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weekenderPROUDLY INDEPENDENTFRI 22 NOV 2013 • Issue 164
the inner city
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Made in Spain and Portugal, these leather boots and shoes are hard-wearing, stylish and will last years. Men’s and women’s styles in store.
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A mateur gar deners and green thumbs were recognised last Thursda y when Marrickville Counc il’s Sprin g Gar den competition winners were announced.
The entrants for this y ear’s competition put in a lot of w ork to brin g their gar dens up to a high standard of competition.
Marrickville Mayor Jo Haylen congratulated all who took part in the ev ent and thank ed all the dedicated gardeners in the inner west.
“These green thumbed residents are making our inner city home a more pleasant place to live. I ad-mire their dedication,” she said.
“While we all love living in Marrickville, there’s no doubt that it could benefit from less concrete and more greener y. Not so lon g ago gardening in Marrickville meant painting your concrete green.”
She said she, like many, appreciated looking at a beautiful garden whether i t was a f ront yard like Petersham resident Thomas Su ’s terrace with its colour, or just flower boxes on a balcony.
TAFE P etersham took out the a ward for B est Commercial Garden and B est Edible Garden was
won by local resident Carmen Ashley Coulter.The winner of the Best School or Childcare Cen-
tre Garden went to Camdenville Public School in Newtown whose principal Sue Smith said the gar-dens are all around the school and are an ongoing
project for the 200 primar y school chil dren and eight teachers who manage eight garden beds.
She said there w ere many facets to the gar dens and every child at the school has a part to pla y in maintaining it.
Winners of the annual Spring Garden comp celebrate
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Students from Camdenville Public School celebrate their win with Mayor Jo Haylen.
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N ext M onday is Whi te Ribbon Day, the largest male led move-ment in A ustralia whