US comedy. Stars Molly Ringwald 4.30 What’s Up Down Under 5.00 Guide To The Good Life 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Movie: Nim’s Island (PG

2008) US adventure. Stars Abigail Breslin

8.30 Movie: Gladiator (M 2000) US action. Stars Russell Crowe

11.40 Movie: Species III (AV 2004) US sci� . Stars Robin Dunne 2.00 Home Shopping

7TWO6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Better Homes And Gardens 10.00 The Great Outdoors 11.00 Queensland Weekender 11.30 Out Of The Blue 12.00 A House In Spain 12.30 Passport To The Sun 1.00 Weekend Kitchen 5.00 Great Australian Doorstep 5.30 Man About The House 6.00 Mind Your Language 6.30 Born And Bred 7.30 Heartbeat 8.40 Inspector Morse (M)11.00 That’s My Boy 11.30 Please Sir 12.00 Minder 1.00 Medical Rookies 1.30 Passport To The Sun 2.00 Man About The House 2.30 Leyland Brothers World 3.30 Weekend Kitchen

7MATE6.00 AFL Premiership Season: Adelaide v Essendon 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Racing Green 12.30 Fifth Gear 1.00 Zoom TV 1.30 Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes 2.30 Fifth Gear 3.30 American Hot Rod 4.30 Monster Garage 5.30 According To Jim 6.30 Seconds From Disaster 7.30 Air Crash Investigation 9.30 Unsolved Mysteries (M)12.30 Racing Green 1.00 Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes 2.00 American Hot Rod 3.00 Xena 4.00 Quincy ME 5.00 Quantum Leap

NBN6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Saturday Kerri-Anne 11.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Movie: Hotel Paradiso (PG 1966) UK comedy. Stars Gina Lollobrigida 4.30 Discover Downunder 5.00 NBN News 5.30 Getaway 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home

Videos 7.30 The Block 8.00 Movie: Bee Movie (G 2007)

Animation8.40 Lotto 10.00 Movie: Ghosts Of

Girlfriend’s Past (M 2009) US comedy. Stars Matthew McConaughey

12.10 Movie: Punch-Drunk Love (M 2002) US comedy. Stars Adam Sandler 2.00 Movie: The King & Queen Of Moonlight Bay (PG 2003) US drama. Stars Tim Matheson 3.40 The Avengers 4.30 Infomercials

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Married With Children 2.30 Here’s Lucy 3.00 Green Acres 3.30 Spin City 4.30 Dukes Of Hazzard 5.30 Wipeout 6.30 Top Gear 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Movie: Under Siege (M

1992) US action. Stars Steven Seagal

10.35 Movie: Executive Decision (M 1996) US action. Stars Kurt Russell 1.15 Vampire Diaries (M) 2.10 Wipeout 3.10 Unnatural History 5.00 The Hills 5.30 Tamagotch!

GEM6.00 Movie: We Joined The Navy (G 1962) UK comedy. Stars Kenneth More 8.00 Friends 8.30 Movie: Elizabeth Of Ladymead (PG 1948) UK drama. Stars Anna Neagle 10.35 Movie: Jezebel (PG 1938) US drama. Stars Bette Davis 12.50 Movie: How The West Was Won (G 1962) Western. Stars James Stewart 3.50 Movie: Key Largo (PG 1948) US drama. Stars Humphrey Bogart 6.00 The Golden Girls 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 Secret Dealers 8.30 CSI: NY (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 CSI (M) 11.25 Conan (M) 12.20 Psychic TV 1.50 Movie: Britannia Hospital (M 1982) UK drama. Stars Lindsay Anderson 4.00 Movie: Derby Day (G 1952) UK drama. Stars Anna Neagle 5.30 Discover Downunder

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ABC 14.00 The Bill (M) 5.00 Can We Help? 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Architects Of Change 11.00 Catalyst 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Midsomer Murders 2.10 World’s Greenest Homes 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Time Team 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Collectors 8.30 Silent Witness (M) 9.30 Hustle 10.30 Lateline11.10 Beautiful People (M) 11.45 rage (MA)

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Last Chance To See

Komodo Dragon 8.30 Sanctuary (M) 9.15 Riese 9.30 The Tudors (M) 10.30 Crownies (M)12.20 Code Geass (M) 12.45 Important Things 1.10 The O� ce (M) 1.30 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.35pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Rated A For Awesome 6.15 Almost Naked Animals 6.25 Horrible Histories 7.10 Star Wars 7.35 The Assistants 8.00 Stay Tuned 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.15 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 Newsline 1.00 ABC News 2.00 Midday Report 2.30 One Plus One 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 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 The Quarters 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Capital Hill 12.00 ABC News 12.20 Lateline 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Contact Sport 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 The World This Week 3.00 Lateline 3.40 The Quarters

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 7.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 World News 1.30 Inside The Bombay Railway 2.30 The Nest 3.30 Angels In New York 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Tour de France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Coast 8.30 Busting The Berlin Wall 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Tour de France LIVE – Pau

to Lourdes2.00 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Come Dine With Me 7.30 New York 8.30 Tour de France Highlights 9.00 Movie: Lost In Beijing (MA

2007) Mandarin drama10.55 Movie: The Eye (MA 2002) Cantonese thriller 12.40 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Everyday Gourmet 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Masterchef Australia 9.00 Movie: The First Wives

Club (M 1996) US comedy. Stars Bette Midler

11.00 Can Of Worms (M) 12.00 6.30 With George Negus 12.30 Sports Tonight 1.00 The Late Show 2.00 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 Cheers 3.30 Roseanne 4.00 Family Ties 4.30 Mork & Mindy 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 Glee Project 9.30 Sex And The City (MA)10.40 America’s Next Top Model 11.40 The Late Late Show 12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.00 Mork & Mindy 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 World Championship Netball: Australia v Jamaica 8.00 The NRL Game Plan 9.00 Major League Baseball – LIVE 3.00 WNBA Action 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Extreme Dreams 4.30 Airline 5.00 Guerrilla Gardeners 5.30 I Fish 6.00 Bondi Rescue 6.30 Extreme Dreams 7.00 Airline 7.30 Megastructures 8.30 Movie: The Saint (M 1997)

US action. Stars Val Kilmer 10.50 Sports Tonight 11.20 UFC (M) 12.20 Black Gold 1.20 Extreme Dreams 1.50 Omnisport 2.00 OneAsia Tour Golf

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-O� (G 2003) US comedy. Stars Taylor Ball 2.00 Beyond Tomorrow 3.00 That ’70s Show 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News

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7TWO6.00 Kids Time 7.30 Martha Stewart Show 8.30 Sons & Daughters 9.00 Home & Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Emmerdale 11.00 Hollyoaks 11.30 Deal Or No Deal 12.00 Hart To Hart 1.00 Head Of The Class 1.30 Welcome Back Kotter 2.00 Murphy Brown 2.30 Valerie 3.00 Perfect Strangers 3.30 Night Court 4.00 Columbo 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Harry’s Practice 7.30 Are You Being Served? 8.45 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover 10.45 Living In The Sun 12.00 Movie: The Charge Of The Light Brigade (M 1968) UK drama. Stars Vanessa Redgrave 2.30 Medical Rookies 3.00 Hart To Hart 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 The World Around Us

7MATE6.00 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Quincy ME 1.00 The Rockford Files 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 According To Jim 6.30 My Wife And Kids

7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Pimp My Ride 8.30 My Name Is Earl 9.30 Movie: DOA – Dead Or

Alive (M 2007) US action. Stars Jaime Pressly

11.30 Club Reps (MA) 12.30 Malcolm And Eddie 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 Xena 4.00 The Rockford Files 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Kitchen Whiz 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 6.30 A Current A� air 7.30 Friday Night Football LIVE

– New Zealand Warriors v Canterbury Bulldogs

9.30 Friday Night Football Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans

11.30 Movie: Bronco Billy (M 1980) Western. Stars Clint Eastwood 1.45 Movie: Defending Our Kids (M 2003) US drama. Stars Annie Potts 3.30 Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning America

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Spin City 1.00 The Hills 2.00 Dukes Of Hazzard 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Movie: Scooby-Doo In

Arabian Nights (G 1994) Animation

7.30 Movie: Shrek The Third (PG 2007) Animation

9.30 Movie: Never Back Down (M 2008) US action. Stars Sean Faris

11.50 South Park (M) 12.20 Fringe (M) 2.20 Reno 911 (M) 4.00 Unnatural History 5.00 The Hills 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: We Joined The Navy (G 1962) UK comedy. Stars Kenneth More 2.00 Wife Swap USA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Block 5.00 The Golden Girls 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Hot In Cleveland 8.30 Movie: The Hurricane

(M 1999) US drama. Stars Denzel Washington

11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Psychic TV 2.00 Movie: Rasputin, The Mad Monk (M 1966) UK biography. Stars Christopher Lee 3.45 Man About The House 5.30 Friends

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GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00With Children 2.30 Here’s Lucy Green Acres 3.30 Spin City 4.30 Spin City 4.30 Spin CityOf Hazzard 5.30 Wipeout 6.30 Top Gear 7.30 Two And A Half Men

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ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 At The Movies 7.30 The Choir 8.50 triple j’s One Night Stand 10.00 Art Nation 10.30 Graham Norton Show11.15 Gavin And Stacey 11.50 Stereophonics: Rewind (MA) 1.30 The Long Winters 2.25 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.35pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Legend Of Dick And Dom 6.30 Horrible Histories 7.00 Trapped! 7.30 The Avengers 7.50 Vampire Knight 8.40 Black Panther 9.05 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 7.30 5.00 Big Ideas 6.00 7.30 6.30 Behind The News 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This Week 8.00 ABC News 9.00 Insiders 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Offsiders 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 Behind The News 5.00 ABC News 5.30 Inside Business 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Foreign Correspondent 7.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 Insiders 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Tonic 10.00 ABC News 10.30 The World This Week 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Australian Story 12.00 Landline 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

SBS 17.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 Copa América LIVE – quar-

ter final 210.30 Football Asia 11.00 Football Feature 12.00 Futbol Mundial 12.30 Speedweek 2.00 World News 5.00 Cycling Central 6.00 Tour de France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You

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Limoux to Montpellier2.20 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 6.00 At The Table With… 6.30 Singapore Flavours 7.30 Ninja Warrior 8.00 Unbeatable Banzuke 8.30 Tour de France Highlights 9.00 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Highlights 9.30 Movie: The Spanish

Apartment (M 2002) French drama

11.25 Movie: The Tricksters (MA 2006) Swedish drama 1.15 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Andra Drag Racing 1.00 Worst Week 2.00 Food For The Future 3.00 Losing It 4.00 Meet The Press 4.30 The Bolt Report 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Jamie’s Thirty Minute Meals 6.00 Ten News 6.30 Merlin 7.30 Masterchef Australia 8.30 Movie: Die Hard 4.0 (M

2007) US action. Stars Bruce Willis

11.05 MotoGP: Germany 1.05 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: Naked Gun (M

1988) US comedy. Stars Leslie Nielsen

10.15 Smallville (AV) 11.05 Family Ties 11.30 Cheers 12.05 Roseanne 12.35 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 Major League Baseball – LIVE 9.00 Ironman: Utah 10.00 Pro Bull Riding 11.00 World Of Free Sports 11.35 World Tour Snowboarding 12.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 1.00 World Rally Championship 2.00 Isle Of Man TT 3.00 Australian Superboat Championship 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Airline 5.30 I Fish 6.30 Extreme Dreams 7.00 125cc, Moto2, MotoGP

LIVE – Germany11.15 First Descent 1.30 Omnisport 2.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup – LIVE

PRIME6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 World’s Strictest Parents 11.00 Movie: Slap Shot – The Junior League (PG 2008) US comedy. Stars Greyston Holt 1.00 AFL Premiership Season

LIVE – Sydney v Fremantle

4.00 Eye Of The Leopard 5.00 Mercurio’s Menu 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Sunday Night 7.30 Great Migrations 8.40 Downton Abbey 10.10 Castle (M)11.05 Police Under Fire (M) 12.00 AFL Premiership Season: Brisbane v Geelong 3.00 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven News

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Cover 7.00 Are You Being Served? 7.40 Royal Upstairs

Downstairs 8.15 The Lakes 8.45 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover10.45 Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook 11.30 Living In The Sun 12.30 Movie: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 3.15 The Australians 4.10 Medical Rookies 4.30 The World Around Us 5.30 Home Shopping

7MATE6.00 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 Man v Food 9.30 V8 Xtra 10.00 AFL Game Day 11.00 Quantum Leap

12.00 Racing Green 12.30 Fifth Gear 1.00 Grand Prix Racing Heroes 2.00 Monster Garage 3.00 Fifth Gear 3.30 American Hot Rod 4.30 Monster Garage 5.00 Drew Carey Show 5.30 According To Jim 6.30 Mythbusters 7.30 Mighty Structures 8.30 Movie: Universal Soldier

(M 1992) US action. Stars Jean-Claude van Damme

10.45 Movie: Midnight Blue (MA 1997) US mystery. Stars Damien Chapa 12.45 Strikeforce (M) 1.10 Adam 12 1.30 Racing Green 2.00 Great Grand Prix Racing Heroes 3.00 American Hot Rod 4.00 Six Million Dollar Man 5.00 Quantum Leap

NBN6.00 Home Shopping 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Wide World Of Sports 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show 12.00 The Sunday Roast 1.15 Boots’n’All Special 1.45 Rugby Test LIVE – Australia

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6.00 NBN News 6.30 The Block 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 10.30 CSI: Miami (M)11.30 The Guardian (M) 12.20 Super League 2.20 Russell Watson 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 The City 12.30 Eclipse Music TV 1.00 Manly Surf 1.30 Married With Children 2.00 Here’s Lucy 2.30 Green Acres 3.30 Spin City 4.30 Hellcats 5.30 Community 6.30 Top Gear 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.30 Movie: Assassins (M 1995)

US action. Stars Sylvester Stallone

12.00 Community 1.00 Ladette To Lady (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: The Small Back Room (PG 1949) WWII drama. Stars David Farrar 8.45 Movie: Cage Of Gold (PG 1950) UK drama. Stars Jean Simmons 10.30 Movie: The Valley Of Gwang! (PG 1969) US scifi. Stars Gila Golan 12.30 Movie: The Harvey Girls (G 1946) Musical. Stars Judy Garland 2.30 Getaway 3.00 Movie: The Green Berets (PG 1968) Vietnam war drama. Stars John Wayne 6.00 The Golden Girls 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.30 Movie: Heat (M 1995) US

action. Stars Val Kilmer11.55 Movie: Up Pompeii (M 1971) UK comedy. Stars Frankie Howerd 1.35 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

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ABC 14.00 The Bill (M) 5.00 Art Nation 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Human Journey 11.00 Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Monarch Of The Glen 1.30 Cheese Slices 2.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Time Team 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Australian Story 8.30 Four Corners 9.15 Media Watch 9.35 Q&A 10.30 Lateline11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Brideshead Revisited 12.30 The Clinic (M) 1.25 Time Team 2.15 Catholic Australia And The Second Vatican Council 3.00 Moama International Bowls

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Cook Yourself Thin 8.00 Miranda 8.30 Swingtown (M) 9.30 Deadwood (M) 10.20 Ashes To Ashes (M)11.15 The Beast (M) 12.00 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (M) 12.35 Beautiful Noise: Finger 11 1.35 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Rated A For Awesome 6.15 Almost Naked Animals 6.25 Horrible Histories 7.10 Star Wars 7.35 Dex Hamilton 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

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SBS 1 4.00 FIFA Women’s World Cup

LIVE – final7.05 World News 7.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 Copa América LIVE – quar-

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(M) 10.30 Skins (MA)11.30 The World Game 12.30 Movie: Infernal Affairs (M 2002) Cantonese action 2.15 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Come Dine With Me

Greece 7.30 The Brain That Changes

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1995) Chinese epic12.30 Weatherwatch

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Intent (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports

Tonight 11.00 The Late Show 12.00 The Cleaner (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

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3.30 Cheers 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage

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PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Glass House – The Good Mother (M 2006) US drama. Stars Angie Harmon 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Last Chance Surgery 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News

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Off Mum (M)11.45 My Big Friggin Wedding (M) 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

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Cookson’s The Gambling Man (M 1995) UK drama. Stars Robson Green

12.00 The Sweeney (M) 1.00 Movie: The Saint Meets The Tiger (PG 1943) UK drama. Stars Hugh Sinclair 2.30 Hart To Hart 3.30 Designing Women 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.00 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Quincy ME 1.00 The Rockford Files 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 According To Jim 6.30 My Wife And Kids 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 No Ordinary Family 8.30 Family Guy (M) 9.00 American Dad (M) 9.30 Family Guy (M) 10.30 My Name Is Earl11.00 Scrubs 12.00 Malcolm And Eddie 12.30 Newsradio 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 Quincy ME 4.00 Hercules 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 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Kitchen Whiz 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Block8.25 Lotto 8.30 Rescue Special Ops (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M)11.30 Secret Diary Of A Call Girl (MA) 12.00 British Open Golf Highlights 1.00 Super League 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Green Acres 1.00 Community 2.00 Hellcats 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home

Videos 7.30 Top Gear 9.00 Two And A Half Men 9.30 Movie: Fight Club (AV

1999) US action. Stars Brad Pitt

12.10 Hellcats 1.00 Ladette To Lady (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 McLeod’s Daughters 1.00 The Golden Girls 1.30 The Block 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Zoo Juniors 8.00 Gorilla School 8.30 Meet The Jackals 9.30 Kitchen Nightmares (MA) 10.30 Secret Diary Of A Call Girl

(MA)11.00 The Big C (MA) 11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

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ABC 14.00 The Bill (M) 5.00 First Tuesday Book Club 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Human Journey 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Time Team 1.30 Meerkat Manor 2.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Time Team 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Wonders Of The Universe 9.35 QI 10.05 Artscape10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.40 Four Corners 12.25 Media Watch 12.40 Wings To Fly 1.40 Time Team 2.30 Artscape 3.00 Big Ideas

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Dirty Jobs 8.30 Good Game 9.00 Mysterious Planet 9.30 Sanctuary (M) 10.15 Angry Boys (M)10.45 Arrested Development 11.05 The Office 11.40 Mysterious Planet 12.10 The Whitest Kids U Know (M) 12.30 Billable Hours (M) 1.00 The Apples 1.50 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Rated A For Awesome 6.15 Almost Naked Animals 6.25 Horrible Histories 7.10 Star Wars 7.40 Dex Hamilton 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 National Press Club Address: Climate Change Debate 1.30 ABC News 2.30 Tonic 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 The Quarters 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 Newsline 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Lateline 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Lateline Business 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 Lateline 3.30 Lateline Business

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 7.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 World News 1.30 Movie: Gandhi My Father (PG 2007) Indian drama 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Tour de France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Miracle Cure? 8.30 Behind The Force (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Tour de France LIVE –

Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap

2.00 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Come Dine With Me

Greece 7.30 Lost Worlds The Buddha 8.30 Tour de France Highlights 9.00 Movie: Live And Become

(M 2005) French drama11.30 Movie: Alexandria… New York (M 2004) Egyptian drama 1.50 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Everyday Gourmet 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Masterchef Australia 8.30 NCIS 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports

Tonight11.00 Late Show 12.00 The Cleaner (M) 1.00 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 (M/PG) 9.30 Wilfred (MA) 10.00 Californication (MA) 10.40 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 HD6.00 500 Great Goals 6.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup 7.30 Pro Bull Riding 8.30 WNBA Action 9.00 Australian Superboat Championship 9.30 AFL Premiership Season: Melbourne v Port Adelaide 12.00 One Week At A Time 2.00 24 (M) 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Bondi Rescue 4.00 Extreme Dreams 4.30 Airline 5.00 Guerrilla Gardeners 5.30 I Fish 6.00 Bondi Rescue 6.30 Extreme Dreams 7.00 Airline 7.30 Black Gold 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 Movie: Marine (M 2006) US action. Stars John Cena 11.30 Sports Tonight 12.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 World Rally Championship 2.30 Sportscar Series 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 FA Cup Classic

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: First Daughter (M 1999) US drama. Stars Mariel Hemingway 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Last Chance Surgery 3.30 Kids’

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7TWO6.00 Kids Time 7.30 Martha Stewart Show 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 Deal Or No Deal 12.00 Hart To Hart 1.00 Head Of The Class 1.30 Welcome Back Kotter 2.00 Murphy Brown 2.30 Valerie 3.00 Perfect Strangers 3.30 Night Court 4.00 Movie: Mom’s Got A Date With A Vampire (PG 2000) US comedy. Stars Matthew O’Leary 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Harry’s Practice 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances 8.10 Are You Being Served? 8.45 One Foot In The Grave 9.30 Jonathan Creek (M) 10.30 Movie: Carry On Dick (M

1974) UK comedy. Stars Sid James

12.20 Minder 1.30 Movie: The Falcon And The Co-Eds (PG 1943) US drama. Stars Tom Conway 3.00 Hart To Hart 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.00 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Quincy ME 1.00 The Rockford Files 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 According To Jim 6.30 My Wife And Kids 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 Scrubs 12.00 Malcolm And Eddie 12.30 Newsradio 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 Quincy ME 4.00 Xena 5.00 Hercules

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 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Kitchen Whiz 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Block 8.00 RBT 8.30 Top Gear 10.00 Worst Case Scenario (M) 10.30 Two And A Half Men (M)11.30 Secret Diary Of A Call Girl (MA) 12.00 20/20 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Spin City 1.00 Seinfeld 2.00 Unnatural History 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home

Videos 7.30 Primeval 8.30 Movie: Teen Wolf Too (M

1987) US comedy. Stars Jason Bateman

10.30 South Park (MA)11.30 South Park (MA) 12.10 Eclipse Music TV 12.30 Reno 911 (M) 1.00 Ladette To Lady (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: Springfield Rifle (PG 1952) US Civil War drama. Stars Gary Cooper 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Block 5.00 The Golden Girls 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Inside The Human Body 8.50 Movie: The Fugitive (M

1993) US action. Stars Harrison Ford

11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

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For the second time in three years, Australia has taken bronze at the Commonwealth Championships.

Our number two player David Smerdon travelled to Johannesburg in South Africa without great expectations, being out of practice and out of form.

In a massive field of 369 in the title event, any misstep was likely to prove fatal and Smerdon made two, losing twice to unfancied local players – one of whom, Nicholas van der Nat, led the tournament outright with just two rounds to play.

However, while van der Nat could not maintain the pace, Smerdon won his last three games to finish just half a point behind the joint winners, Grandmasters Gawain Jones and Nigel Short of England. Jones won the gold medal on a tiebreaker.

Despite his fine finish, Smerdon remained far from content with the quality of his play. However, to match Max Illingworth’s 2009 Commonwealth bronze was a more than satisfactory result for Smerdon in a much stronger field

overall. (Three other Australians in South Africa also returned home with medals in junior divi-sions: Melbourne’s Thomas Feng and Sydney brothers Rowan and Kevin Willathgamuwa.)n The following game saw one of Smerdon’s luckiest breaks in South Africa. In the dia-grammed position Smerdon, playing Black against lowly ranked Tapera Uzenit, seems to be in terrible trouble, since 47...Ne4+ 48.Kxf3 Nxc3 loses to 49.c7. However, Smerdon found a way to keep the game going by playing 47...Kf4! 48.c7 Ne4+ 49.Kg1 Nxc3 50.c8(Q) Rxc2 51.Qc4+ Ke3 52.Qc5+ Kd2 53.Qf2+?! 53.Qxh5 was stronger, although Black can hang on after 53...Ne2+ 54.Kf2 Nd4. 53...Ne2+! 54.Kh1 Rc3! 55.a4 Rb3 56.Qc5? Incredibly, White is now losing. After 56.b5 axb5 57.axb5 a draw was inevitable. 56...Ke1!! With no checks, White is helpless to prevent the advance of the f pawn. 57.Qe5 Rc3! 58.Qh2 f2 59.Qh4 Rc4! 0-1

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Cryptic CluesACROSS1. Decline to look into the deity? (2,2,4)5. Satchmo loses a limb – still powerful! (6)10. Jolson, Romeo, the soft lady expert – like 26 is! (3,4,3,5)11. Head-turn to allow Romeo to name his love (7)12. Charge two quarters to the

firm of this absurd playwright (7)13. Why, I ask, the hair style? (8)15. Sum up infant, a beginner (5)18. Venue for Tina ? (5)20. Egyptian god twice backs Hindu god, and in ancient Rome – a very unusual thing! (4,4)23. Russian politician famous for his mixed drink … (7)25. … but not one consumed by normal communist back around

the ice-hockey field (7)26. Female activist for equality backs sex appeal with the gallows – but she’s not serious! (15)27. Gloomy leader enjoys causing pain (6)28 Alien to create confusion – and the rest! (2,6)DOWN1. Good weapon for a batsman’s armoury! (6)2. Hastily elope, then get a ring! (9)3. Rescue Myrna’ sausage (7)4. Chop down tree sheltering German bird (5)6. I say Kay, what a hair style! (7)7. Ring, and strike up the Stones! (5)8. Peer under energy unit at alpine city (8)9. Songbird holds hot mystery! (8)14. Anteater, angry about five, follows former 25 acrosses, right? (8)16. A lean thousand can be conceived of (9)17. They make ma suffer but they shut out the noise (8)19. I live among workers at this Riviera resort (7)21. Really stupid, like one baseball team (7)22. A flower for a drink (6)

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Quick CluesACROSS1. Decay, lose one’s strength and faculties (2,2,4)5. Powerful, vigorous (6)10. Random, messy, utterly disordered (3,4,3,5)11. Family name of Shakespeare’s Juliet (7)12. Playwright of the absurd, author of The Rhinoceros (7)13. Hair style with one piece hanging at the back (8)15. Sum, tally (5)18. Playing field, sports ground (5)20. Latin phrase for a very unusual thing or person (4,4)23. Russian leader with a weapon ironically named after him (7)25. Toper, one who imbibes (7)26. Flighty and inconstant person, usually a young woman (15)27. One who enjoys inflicting pain (6)28. … and other things (Latin) (2,6)

DOWN1.Quick look, also a stroke in cricket (6)2. Communication device invented by Bell (9)3. Smoked pork sausage (7)4. White heron (5)6. Hairstyle featuring bob in the centre (7)7. Australian precious stones (5) 8. French city, ski resort (8)9. Mystery story, whodunit (8)14. African anteater (8)16. Able to be conceived of or imagined (9)17. Devices used to block out noise (8)19. Resort on the French Riviera (7)21. Stupid. Idiotic (7)22. Spectacular flower, originating in Africa (6)24. Scottish landowner (5)25. Move with the current, wander aimlessly (5)

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ABC 14.00 The Bill (M) 5.00 Talking Heads: Poh Ling Yeow 5.30 The New Inventors 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Human Journey 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Everest ER 2.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Time Team 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 The New Inventors 8.30 Spicks And Specks 9.00 Angry Boys (M) 9.30 Unbelievable 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline11.05 Lateline Business 11.30 Wild China 12.25 Life At 1 1.20 Time Team 2.10 Teenage Kicks 3.00 Big Ideas

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Licence To Drill 8.30 7 Ages Of Love (M) 9.30 The True Story Jaws 10.20 Maybe Baby (M)11.20 Shrink Rap: Gene Simmons (M) 12.10 Breakbound 12.35 Grace Potter And The Nocturnals 2.00 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Rated A For Awesome 6.15 Almost Naked Animals 6.25 Horrible Histories 7.10 Star Wars 7.40 Dex Hamilton 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.00 ABC News 2.30 State To State 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 The Quarters 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Newsline 12.00 ABC News 12.20 Lateline 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Lateline Business 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 Lateline 3.35 Lateline Business

SBS 15.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 7.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 World News 10.30 Copa América LIVE – semi

final 11.00 World News 3.30 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Tour de France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Inspector Rex 8.30 Victorian Pharmacy 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Tour de France LIVE – Gap

to Pinerolo2.00 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Come Dine With Me

Greece 7.30 Dateline 8.30 Tour de France Highlights 9.00 Movie: Jermal (M 2008)

Indonesian drama10.40 Movie: The World (PG 2004) Chinese drama 1.00 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Everyday Gourmet 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Masterchef Australia 9.00 Offspring (M) 10.00 The Defenders (M)11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.30 Late Show 12.30 The Cleaner (M) 1.30 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) 10.00 King Of The Hill 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 HD6.00 500 Great Goals 6.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup 7.30 Pro Bull Riding 8.30 This Week In Baseball 9.00 Major League Baseball – LIVE 12.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series 1.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 2.00 Isle Of Man TT 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Bondi Rescue 4.00 Extreme Dreams 4.30 Airline 5.00 Guerrilla Gardeners 5.30 I Fish 6.00 Bondi Rescue 6.30 Extreme Dreams 7.00 Airline 7.30 Twin Sisters 8.30 Cops (M) 9.30 Sons Of Anarchy (AV) 10.30 RPM 11.30 Sports Tonight 12.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 OneAsia Tour Golf 2.30 Major League Baseball 5.00 Omnisport 5.15 FA Cup Classic 5.45 Major League Baseball – LIVE

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 McBride (M) 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Last Chance Surgery 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News

7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Highway Patrol 8.00 World’s Deadliest Roads 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 Covert Affairs (M) 10.30 Detroit 1-8-7 (M)11.30 Eastbound & Down (MA) 12.00 Style By Jury 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO6.00 Kids Time 7.30 Martha Stewart Show 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 Deal Or No Deal 12.00 Hart To Hart 1.00 Head Of The Class 1.30 Welcome Back Kotter 2.00 Murphy Brown 2.30 Valerie 3.00 Movie: Miracle (PG 2004) US drama. Stars Kurt Russell 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Harry’s Practice 7.30 Heartbeat 8.40 Pie In The Sky 9.45 Wallander (M)11.45 Murphy’s Law (AV) 1.00 Coronation Street 1.30 Emmerdale 2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Room For Improvement 4.00 The Australians 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.00 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Quincy ME 1.00 The Rockford Files 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 According To Jim

6.30 My Wife And Kids 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Pimp My Ride 8.30 Smash Lab 9.30 American Pickers 10.30 Ax Men (M)11.30 Rude Tube (M) 12.00 Malcolm And Eddie 12.30 Rude Tube (M) 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Home Shopping 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 The Block 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Kitchen Whiz 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Block8.25 Lotto 8.30 Top Design 9.30 RPA11.30 Embarrassing Bodies (M) 12.30 Eclipse Music TV 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Spin City 1.00 Seinfeld 2.00 Unnatural History 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home

Videos

7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Bad Boys II (AV

2003) US action. Stars Marc Lawrence

11.20 Seinfeld 12.20 South Park (MA) 12.50 Ladette To Lady 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: Just Desserts (G 2003) US comedy. Stars Lauren Holly 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Block 5.00 The Golden Girls 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Zoo Juniors 8.00 Gorilla School 8.30 David Attenborough’s

Life Of Mammals 9.30 The Closer (M) 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M)11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Friends 1.00 The Closer (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

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ABC 14.00 The Bill (M) 5.00 National Press Club Address 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Human Journey 11.00 Lost World Of Communism 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Time Team 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Catalyst 8.30 Crownies (M) 9.30 Junior Doctors 10.20 Lateline11.00 Lateline Business 11.25 James Blunt 12.25 Beyond The Backyard 1.20 Time Team 2.10 Junior Doctors 3.10 To The Manor Bowen

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Marngrook Footy Show 8.30 Arrested Development 9.00 Unbelievable 9.30 Graham Norton Show 10.15 The Thick Of It (M)10.45 London Live: The Hoosiers 11.15 The Chaser’s War On Everything (M) 11.45 Marngrook Footy Show 12.45 My Morning Jacket 1.40 Close

ABC 36.05am to 5.30pm Kids’ Programs 6.00 Rated A For Awesome 6.15 Almost Naked Animals 6.25 Horrible Histories 7.10 Star Wars 7.40 Dex Hamilton 8.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation 9.00 Close

ABC NEWS 24 4.00 ABC News 4.05 The Quarters 4.20 The Drum 5.00 ABC News 5.15 The Quarters 5.30 Newsline 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 ABC News 12.30 Newsline 1.30 ABC News 2.30 Australian Story 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 The Quarters 6.00 ABC News 6.05 The Drum 6.45 The Quarters 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Lateline Business 9.00 The World 10.00 ABC News 10.05 The Drum 10.45 The Quarters 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Newsline 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Lateline 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Lateline Business 2.00 BBC World News 2.30 7.30 3.00 Lateline 3.30 Lateline Business

SBS 17.00 World News 7.30 Tour de France Update 7.45 World News 10.30 Copa América LIVE – semi

final 21.00 World News 2.30 Dateline 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village 6.00 Tour de France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 French Food Safari 8.00 Oz And James’s Big Wine

Adventure 8.35 No Reservations Spain 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Tour de France LIVE –

Pinerolo to Col du Galibier/Serre Chevalier

2.00 Weatherwatch

SBS 25.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Come Dine With Me

Greece 7.30 The Story Of The US 8.30 Tour de France Highlights 9.00 Movie: Mediterranean

Food (M 2009) Spanish comedy

10.50 Movie: The Miracle Of Bern (PG 2003) German drama 12.50 Weatherwatch

TEN6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Everyday Gourmet 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.30 6.30 With George Negus 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Masterchef Australia 8.30 Law & Order (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports

Tonight11.00 Late Show 12.00 Eureka (M) 1.00 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 Stargate Universe (M) 9.30 Star Trek: Next

Generation 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 Major League Baseball – LIVE 9.00 World Championship Triathlon 11.30 ATP World Tour Tennis 12.00 500 Great Goals 12.30 I Fish 1.00 World Rally Championship 2.00 RPM 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Bondi Rescue 4.00 Extreme Dreams 4.30 Airline 5.00 Guerrilla Gardeners 5.30 I Fish 6.00 Bondi Rescue 6.30 Extreme Dreams 7.00 Airline 7.30 Cops 8.30 The Game Plan 9.30 Breakout Kings (M) 10.30 Sports Tonight 11.00 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 12.00 Black Gold 1.00 The Game Plan 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 Major League Baseball 5.00 Omnisport 5.30 FA Cup Classic

PRIME6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Paparazzi (M 2004) US action. Stars Cole Hauser 2.00 Dr Oz 3.00 Last Chance Surgery 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal

6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.40 Law & Order: LA (M)10.40 Off The Map (M) 11.30 30 Rock 12.00 Heroes (M) 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO6.00 Kids Time 7.30 Martha Stewart Show 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 Deal Or No Deal 12.00 Hart To Hart 1.00 Head Of The Class 1.30 Welcome Back Kotter 2.00 Murphy Brown 2.30 Valerie 3.00 Perfect Strangers 3.30 Night Court 4.00 Columbo 6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 Harry’s Practice 7.30 Doc Martin 8.30 The Bill (M) 9.40 Movie: Frost/Nixon (M

2008) US drama. Stars Frank Langella

12.10 Minder 1.15 Movie: Too Many Girls (G 1940) US comedy. Stars Lucille Ball 3.00 Hart To Hart 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 Emmerdale 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE6.00 Six Million Dollar Man 7.00 The Virginian 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Quantum Leap 12.00 Quincy ME 1.00 The Rockford Files 2.00 Malcolm And Eddie 2.30 Newsradio 3.00 Xena 4.00 Hercules 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30

According To Jim 6.30 My Wife And Kids 7.00 That ’70s Show 7.30 Swamp People 8.30 Mythbusters 9.30 Operation Repo (M) 10.30 Jail (M)11.30 Final 24 (MA) 12.30 Newsradio 1.00 Six Million Dollar Man 2.00 Quantum Leap 3.00 Quincy ME 4.00 Xena 5.00 Hercules

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 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Kitchen Whiz 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Block 8.30 Inside The Human Body 9.30 The NRL Footy Show (M) 11.15 The AFL Footy Show (M) 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Here’s Lucy 12.30 Spin City 1.00 Seinfeld 2.00 Unnatural History 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home

Videos 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 The Big Bang Theory

9.30 Movie: Blade II (AV 2001) US action. Stars Wesley Snipes

11.50 Up Late () 12.20 South Park (M) 1.00 Ladette To Lady (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: Not Now, Comrade (PG 1976) UK comedy. Stars Leslie Phillips 2.00 RPA 3.00 McLeod’s Daughters 4.00 The Block 5.00 The Golden Girls 6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.30 My Strange Addiction 9.00 Bizarre ER (M) 9.30 Embarrassing Bodies (M)10.30 Wife Swap USA 11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Friends 1.00 My Strange Addiction 1.30 Bizarre ER (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

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SPORT RESULTSBOWLSCabarita Men6/7/11. Winners M Morgan & G Goode, r/up B Moore & J Turner, cons B Griffiths & R Mills9/7/11 Social winners B Pilling,J Darling & B (Phantom) Coustley, cons R Woodbury,B Old-meadow & A Mclean.11/7/11 Winners R Norris & J Wyborn r/up M Morgan & J Stewart,cons G Matfin & E Behr.Congratulations B Venner & L Freeman Zone 1 over 60s Pairs Champions.

Condong Cane ToadsSunday 10/7/11 35 Cane Toads hosted 50 bowlers from Southport Community Work-ers bowls club and 30 Brisbane Fire brigade. Winners: A Tonell, T Tilley, J Hourioge also R Stevens, A Far, T Lyster. Raffle winners Nev Black, Mary Daly, Kooka, Leo Van Delsern, Atirie Salam, special wine Nev Black, Ausie Black. Condong MenWednesday 6/7/2011 30 bowlers Winners be-ing T Kennedy, R Fuller, L Muir, runner ups J Walsh, R Brown, R Shoobridge. Raffle winners G Miller, G Moss, L Muir. Wrong bias bowls R Gerds, Smokey, Kooka. Saturday 9th John

Sams Classic Triples Winners 1st W Wilson team 2w+33, W Pearts team 2w+21, R North-cott team 1w+5, S Massey team 1w+3. Open Pairs played Sunday D Smith, B Rothweder def S Reading, P Martain. Cudgen Leagues LadiesThurs 7, Social results, winners Rnk 3, Eileen Burke, Joanne Dent, Di North. Raffle – Pat Pieterse.Cudgen Leagues MenChampionships Consistency Singles D. Lowe d J. Neal 150/135, F. Smith d J. Turner 158/132, V. Schiemer d R. Mathews 152/143, P. Prichard d G. Ellen 152/108, B. Murray d S. Archbold 152/133, B. Moore d M. Van Runt 152/132, K. Foran d T. Grimes 150/130 and B. Cusack d F. Pieterse 146/84 the “A” triples are getting to the final stage and J. McGill, B. Moore & J. Turner d R. Corney, B. Cusack & Coog Prich-ard 39/16 and the semi final of the “B” Single resulte in K. Hansen defeating M. (Houdini) Ryan 31/19. Social Bowls G. Border won the winning rink on Monday and Darby Lowe took the prize on Wednesday with the losing rink going to G. Stevens & Duncan McLennan. Kingscliff LadiesWeek ending July 8:   Novice Singles played Saturday, July 3:  G. Phipps d L. Byer.   Open triples Played Friday, July 8:  M. Lincoln, D. James, B. Jack d C. James, B. Lane, I. Fuller;  B. Petri, J. Bonett, M. Gardner d W. Butler, E. Tay-lor, J. Scher; E. Downes, V. White, B. Mirls d A. Wonka, A. McNamara, L. Willoughby   Char-ity Day Raffle drawn Wednesday, July 6:  1st Prize:  Caz; 2nd Prize: M. Siegel; 3rd Prize: T. Wonka; 4th Prize: P. Murphy.  

Kingscliff Men10th July 2011 President’s Singles I Smith d R Phipps; V Lewis d G Barrack; P Murphy d R Amour; J Quinn d G Hallett; K Banks d W Blackwood; J Julius d J Akers; K Liddington d T Hills. Quarter Finals Vic Lewis had a strong win over Ivan Smith and d Ken Banks d John Quinn. Kevin Lid-dington 25 d John Julius 24. Social Bowls Results: Tuesday 5th July Amcal Open Pairs: Winners: R Stephens, R Hayes. Runners Up: P Crompton, T Abraham. Plate winners: I & N Gleeson. Thursday 7th July: Winners: A Brown, A Reid, T Hills; R Worn, K Jordan, B Knox; B Harris, H Azzopardi, I Smith. Plate Winners: J Willis, K Taylor, J Berry. Satur-day 9th July: Winners: H Moores, R Heales, J Berry; G Hallett, R Spence, T Green; A Brown, K Davey, J Donnelly. Plate Winners: J Davies, G Douglas, B Clarke. Kingscliff Mixed1st round Mixed Pairs: Greg Barrack/Eileen Taylor d Barry Henry/Maisie Lincoln, Ross Julius/Sandra Akers d Frank and Aileen Mc-Namara, Peter Murphy/Anne Wonka d and Barbara Mirls, Tony Wonka/June Scott d Col and Bev Lane.Pottsville MenWednesday June 29th 2011 Winners: M. Delaney – D. Barden – W. Whitney Runners-up: J. Burden – F. Fielding. Wednesday July 6th 2011 Winners: G. Booth – K. Coyte Runners-up: J. Foote – J. Gouge – J. Buckley Consulation: T. Henderson – J. Houston – P. White. Saturday 9th July 2011 A.G.M. saw 41 Members attending, followed by Presidents Day, many District Clubs and Club Members supported President Darren Townsend to celebrate a very enjoyable day. Major Sin-gles Championship Semi Final Winner: K McInnes Runner-up: G. Sawtell Score 31 – 20. Winner: K. Coyte Runner-up: S. Ryan Score 31 – 16 Minor Singles Championship Winner: P. White Runner-up: P. Field Score 31 – 16 Winner: B. Moore Runner-up: H. Milne Score 31 - 23 Winner: B. Jackson Runner-up: B. Cumming Score 31 – 14 Winner: J. Field Runner-up: S. Lofts Score 31 – 20 Winner R. Appleton Runner-up I. Sullivan Score 31 – 12 Winner: D. Dever Runner-up: J. Burden Score 31 – 26 Winner: R. Mackay Runner-up: J. Morris Score 31 – 19 Winner: A Meighan Runner-up: R. Bryant Score 31 - 29 .Tweed Heads LadiesWednesday Pairs: S. Lusby, J. Lyon def. K. Figura, A. Ebsworth. N. Wise, J. Hoffman def. M. Bowler, B. Halsell. L.A. French, A. Plowright def. E. Simpson, M, Cooper. F. Martin, P, Dear-love def. H, Bosisto, M. Forrest. M. Purcell, M. Picking def. K. Henshaw, G. Evans. V. Cunning-ham, B. Bryant def. P. Clarke, H. Mason.Thursdays Ladies Fours - Friendship Day.A. Vermeulen, D. King, D. Stewart, G> Harrop def. N. Wisde, G. Evans, J. Hoffman, K. Hen-shaw. M. Jarick, J. Kerkow, S. Hanlon, V. Robin-son def. R. Reiter, B. Macdonald, D. Kendall, H. Ramsay. D. Reynolds, P. Clark, A. Duckworth, S. GOldsmith def. R. Ash, M. Croghan, J. Reekie, I. Muldoon. K. Sieben, C. Thatcher, J. Gilroy, M. Purcell def. B. LeBoeuf, B. Betton, B. Carey, N. Bell. B, White, T. Congdon, N. Dowling, L. Rob-ins def. A. Nash, J. Wood, H. Carter, S. Archer. R. Witt, B. Bradley, M. Crane, L. Hodsdon def. J. Patten, J. Smith, M. Smith, B. Cooper. M. Kelly, J. Green, M. Hubard, D.Woods def. M. Bowler, B. Halsall, R. Wallis, A. Plowright. J. Ryan, H. Bardsley, S. Hambleton, M. Picking def. M.A. Cumming, M. Renshaw, C. Graver, D. Fysh. K. Cusack, J. White, M. Baxter, P. Reedy def. B. Everson, N. Mathieson, M. Boyce, S. Taylor. E. Simpson, M. Cooper, N. Ward, J. Withington def, K. Raywood, C. Davis, K. Davis, B. Syden-

ham. Lyon, S. Lusby, P. Govett, R. Curtis def. J. Webster, H Plant, B. Orchard, D. McNamara. P. Wade, B> Jacobson, B. Bitmead, J. Chircop def. P. Mann, D. Kerwitz, M Brosnon, J. Finney. S. Arrowsmith, J. Williamson, R. Whalebone, J. Ware def. S. Price, V. Neil, V. Pridham, M. Gw-ynne. B. Adams, J. Kuchel, J. Ryman, D. Turner def. F. Scott, C. Keane, D. Duncan, S. Ganter.Tweed Heads MenMonday, July 11, 2011Championships: Mixed Singles: Final: Kirsty Thatcher d. John Griffiths 25/14Beginners Shield – ‘Al Dodsley Shield’ for beginners Eddie Vuik d Barry Milburn 21/20.Social ResultsSingles: Wed July 6: Random Rink Draw.Green 1: Steve Goodman, Bill Dangerfielod, Karl Figura; r/up: Barry Wright, Roger Syden-ham, Hugh Canning.Green 2: David Nelson, Steve Szabo, Kerry Woolacott; r/up: J. Walton, Ric Gammon, John Lewis.Green 3: Allan Davis, Ron Hottinger, Leigh Tynan; r/up: Bob McIntyre, Jim Hill, Ian Broth-erson.Fri July 8: Green 1: John Easter, John Heath, John Rear-don; r/up: Bob Trinder, Rod Stebbins, Kim StephensonGreen 2: John Asser, Stan Loeber, Ron Stur-rock; r/up: Cliff Dury, Fred Fry, Ivan Mackay.Green 3: Clem Jones, Brian Scrase, Bill Finney; r/up: Bern Jacobson, Fred Sayers, Carlo Cam-pana.Green 4: Peter O’Pray, Neil Young, George Sommerville; r/up: Richard Mills, Greg Nolan, Ross Cali.Sat July 9: Jackpot SaturdayGreen 1: Simon Bailey, Vince Leather; r/up: Leigh and John RaywardGreen 2: Janette and Vic Kuchell; r/up: Joyce and Jim ChapmanGreen 3: Pat Griffiths, Jeff Walter, Tom Ar-mour; r/up: Stan Williams, John Heath, Ivan MackayIndoor Green: Rick Buckle, Bob Maxwell, Geoff Burgess, Dave Braebury; r/up: Peter Musson, Don MackayThe Jackpot of $1000.00 was won by Mar-jorie Crane and John Parker-Smith. DARTSTweed ValleyResults of games played on Monday 11th July. A Grade Blues 11 def Hogan’s Heroes 3, Lions 8 def Misfits 7 and Jokers won 11 by forfeit from Gulls. Bill Aitken from Blues threw 3 x 180 and Phil Whalan from Hogan’s Heroes threw 1 x 180.B Grade Leftovers 9 def Boomerangs 2, Tigers 6 def Devils 5, no result from Chuckers and Moon Guppies and Ramseys Heroes’ won 9 by forfeit from We’re Back.Point Score subject to confirmation: A Grade Jokers 24, Blues 21, Hogan’s Heroes 15, Lions 10 and Gulls 0. B Grade Misfits 18, Ramseys Heroes’ 16, Leftovers 14, Devils and Chuckers both on 11, Tigers 10, We’re Back 5, Boomer-angs 2 and Moon Guppies 0.GOLFChinderah Seniors Social Results for 4/7/2011 - StablefordWinner A grade - Chris Goodsell - 41 points - new h/cap 11, R/up - Rus Pitchers - 40 points - new h/cap 5.Winner B grade - Ron Hankin - 39 points (c/back) - new h/cap 12, R/up - Paula Fearnley - 39 points - new h/cap 17.Winner C grade - Manuel Nichles - 42 points - new h/cap 22, R/up - Keith Dormer - 40 points - new h/cap 29. Ball rundown to 37 pointsResults for 7/7/11 - StablefordWinner A grade - John Gordon-Smith - 39

points (c/back) - new h/cap 10, R/up - David Frazer - 39 points - new h/cap 9.Winner B grade - Coral Rasmussen - 40 points (c/back) - new h/cap 13, R/up - Carolyne Bey-non - 40 points - new h/cap 17.Winner C grade - Ted Robinson - 47 points - new h/cap 26, R/up - Dot Chilcott - 45 points - new h/cap 27.Ball rundown to 37 points (c/back).MurwillumbahSunday 3 July Women’s Winner F.Chadwick 36 pts Members D.Bateman 41 pts Monday 4 July Veterans Individual Stableford Winner A.Grade K.Bullen 41 pts R.Up K.Blyth 37 pts Winner B.Grade C/Somerville 37 pts R.Up R.Neil 36 pts c.b N.Pins 2nd R.Neil 8th S.Vienna 10th W.Rowe 14th C.Somerville B.R.D. 31 pts c.b Wednesday June 6 Individual Stableford Winner A.Grade D.Veares 42 pts R.Up A.McLean 40 pts B.Grade B.Harbison 43 pts R.Up R.Schirmer 42 pts c.b N.Pin 2 W.Henderson 10 L.Traveras-Jones Vet-eran B.Harbison 43 pts B.R.D to 45 pts Wednes-day Sporters Winner B.Harbison 24 pts N.Pin 8th A.McLean (ace) 14 P.Keegan B.R.D. 20 pts c.b Sat-urday 9 July V’s Par in 4 Grades Winner A.Grade A.Causley +6 R.Up L.McCormack +3 B.Grade J.Hopkins +3 R.Up G.Rosenbaum +2 C.Grade V.Formica +3 R.Up J.Murray +3 D.Grade H.Axford +6 R.Up R.Neil +4 N.Pin 2 B.Hill 8 J.Djordevic 10 P.Coddington 14 P.Heath ( Hole in One)RUGBY LEAGUENRRRL - Round 12Friday July 8Marist Brothers V Casino RSM – 1ST – Marist Brothers 42 d Casino RSM 4, Reg – Marist Brothers 46 d Casino RSM 12, 18s – Marist Brothers 7 d Casino RSM 0.Saturday 9 JulyGrafton Rhinos V Northern United – 1ST – Grafton Rhinos 34 d Northern U 28, Reg – Northern 40 d Grafton Rhinos 14, 18 – North-ern U 60 d Grafton Rhinos 0.Ballina V Grafton Ghosts – 1ST – Grafton Ghosts 46 d Ballina 16, Reg – Grafton Ghosts 38 d Ballina 10, 18 –Grafton Ghosts 32 d Bal-lina 24.Kyogle V Murwillumbah – 1ST – Kyogle 42 d Murwillumbah 14, Reg – Murwillumbah 28 d Kyogle 4, 18 – Murwillumbah 30 d Kyogle 4.Sunday 10 July.Mullumbimby V Cudgen – 1ST – Cudgen 36 d Mullumbimby 12, Reg – Cudgen 66 d Mullumbimby 10, 18 – Cudgen 34 d Mullum-bimby 20.Lower Clarence V Evans Head – 1ST – Lower Clarence 40 DR Evans Head 40, Reg – Lower Clarence 30 d Evans Head 20, 18 – Lower Clarence 36 d Evans Head 20.Tweed Coast V Byron Bay – Reg – Byron Bay 52 d Tweed Coast 10.SHOOTINGMurwillumbah Pistol ClubThe results for the 5 July 11; Sports Pistol - B Clinch 585. A Uren 538. R Bebendorf 530, W Byrne 464, L Allen 413. Lasdies Air Pistol - T Clinch 343.9 July 11; Standard Pistol - A Uren 608, T Hill 606, R Rees 588, S Nash 581, B Kleem 571, R McClymont 568, W Byrne 543, J Lumsden 539, J Blair 535,S Dundon 528, K Hansen 518, P Schlunke 515, J Hoctor 513, A Gazzard 503, J Maclachlan 494, L Blair 491. Air Pistol - R Cavanagh 591. Ladies Air Pistol E Reid 363.Murwillumbah Rifle ClubFullbore: 600 yds: W.Shoobridge 100.6, 0, 100.6; A.Cronk 99.8, 0, 99.8; D.Phippard 97.9, 1, 98.9.Scope: M.Sforcina 103.1, 19, 122.1; G.Morris 107.3, 6, 113.3; Rama 98.2, 16, 114.2.Smallbore: 50 metres: G.Morris 395, 11, 406; W.Sunderland 395, 6, 401; A.Cronk 399, 1, 400.

New moon July 1 18:54 20:03

First quarter July 8 16:29

Full moon July 15 16:40

Third quarter July 23 15:02

New moon July 31 04:40

Day of month

Sun rise

Sun set

Moon rise

Moon set

High tide, height (m)

Low tide, height (m)

1 F 0639 1700 0614 1653 0808,1.33; 2015,1.88 0216,0.37; 1342,0.492 S 0639 1700 0703 1755 0852,1.36; 2059,1.91 0257,0.32; 1427,0.473 S 0639 1700 0749 1858 0937,1.39; 2143,1.91 0339,0.28; 1514,0.464 M 0639 1701 0830 2002 1024,1.41; 2228,1.86 0421,0.27; 1603,0.465 T 0639 1701 0909 2105 1114,1.44; 2315,1.78 0506,0.27; 1657,0.486 W 0639 1702 0946 2208 1205,1.47 0551,0.30; 1754,0.527 T 0639 1702 1023 2311 0006,1.66; 1300,1.50 0639,0.34; 1857,0.568 F 0639 1702 1101 0102,1.53; 1357,1.54 0729,0.39; 2008,0.589 S 0639 1703 1141 0015 0207,1.41; 1458,1.59 0822,0.44; 2126,0.5710 S 0638 1703 1226 0120 0318,1.32; 1600,1.66 0919,0.48; 2243,0.5211 M 0638 1704 1315 0225 0431,1.27; 1702,1.73 1018,0.50; 2351,0.4412 T 0638 1704 1408 0329 0539,1.27; 1800,1.80 1116,0.4913 W 0638 1705 1507 0429 0638,1.30; 1853,1.85 0048,0.37; 1212,0.4814 T 0638 1705 1607 0524 0730,1.33; 1941,1.88 0139,0.31; 1302,0.4615 F 0637 1706 1708 0614 0816,1.35; 2025,1.87 0224,0.28; 1350,0.4516 S 0637 1706 1807 0657 0900,1.37; 2106,1.83 0304,0.28; 1435,0.4617 S 0637 1707 1905 0735 0942,1.37; 2145,1.77 0343,0.31; 1518,0.4918 M 0636 1707 2000 0810 1021,1.38; 2221,1.68 0419,0.34; 1600,0.5219 T 0636 1708 2054 0842 1100,1.37; 2256,1.62 0453,0.39; 1642,0.5720 W 0636 1708 2146 0913 1140,1.38; 2332,1.47 0527,0.43; 1726,0.6221 T 0635 1709 2238 0943 1221,1.38 0600,0.48; 1814,0.6722 F 0635 1709 2331 1015 0013,1.36; 1307,1.39 0638,0.52; 1910,0.7123 S 0634 1710 1048 0101,1.26; 1359,1.40 0721,0.57; 2016,0.7324 S 0634 1710 0024 1124 0201,1.18; 1455,1.42 0811,0.60; 2132,0.7125 M 0633 1711 0118 1205 0312,1.13; 1554,1.47 0908,0.62; 2244,0.6526 T 0633 1712 0214 1251 0423,1.13; 1650,1.54 1006,0.61; 2342,0.5727 W 0632 1712 0309 1342 0525,1.16; 1741,1.63 1100,0.5828 T 0632 1713 0403 1438 0616,1.21; 1827,1.73 0030,0.47; 1150,0.5229 F 0631 1713 0454 1539 0701,1.28; 1912,1.82 0112,0.37; 1237,0.4630 S 0630 1714 0541 1643 0745,1.35; 1955,1.89 0152,0.28; 1324,0.3931 S 0630 1714 0625 1748 0830,1.42; 2039,1.92 0232,0.21; 1412,0.34All times Eastern Standard 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.

JULY 2011Astronomical data

and tides

1st Sat Brunswick Heads (02) 6628 44951st Sun Byron Bay (02) 6680 97031st Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 45551st Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

2nd Sat Kingscli� 0406 724 3232nd Sun The Channon (02) 6688 64332nd Sun Chillingham 0437 041 0232nd Sun Lennox Head (02) 6672 28742nd Sun Coolangatta (07) 5533 82022nd Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

3rd Sat Mullumbimby (02) 6684 33703rd Sat Murwillumbah Cottage Markets

0417 759 7773rd Sun Ballina (02) 6687 43283rd Sun Nimbin (02) 6689 00003rd Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 45553rd Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 17143rd Sun Uki (02) 6679 5012

4th Sat Kingscli� 0406 724 3234th Sun Bangalow (02) 6687 19114th Sun (in 5 Sun month) Coolangatta

(07) 5533 82024th Sun Murwillumbah 0422 565 1684th Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

5th Sun Nimbin (02) 6689 00005th Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

WEEKLY FARMERS MARKETSEach Tue New Brighton (02)6684 5390 Each Wed 7-11am Mur’bah (02) 6684 7834Each Thu 8-11am Byron Bay (02) 6687 1137Each Sat 8-11am Bangalow (02) 6687 1137Each Sat 8am-1pm Uki (02) 6679 5438

MONTHLY MARKETS

Taylor need some manners in the TweedDavid Solano.

Wow! What a pleasant experi-ence fishing was on the week-end. It was cold alright but I found it hard to spot a cloud and the fish were around too.

The river is still holding the chopper taylor which is a bit unfortunate for me as they tend to shut down the bite of the fish I’m chasing (mainly bream). The taylor have no manners and charge all over the place eating anything that moves.

Saturday I was fishing the run-out tide, holding the ho-bie kayak in the current, cast-ing into the mangrove roots as I could see fish feeding on what was passing over them. I cast a three-inch gulp min-now in the Lime Tiger colour hard up into the snags. I was sure it was bream I was look-ing at. Third cast: zip. I got busted off. My four-pound

leader cleanly snapped at the jig head, so I tried again. Same result and they were doing me very quickly. In went another cast: third time lucky. As soon as he took the jig I pedalled out to the deeper water and took him with me. It was then that I realised it wasn’t a bream. It was going nuts pulling drag all around me. With a four pound leader you have to take it easy, especially with a big chopper which is what I had on.

I’d left the net behind so de-cided to have some fun and wear him out; eventually he tired and I gently lifted the light leader, took the hook out and let this beautiful creature go. The taylor looked extreme-ly fit and if you put a bit of time in to find the feeding schools you might get into them.

Saturday I had Terranora Broadwater virtually to myself. It’s a special feeling to have the river to yourself; a lot of the

time I find I’m just taking in the serenity (sound familiar).

Sunday was different. I was throwing lures at the Crab Cooker Boat near Seagulls and I’d noticed a light green boat doing the rounds between the oyster leases. I wasn’t getting many hits so I headed over for a chat to Dave and Greg. Dave’s boat is perfect for fish-ing the Tweed and it’s always good to have a chat with fellow fishos. The boys landed a flat-head while we chatted. I asked Dave if he targets bream and he told me frankly he just can-not catch them on lures. I told him it took me a year to get my first; it’s not easy and that’s why I love it. I might add I got the first one trawling, which for a tournament angler is cheating. Once I caught that first one it seemed to come on for me, a little like getting your first jack on a lure, but hey, that took a few more years.

Last week I mentioned Ben from Bilambil Heights, the guy you rarely see fishing, but Sat-urday afternoon I was chatting with neighbours on Broadwa-ter Esplanade when someone went flying by on a pushbike, dressed in camo, rods strapped to the bike, bag and gear hang-ing everywhere; I think I just spotted him (the phantom). One fisho who is even rarer to spot than the phantom is my neighbour Tania. She is amaz-ing. Her yak is a bit smaller than mine but Tania throws it on her back and carries it down her driveway over the oysters then heads to her favourite spots, which by the way she refuses to tell me where they are. I watched Tania from a distance, pulling her yak over sandbanks and heading to-wards the main river. I think it’s called taking short cuts. She uses an Alvy reel with bait.

Go girl!

Vic Renz got a lovely surprise last week when he came down from Beaudesert for a spot of fishing. Vic landed this 1010mm Flathead in the Mooball Creek at Pottsville. Vic used eight-pound spiderwire braid with a 10-pound leader. He had a three-inch ‘Red Rum’ lure and all on the end of a six-foot Vector rod.

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POINTS TALLYRory Curtis 177Alison Harman 177Mark Harriott 171Winston Lamont 168Video Pete 161Chris Graham 159Carole Goodway 152Eve Jeff ery 151Ziggi Browning 151Tristan Wetherelt 150Mr Rental 149Peter Craddock 143Paul Taylor 139Greg Swift 131Chris Holt 129 Phil Harris 129Phillip Kelly 119 Kel Tor 115Barry Schadel 111

BroncosCowboysDragonsManlyPanthersRoostersStormWarriors

Greg SwiftWe may not get the tips right but we’ll tip you onto some great value! Great range, great prices, great location, open seven days. Taphouse Cellars – Kingscliff Shop 4, Kingscliff Shopping Village 02 6674 3366

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Tipping a full card earns 3 bonus points – only for full rounds with no byes.

ROUND 19Broncos v Titans

Friday 7:30pm Suncorp Stadium

Warriors v Bulldogs Friday 8:30pm Mt Smart Stadium

Rabbitohs v Roosters Saturday 5:30pm ANZ Stadium

Cowboys v Tigers Saturday 7:30pm Dairy Farmers Stadium

Panthers v Eels Saturday 7:30pm Centrebet Stadium

Raiders v Storm Sunday 2:00pm Canberra Stadium

Knights v Sea Eagles Sunday 3:00pm Ausgrid Stadium

Dragons v Sharks Monday 7:00pm WIN Jubilee Oval

Saturday 7:30pm Centrebet StadiumSaturday 7:30pm Centrebet Stadium

Knights v Sea Eagles

The Echo’s

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Currently in

3rd place!

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TWEED ECHO SERVICE DIRECTORY

Full colour display ad only $40 per week – 85mm x 28mm.Line listing only $80 for 12 weeks. Full year prepaid $280.

Deadline for additions and changes is 12pm Monday.Enquiries: 02 6672 2280 or adcopy@tweedecho.com.au

THE TWEED

ACCOUNTANTSACCOUNTANT Jeannie Anderson .................................................................................02 6672 4044

AGRICULTURE

RURAL PROPERTY ASSISTCaretake/ Property Manage/ Maintenance/ Machinery/ Stock

Do you need time away from your hinterland estate or farm?Available for short, medium or long term assignment.

• Police Check • Referees • Own ABN & Insurance • Available immediatelyHourly, daily, weekly or monthly rates available. All enquiries welcome.

Email: gracelandcattle@bigpond.com or call Dominic 0419 192 300 or 6685 3886

AIR CONDITIONING

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

Energy effi cient. Quiet. Comfort all year round.Avoid the extremes with Daikin.

• Fax: 07 5524 5424 • www.coolitac.com.au

• SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATIONResidential & commercial air conditioning with over 30 years experience

making cool waves

Ph: 07 5524 4439 BSC Lic 1180797 NSW Lic 178680C ARC AU05854

ANTENNA INSTALLATION

TV ANTENNA SERVICES• Satellite systems • AM/FM radio

• Home audio • Sales • ServiceGraeme Archer

Free quotes, free information, 17 years local experience, 12 month warranty on all installations

60 Poinciana Ave, Bogangar (02) 6676 0903 • 0417 496 282

Digital TV Recepti on - QLD & NSW ChannelsSet Top Boxes Tune-Ins FM Antennas

Servicing Ocean Shores to Bilambil HeightsCALL FOR YOUR FREE QUOTE

Endorsed under the Australian Government’sAntenna Installer Endorsement Scheme

ANTENNAS

David Levine

Fix your DIGITAL TV reception NOW

NO FIX NO CHARGE*

*conditions apply

• DVD/ video setup • New TV sockets• Surround sound setup • New phone sockets• Flat TV wall mounting • Pensioner discounts• FM radio antennas • Lic. electrical contractor

www.iwire.net.au0402 022 111BLACK SPOT TV

RECEPTION SOLUTIONS NOW AVAILABLEwww.iwire.net.au

ARCHITECTSJOSE DO Sustainable Architecture. Reg. 7647 www.josedoarchitect.com....................0424 062 096

SPACE STUDIO We design buildings & their interiors. www.spacestudio.com.au .......02 6680 9921

ASBESTOS REMOVALALL RESIDENTIAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL .................................................................0407 261 213

BLINDS & AWNINGS

BUILDING TRADESCONCRETE CANCER SPECIALIST -Lic 176913C .........................................................0407 480 450

STAIRSINTERNAL / EXTERNALOPEN / CLOSED RISERS

0408 740 480 / 02 6684 3378

ARCHITECTURAL TIMBERS JACK MANTLE

Call to discuss your new home – 02 6684 2100www.e-construct.com.au www.beconstruct.com

Builders Lic.218298C

Beautiful, Functional & Ethical

Inspired to support✓ Planet✓ People✓ Budgets

Designs that are✓ Sustainable✓ Comfortable✓ Affordable

BUILDERRenovations, additions, decks, new homes, pole homes,

kitchen renovations & insurance work.No job too small! Call Scott Anytime.

0415 767 952 AH 07 5590 7438NSW Lic 592C Qld Lic 22821

All aspects of carpentry. Qualifi ed, friendly & professional.Free COMPETITIVE quotes for all work – call Simon:

0427 633 703 / 02 6674 4709 Lic 227281C

COMMITED TO ECOLOGICAL

AND SUSTAINABLE

BUILDING FOR NEW

HOMES AND RENOVATIONS

PAUL COOPERBuilding with Integrity

0414 920 741paulcooper99@gmail.comNSW Lic 223098C Qld Lic 1120203

CLEANINGHOUSE & OFFICE CLEANING Competitive prices .......................................................07 5536 1773

IS YOUR SHOWER MOULDY? I can clean it for you .............................................Rob 0439 575 536

Hard to 85x28 0109.ai 30/01/2009 11:48:16 AM

ADVANCEDBlind & Curtain Cleaning & Repairs Verticals Curtains Timber Hollands Romans

07 5523 36226/6 Enterprise Ave, Tweed Heads South

WE CLEAN DRIVEWAYS…!PATIOS & PATHS

Quick & professional water blastingPhone Kel on 0432 097 765 for a quote

COMPUTER SERVICESMARSHALL COMPUTERS Repairs & hardware sales, business web hosting ..............02 6677 1804

WiseGal Computer Service Internet, software & hardware, networks, tuition .........0405 929 371

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Have you lost• images • videos• documents • music

D o c t o r D a t a R e s c u eHas data been• formatted• deleted • damaged

? ?We can recover from • hard disks • USB flash drives • ipods/mp3 players

• CDs/DVDs • digital camera storage (SD etc)

0419 146618

Call Doctor Data Rescue today! Low rates,

Fast local service.

Lightforce ComputersAuthorised Service Provider

Byron Shire • Ballina Shire • Tweed Shire (we do callouts too!)

3/84 C entennial Circuit • Arts & Industr y EstateByron Bay 6685 8796 • hrs: m-fri 9-5 • sat 9 -1

• Hardware & software repairs • Internet connections • Home service • No job too small • PROMPT SERVICE

TWEED MOBILE COMPUTER SERVICES

Ben Cullen Dip I.T. 0412 593 511

07 5523 2384 • info@itland.com.au 8/2 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South

www.itland.com.auHonest & Reliable Service

• Professional data recovery (clean room class 100)

• Desktop/ laptop repairs & sales• Computer component sales• Network design & support• Custom build computers

CONCRETING

Mako Concrete Constructions

All aspects of concrete. No job too small.Call now for a free quote.

Ph: 0403 053 073 email: aaron@alexiuc.comLic 222684C

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

At this rate stocks won’t last long – call us now! ALL AREAS:

1300 199 585

WINTER SALE – 20% OFF rrp

PATIOS & ROOMS

Naguar Holdings Pty Ltd T.A. Atlas Awnings, Northern Rivers NSW BLN 42748 Qld BLN 24566

DESIGN & DRAFTING

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ATELIER Deirdre J Gorrie Residential Design ................................ djgorrie@australis.net 6677 1523

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au .Lyn 0428 884 329 or 6685 7756

GERARD BISSHOP Design, drafting, extensions & carports ...........0407 151 740 or 02 6676 3405

VIEW YOUR HOME IN 3D Design, DA plans, walkthrough .........................................0427 090 767

WWW.BUILTPRACTICE.COM Design & Drafting. Chris Knapp ...................................0405 914 569

ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRS

Sales & ServicePool pumps, electric motors, power tools, electrical equipment & repairs

Unit 2/42 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South

TWEED ELECTRIC MOTORS

07 5524 7055

ELECTRICIANSCURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service. Lic 79065C .......................................................0427 402 399

All electrical work, including home maintenance and air conditioning systems

Email: 2paulselectricians@gmail.com NSW: 218495C, Qld: 70561

Paul Taylor 0412 506 536

2 Pauls Electricians

Ernst Max MannElectrical Contractor

02 6677 1943 / 0410 314 897Lic EC 26523

FENCINGBEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, colourbond & timber fencing ..........07 5590 4540

BENS FENCING – RELIABLE, PROMPT, QUALITY 7 days .......................................0409 983 565

FENCING & RETAINING WALLS BSA Licensed. Free quotes. Any area ......................0411 594 314

FRONTLINE FENCING & LATTICE Pool, Colourbond & Lattice. Lic 212208c .................07 5524 1842

NORTHERN RIVERS FENCING All fences, will beat any quote ..................................0421 755 978

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCEAUSSIE MOWERMAN TWEED HEADS................................... Kris 02 6674 3695 or 0439 612 061

BEST MATES RATES GARDENING Lawn services & tree removal ........................ Liam 0422 580 871

CLEAN CUT lawns & maintenance. Rubbish removal. Free quotes ........................ Tim 0434 712 161

DAN YATES GARDEN SERVICES Quali� ed horticulturist ...............0407 540 700 or 02 6679 1427

RON’S MOWING Banora Point .....................................................................................0447 744 933

WOLLUMBIN TREE SERVICES Quali� ed arborist. Pruning, removals, economical ....0427 015 923

• Fully insured • Garden maintenance • Lawn/acreage mowing • Edge trimming • Weeding/poisoning • Hedging/tree trimming • Rubbish removal • Pressure cleaning • All handyman repairs • Residential, commercial and body corporate • Lic 234358C

07 5524 3202

Prestige MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS

For a free quote call

LOCAL GARDEN & HOME MAINTENANCE

• Weed control • Rubbish removal • Mowing • Whipper snipping • Hedge trimming

• Small trees removed • Minor handyman workFrom $30 – ring Woz for a free quote

0458 795 659(bh) 6679 5659(ah)

Nice to Mow youAnthony Neaves0421 699 872nicetomowyou@gmail.com

Nice to Mow youNice to Mow youNice to Mow youNice to Mow youNice to Mow youNice to Mow youNice to Mow you10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!

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10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!10% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!• Lawn mowing • Brush cutting • Pruning

• Hedge trimming • Rubbish removal • Pressure cleaning • BBQ cleaning

• Pensioner discount

HIREBYRON WEDDING & PARTY HIRE ... www.byronbayweddingandpartyhire.com.au 02 6685 5483

MULLUM HIRE Wedding and party hire ............................www.mullumhire.com.au 02 6684 3003

LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATIONBASALT BUSHROCK Highgrade. Rock walls. Cheap prices ................................. Rolly 0408 860 543

BRENDON POWELL Bobcat, excavator, tipper & auger. All jobs..................................0404 988 222

FENCING & RETAINING WALLS BSA Licensed. Free quotes. Any area ......................0411 594 314

Specialising in• all styles of paving & brickwork

• irrigation • retaining walls• turf areas• water features

and all aspects of paving and landscaping.

Over 20 yrs experience - friendly reliable serviceRing Dean on 0417 856 212

various implements available for limited access projects

TINY EARTHWORPhilip Toovey 0409 799 909

ph/fax 02 6684 3208

• TIP TRUCKS • FLOAT • TRUCK & DOGS • DRIVEWAYS • ROADS • HOUSE PADS • CLEARING • DRAINAGE • CARPARKS

• BUSH ROCKS • ROCK WORK • MACHINE TICKETS

EXCAVATOR BOBCAT &

WATER TRUCK

PL Quentin 0404 193 933ALL MATERIAL DELIVERIES

LICENSED BROTHELS

Venus LoungeGentlemen’s RetreatOUTCALLS AVAILABLE – OPEN 7 DAYS

17 Morton Street, Chinderah • 02 6674 5020

Black Orchid

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEKNo. 12 Greg Chappell Drive, Burleigh Heads • 07 5522 1400

MYOB TRAINING

GEOFFREY COLWILL Certi� ed consultant, BAS agent.................................................02 6679 4231

NATUROPATH

24 years Experienced Practitioner

Your Professional Health CoachTracey Lee Morley ND DBM

www.alternative-natural-remedies.com.au

0266 8412191446 Coolamon Scenic Drive Mullumbimby 1446 Coolamon Scenic Drive Mullumbimby 1446 Coolamon Scenic Drive Mullumbimby

Poor Digestion? Tired? Lethargic? Bloated? Nauseous? Wind?

This may lead to serious long term health problems such as obesity, migraine and diabetes to name a few.

Call Naturopath / Nutritionist / Herbalist Barry Donnelly Ph: 02 6680 3025 Mob: 0429 801 320

PAINTING

Professional Painting & Decorating

Specialising in: Customer Service, Residential Homes, Interiors & Exteriors

Joel Watson 0404 202 415Fully insured Lic No. 211420C

• Domestic • Commercial • Driveways cleaned & sealed

AJ Itong Painting0412 613 916Lic NSW 129316C Lic Qld 1014447

ROOFS!We also restore roofs

PEST CONTROLARACHNID PEST MANAGEMENT Environmentally friendly ......................................0409 497 706

RELAX – Safe, effective pest control is our business• Comprehensive management plans & property inspections• Spray-free cockroach treatments • Non-toxic termite controlIf you have found termites do not disturb them! Contact us for advice.6672 4400 or after hours on 0414 769 018 • www.sanctuarypest.com.au

Est. 1994

PLUMBING

PLUMBING & GAS SOLUTIONS

Personalised, professional approach to your plumbing requirements.

Nathan 0432 511 579Tristan 0458 025 747

plumbjet@gmail.com

Blocked drains? New water heater? Whatever your plumbing needs we have the answer.

Available 24/7. FREE quotes.

• Same day response• 10% pensioner discount• All plumbing & maintenance• Plumbing & gasfi tting• Guttering & downpipe replacement NSW Lic 204860C Qld Lic 28721

Call your local plumber 0409 848 800

TWEED COAST PLUMBING & EXCAVATION

• Tight access mini excavator – 1.5 ton • Drainage • Hot water systems • Water tanks • LPG gas fi tting • Backfl ow testing • Bathroom renovations

PHIL CAVEY 0418 250 360NSW Lic L13688 • PO Box 1067 Kingscliff NSW 2487

PODIATRY

gentle podiatry • orthotics • nail surgery • comfort footwear

Andy Jenkins BSc.

Shop 21 Level 2 Kingscliff CentralPearl St Kingscliff 02 6674 2933

Kingscliff Podiatry

REMOVALISTSTOP OF THE STATE FREIGHT Delivering Tweed, Lismore, Ballina daily ......................0418 664 236

LOCAL • Sydney • GOLd COASt • BriSBAne • MeLBOurne

mullumbimbyremovals@bigpond.com02 6684 2198

• Local • Country • interstate

THE SHIRE FREIGHT COFrom Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane Mon & Wed • Carriers of fi ne art • Furniture removal

• E-bay pick up & delivery6687 6445 / 0409 917646

ROOFING

ALL ROOF REPAIRS, CLEANING & PAINTING ..........................................................0407 261 213

QUALITY JOB 18 years experience. NSW Lic 129316C, Qld Lic 1014447 . Adrian Itong 0412 613 916

ROOF PAINTING & REPAIRS Free quotes. Lic 1134084 .......................................Joe 0414 587 884

ROOFINGCRAFTSMEN

6 GENERATIONS IN ROOFINGROOF RESTORATIONS • RE-ROOFING • REPAIRS • FREE QUOTES

Honest, reliable, all work guaranteed.6681 4163 / 0414 674 110 • www.roofi ngcraftsmen.com.au

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TENDER

FOR HIRE EVENT & PARTY HIRE

Audio & lighting. 0418676534 or 66722680 • www.eventandhire.com.au

PUBLIC NOTICES

ECHO ECHODOUBLE DEAL

Double your exposure. Your ad will appear in over 44,000 newspapers

weekly. Ask us about our great deals when you advertise in both

THE TWEED SHIRE ECHO &THE BYRON SHIRE ECHO

Phone 02 66722280 or 02 66841777

GET SWEPT UP THE RUG SHOP BANGALOW

66872424

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ECHO If you want to be sure of your copy each week, or if you have a friend who’d like to have a subscription, why not send

them one? $35 per quarter or $125 per year, post incl. Write to ‘The Echo’

6 Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby2482 including payment in advance.

HEALTH HOT STONE MASSAGE

including free Iridology $50 with Kara Sth Gold Coast 0420517584

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICEFree STI/HIV checkups

Clinics Murwillumbah & Tweed For appointment phone 0755066850

Sexual Counselling Alison Rahn qualifi ed sex therapist

www.alisonrahn.com.au 0432599812

KINESIOLOGY Clear subconscious sabotages.Reprogram patterns and beliefs.De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies.

SANDRA DAVEY , Reg. Pract. 66846914

QUIT SMOKING IN 60 MINUTES How? Ask Ingrid phone 66803827

KA HUNA BODYWORK IN KINGSCLIFF Bring the joy of life to your body. 1st massage 1/2 price at $40.

Ph Susan 0418726877

TREE SERVICES

TRADEWORK BRUNSWICK VALLEY

DIGGER MAN Excavator & tipper hire. 0427172684

FOR SALE

BAMBOO PLY from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring .

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure

www.bambooply.com.au

TIMBER , pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware , Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002

LOCALLY HANDMADE JEWELLERY

helenluna.com.au also available at

Hammer & Hand, Ti Tree Pl, Byron A&ITweed River Gallery, Murwillumbah

Tumbulgum Gallery, Tumbulgum

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES

- HONEST & RELIABLE - Best rates & service in the Shire.

Phone Matt 0427172684

GARAGE SALES

Clutter Overload? Time to clear it out with a garage sale.Ph us on 66722280 to advertise here.

BRUNS 22 Fingal St Sat 25th 8am. Beds, bar fridge, desk and more all must go.

MOTOR VEHICLES

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

$$$s for most.Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

JEEP CHEROKEE 95 4WD, auto, spacious, green slip, 11 mths rego, vgc, 310,000km, $3900 ono. Ph 0408689576

CARAVANS MOBILE HOME (permanent) 2br, air-con, large kitchen, lounge, ensuite, part-furn, Bruns Heads, $98,000 ono. 66851870

PROPERTY FOR SALE EXQUISITE ocean & hinterland views 3br, 2 bathrm, DLUG, 2 living areas, Torrens title, low maintenance block on upside ridge of Pacifi c Vista Dr. Approx 5% rental return. Must sell before or at auction 12 noon 23 July Byron Bay RSL Club. Phone0410599230, barb@byronbaypro.com.au

HOLIDAY ACCOM. MIA CASA lush oasis, pool, spa, view. 2 min Mullum, 15 Byron. Luxe room or s/c cottage with woodstove. Ph 66844762

SHARE ACCOM. CABARITA BCH rm in mod home close shops pref fem worker. 0438339165

TO LET CABARITA BEACH 3 br house, clean & tidy, freshly painted, SLUG, pergola, avail 8 Aug, $395pw. Phone 0417064187

BILAMBIL 4br, hse $420 great views, 2 bathrms o-door spa, huge deck, tool shed, DLUG, no fence, cats & sml dog OK slr hw crimsafe drs, avail 31/7. 0755909785

WANTED TO RENT MATURE quiet, non smoking person is looking for a 2-3br house on acreage. No pets/children. Phone Janet 0438430109

MUSICAL NOTES GUITAR AMP REPAIRS , all pro audio & custom modifi cations. Ph 07 55454831 www.thorphillipsaudio.com

JAZZ PIANO, DOUBLE BASS & DRUM TRIO FOR HIRE

Well rehearsed & accomplished players.Phone 0412732465

LOST & FOUND LOST IN CUDGEN / Kingscliff area. Sun conure parrot with orange yellow head & body & green wings. Desperately loved pet, very friendly. Please ring if seen or found. Ring Claire 0457 750 075

POSITIONS VACANT WARNING

The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering

work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never

send money to a post offi ce box.

CAREER IN CHILDCARE

Would you like to become a carer and work from home? Free training & fi nancial

support is provided, to enable you to provide accredited high quality care in a

home environment. You will be supported by the largest scheme in NSW. Flexible hours. Childcare benefi t available. Phone

Northern Rivers Family Day Care for more info on 07 5536 1865.

MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines. No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846

PHONE ADSAds may be taken by phone on 02 6672 22809am-12pm Wednesday, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Ads can’t be taken on the weekend.

BY POSTPO Box 545Murwillumbah 2484

RATES & PAYMENT$15.00 for the fi rst two lines (minimum charge)$5.00 for each extra line (these prices include GST)Cash, cheque or credit card – Mastercard or Visa.

DEADLINE12pm Wednesday for display ads and line ads.

ACCOUNT ENQUIRIES phone 02 6684 1777

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS6672 2280

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ROOFING (continued)

HOUSE ROOFS PAINTEDONLY $1450

Service includes: roof cleaned,

repaired & painted

Call Peter NOW – 0447 075 615 Lic 210271C

RUBBISH REMOVALOCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialist .................................................................0412 161 564

Call Gary now for a free quote0421 999 018

or 02 6676 0098www.tweedskips.com.au

COWBOYS CAR REMOVALSFREE PICK UP

All scrap metal, white goods, farm machinery4WD access • Local towing service

Lic 06105 NSW

Ph/Fx 02 6677 9443 Mob 0421 251 477

SCREENPRINTING

SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

P: 02 6679 7228 E: sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com www.sunbeamsolar.com.au

Your local installer dealing in Sharp Solar Modules, Australian made Latronic Inverters and Century/Yuasa batteries. Specialists in Standalone and Grid Interact Solar Power Systems.

Servicing this area for 11 years. Lic. Electrical Contractors

SOLARSYSTEMS

•INSTALLATIONS•REPAIRS & SUPPLIES

Northern Solar Pty LtdSolar Power Systems & ElectricalQuality solar power systems, after sales service and maintenance program

Contact Darren or Jenny – phone 0427 661 421or email info@northernsolar.com.au

Lic No. 230119C CEC No. A7271144

TILINGCERAMIC TILER Lic 161050C. Robbie ..........................................................................0409 368 046

TREE SERVICESPOWER CLEAR TREE SERVICES Murwillumbah & Tweed .........................................02 6672 8954

WEDDING SERVICESPERFECT WEDDINGS Diane Paludi. www.callacelebrant.com ...................................0402 432 179

TAILORED CEREMONIES BY WILL ALLAN ................................ will.allan@me.com 07 5590 9757

WINDOW TINTINGSUNRISE WINDOW TINTING 30 years experience. Cars, homes, etc .........................0412 158 478

WINDOW TINTING6680 2484 • 0416 218 720TWEED BYRON WINDOW TINTING

Thanks to everyone who completed our recent

readers’ surveyCongratulations to the prizewinners!

Maria BashfordTony Morris

Kerry Stelling Nicola Warne

Debbie Stacey Narelle Blessington

Pamela HarrisSue BarberDon Norris

Peter Browne Jen Fitzgerald Sarah Everson

Krystal Cox Beverly KelsoLiz Fairthorne Lynn HassallBryan Gregg

Rev Stephen True-Arrow

Winners will be contacted by email or phone

BARGAINS

Ballina Car Centre6686 5586 DLN 19950

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

50 CARS UNDER $10,000www.dealcars.net

04 Holden Crewman V6 Auto, 127km, full log book history. ZCZ656...............................$12,750

Automatic Daihatsu Applause A/C, P/S, white, ideal fi rst car. BH39JK ..................$2,350

Holden VS Commodore Wagon Auto, A/C, P/S, good condition. TSN280 ..................$2,450

Mitsubishi Triton Tray Back 5 speed, as traded. ANB7TC. .....................................$1,750

2002 Holden Commodore Auto, A/C, P/S, 114071km, nice car. YAZ454. ...................$7,450

Alternative Bio-modulation Therapies Treatment

1 hour Deep Tissue Massage & (LILT) Laser Treatments – 50% off1/2 price for fi rst treatment & 1/2

price for concession holdersHealth fund rebates available

TGA Gov. approval No. 117344/53782 rejuvelaserclinic@hotmail.com

0422 358 413 6 Yao Street, Kingscliff

Rejuve Laser Clinic

Rejuve Laser Clinic

Awakening & BlissKUNLUN

NEI GUNG™Powerful. Safe. Effective.

Heal Body. Focus & quieten Mind. Reconnect to Spirit.

For further info phone

07 5482 2048

SUBCONTRACTORS interested in pricing:

• Murwillumbah Offi ce Building, 107-113 Wollumbin Street

• Murwillumbah Community Centre at Knox Park

The National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry

may apply to this project

Submit quotes to:

LAHEY CONSTRUCTIONSE: estimating@lahey.com.au or F: 02 6562 8463www.laheyconstructions.com.au

SPRAY PAINTER/

PANEL BEATERSouth Tweed

Phone 0407 911 538

FOR ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE NEEDS!

Carmine 6685 4015 - 0401 208 797

• REMOVALS • PALMS • TREE SURGERY • PROFESSIONAL CLIMBERS •12”, 15” & 18” CHIPPER • FREE QUOTES • FULLY INSURED ‘CERT. HORT/ARB’ • STUMP GRINDING •

TREE REPORTS & DA APPLICATIONS

FACE-TO-FACE FUNDRAISERS

As a face-to-face fundraiser, you will be talking to people on the street, at community markets and at events about the work of Rainforest Rescue and offering them the opportunity of donating on a monthly basis. Experience with face-to-face fundraising or direct sales is essential. Part time and casual positions are available.

Email krista@rainforestrescue.org.au for a position description and also to apply with your cover letter and resume.

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PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070

GOING AWAY? Who is looking after your pets? Kingscliff Petsitting 0419358794 or www.kingscliffpetsitting.com.au

FREE LABRADOODLE PUPPIES on breeders terms. Ph 66195227

COLLIE X KELPIE 11 months old, needs new loving home. Ph 0403412915 or

66854527

ONLY ADULTS

More needs to be done for housing a� ordabilityReal Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) Acting President, Ms Pamela Bennett, said despite the welcome news of a rate hold by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), more needs to be done for housing a� ord-ability in Australia.

Despite the June quarter REIA Depos-it Power Housing A� ordability Report showing a small improvement in housing a� ordability in Australia, the REIA’s indi-cator is still a concern for home owners and potential home buyers.

‘� e proportion of income required to meet loan repayments is at 25.1 per cent which means that the average Australian household is spending about $370 on week-ly loan repayments, an additional $150 per month on top of what they were spending two years ago,’ said Ms Bennett.

‘� e respite the RBA has provided to home buyers as well as existing owners is welcome news but we need to see it con-tinue for the foreseeable future.

‘REIA will continue to call on all

levels of government to work together to address the issue of housing a� ordability in Australia through taxation reform and addressing supply-side constraints.’

THE TWEED SHIRE

Tweed 02 6672 2280adcopy@tweedecho.com.au

THE BYRON SHIRE

Byron Bay 02 6685 5222Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777

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Do you consider yourself an ‘Artist’?

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We will be looking for people who • Have a great personality • Enjoy working with food • Enjoy new challenges • Enjoy being part of a team • Are very reliable

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ESCORTS0419 962 958

EARN BIG BUCK$

Good working environment with female staff

must be 18–65 yrs old

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Peppers Coorabell Retreatrequires the services of

a Sous Chef.Minimum 3 years experience in Fine Dining and all aspects

of kitchen management.

Please send CV to Adam.hall@peppers.com.au

or fax 02 6684 8137

Manager – Human ResourcesTweed Valley Respite Service Inc. is a progressive, community focused not for profi t organisation based in Murwillumbah providing a comprehensive range of quality respite, skills development and support services to clients with disabilities, clients with dementia and their carers.Reporting to the CEO, you will be responsible for a broad range of HR services, including recruitment and retention, performance management, training and development, OH&S, and ER/IR. Supported by an Assistant HR Manager, the HR Manager will work closely with the Senior Management team and Team Leaders to ensure that HR supports the organisation as it delivers programs and achieves objectives.You will be an energetic, tertiary qualifi ed professional with a strong operational background of at least 5 years in a similar role combined with the ability to be strategic and implement new initiatives in order to provide a contemporary HR function. Your vision, optimism, consultative approach, superior communication skills and commitment to the organisation’s values will ensure your success in this role.Award conditions apply. Please make your application in writing, includingyour CV, to the CEO, Rebecca Mussett, on Rebecca.Mussett@tvrs.org.auby 26th July 2011.

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MINDY, a 20 month old, domestic short

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Noticeboard Probus clubThe Probus Club of Hastings Point Tweed Coast meets next Tuesday (July 19) at 10.00am at The Point, Tweed Coast Road, Hastings Point. Guest speaker this month is Tom Van Bakel. New members welcome. Enquiries Jill 02 6676 4534.

Business and spiritualitySmall and home-based business people are invited to attend the the next Babareki Business networking event to hear how spirituality a� ects your business. Speaker, Geo� rey Colwill has spent 12 years at Findhorn, a spiritual community and eco-village, as � nance director, and has worked for a wide range of commercial and non-pro� t organisations. He will be speaking about spirit and money at the Uki Café, Kyogle Road on July 21 from 8.30am to 11am and July 22 at Studio 44 Artspace, 44 Fingal Rd, Fingal from 10am to 1pm. Cost: $15 members / $20 non members. To register email babareki@gmail.com or phone Natascha 02 66797316.

NORTEC volunteeringNORTEC Volunteering’s Five Most Wanted Volunteer Positions this week: Tweed Heads: shop assistant; Murwillumbah: cleaner/gardener; Murwillumbah/Tweed: street outreach worker; Kingscli� : district leader: Tweed Heads South: classroom tutor. Volunteering is a great way to gain work experience and make friends in your community – call 02 6672 8288 for more information.

Murwillumbah ratepayersMurwillumbah Ratepayers and Residents Association will hold its Annual General Meeting next Monday (July 18) from 7.30pm at

the Autumn Club, Tumbulgum Road (next to the library). All welcome. For more info contact Robyn Lemaire at rlemaire@une.edu.au or post to PO Box 851 Murwillumbah, 2484.

Computer skillsComputer Association Tweed Seniors (C.A.T.S.) will meet on July 21 (the third Wednesday of each month) at 10.30am at Seagulls Club. Get computer advice and learn computer skills at your own pace in a friendly social environment. All welcome. For more details call Noelene on 5599 8939 (Business hours).

Riding volunteersRiding for the Disabled Tweed Valley Centre needs regular helpers on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings during school terms. Horse skills are not essential and training is provided. Call Sylvia 0419 437 217.

Mental IllnessCarers and families of persons su� ering mental illness are invited to join the Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network, a peer support group of volunteers. Meetings are held on the � rst and third Monday of each month at 10am at the Tweed Heads Library, Civic Centre, Brett Street. The next meetings are on July 18 and August 1. Swap experiences about mental health caring with those who understand and � nd out about services and where to get information. Enquiries 07 5598 6372.

Bundy bus tripMurwillumbah and District Garden Club invites those interested to join their bus trip to Bundaberg from July 21 to 24. Departure from Sunnyside Bus Bay at 7am, travelling to Bundaberg for a three-night stay at the Bundaberg Sugar Country Motor Inn. Outings

will include a beach tour on the LARC, Christmas in July dinner, garden tours and a stop at the Ginger Factory on the way home. Cost is $580. Bookings and payment should be made by this Thursday (July 14) between 9am and 11am at Beverley’s, Main Street, Murwillumbah.

Seniors concertA free concert will be held on July 25 at 1pm at the Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre, 2 Gerrard Street, Coolangatta. This month’s concert will feature the Dixie Jazz Band. This multi-talented group will enthral you as they play many of the traditional jazz songs that you know and love. Tea and co� ee is available, BYO lunch/snacks. For enquiries and bookings call 07 5536 4050. Please come early as this helps with the seating arrangements.

Auxiliary AGMThe Tweed Hospital Auxiliary’s AGM will be held at 12 noon on August 1 in the Tweed Heads Civic Centre av at 2pm. Anyone who is interested in the work of the auxiliary is invited to attend. The guest speaker will be Brian Sheahan from the State Emergency Service. At the conclusion of the meeting afternoon tea will be served. Anyone interested in joining the auxiliary please contact Merle Graham on 5536 1441.

Garden compA reminder that entries in Murwillumbah and District Garden Club’s annual garden competition are now being accepted. Entry forms are available from JH Williams, Budds, Murwillumbah Services Club, Earth & Colour Nursery, Kingscli� Bowls Club or phone Margaret on 02 66723782. Judging will take place August 29-30, with a presentation night held on September 5.

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More needs to be done for housing a� ordability

24 July 14, 2011 � e Tweed Shire Echo www.tweedecho.com.au

� e board of the Twin Towns Services Club must surely be toasting the completion of the $8 million make-over of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour, which happily includes construction of a public car park right next door to their premises. � e cot-ton reels, as the pokie palace has been dubbed by locals, has always been desperate for more car parking spaces and the new arrangements must seem like manna from heaven. Before the council was sacked in disgrace six years ago it agreed to lease part of the foreshore to the club for a nominal amount to provide extra parking. � e ar-rangements, which raised eye-brows for a few reasons, includ-ing the dual role of the council’s former GM who also served as a board member, are no longer in place following completion of the new parking lot.

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Hacks inhabiting the Dirty Digger’s Australian offshoot appear untrammelled by rev-elations of widespread un-ethical practices in the UK, as they continue to unashamedly champion climate change de-nial with a barrage of one-sided articles and vicious attacks on the PM’s carbon tax. � e Echo would like to reassure readers that no phones were hacked, police bribed or politicians in-timidated during the compiling of any of our stories.  

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� e Model Code of Conduct for local councils is currently under review. Good thing too, Backburner reckons, remem-bering some of the complaints under the code made by coun-cillors, council staff and the public. It hasn’t stopped coun-cillors ganging up and bullying each other either, with some arguing it has facilitated it. If you’d like to send a submission to the review, be quick: it closes tomorrow (July 15). � e discus-sion papers can be found by googling Review of the Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils in NSW. The email

address for submissions is dlg@dlg.nsw.gov.au. � e project of-� cer, John Davies, can be con-tacted on 02 4428 4139.

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Tweed Shire Council has apol-ogised to Cabarita residents over misleading information contained in a press release circulated by the NSW Land and Propery Management Authority (LPMA) in defence of controversial plans for a caravan park in the village. � e Cabarita Beach/Bogangar Residents Association received a written apology from council general manager Mike Rayner on behalf of Tweed Coast Holiday Parks Reserve Trust (TCHPRT) executive manager Richard Adams a� er he incor-rectly stated that the site of the proposed holiday park is not opposite the school, but 130m south. � e letter clari� es that the actual site distance is 41m and says the comments were an honest mistake and were not intended with any malice. However, residents claimed the press release was part of an

orchestrated campaign to dis-credit the association, which has been a vocal opponent of the proposed development.

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Meanwhile, Cabarita residents are now waiting to see if sub-missions on the proposed cara-van park and residential estate will be made public. � e LPMA and TCHPRT met last week to discuss a report on submissions on the proposal which is con-tained in the Cabarita South Precinct plan. � e association is calling on the report and all submissions to be released, al-though they are probably not holding their breath for coun-cil transparency after being threatened with legal action a� er publishing plans for the proposed caravan park – plans which council denied existed.

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While ruminating on the sav-ings to be made from amalgam-ating councils, former Tweed mayor Warren Polglase told the local daily that the 7,000 resi-dents of Ocean Shores, current-ly in the north of Byron Shire,

‘would � t very nicely into the Tweed’ and recalled that when he was mayor (before the state government sacked his coun-cil) ‘they came to see us look-ing to be part of Tweed Shire. Ocean Shores… is a vibrant coastal area. It’s got great po-tential with tourism.’ A journo at our sister paper the Byron Shire Echo was very amused when Backburner asked him about Wazza’s story. It seems that the ‘they’ who came to see the Tweed mayor in hope of redrawing the shire boundaries were a handful of blowhards with no support from the com-munity of Ocean Shores.

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Mind you, amalgamation is not a bad idea per se. If coun-cils were larger and better re-sourced, the argument for abol-ishing the state government would be that much stronger. Imagine uniform laws across the country, no state borders, no state taxes, no state stu� -ups… no state of origin match-es. Unlikely to get Queens-landers to vote for that.

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Wednesday 20th July 6.00pm-7.00amFor Banora Point classes ph Celia 07 5590 7619

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Backburner

Mystery surrounds the purpose of several sets of shiny stainless steel rings which now grace the Jack Evans Boat Harbour foreshore.

Part of the $8 million rejuvenation, the tubular structures can quickly be transformed into emergency sleeping quarters for the numerous homeless folk who frequent the parkland.

Echo sta� tested out the rings to see if they would help keep you warm on a chilly July morning and they passed with � ying colours.

A little too big to be bike racks and too small for children to climb, their appearance has Backburner beat. Perhaps our readers can shed some light as to the true purpose of these highly polished rings of steel. Feel free to send in any suggestions.

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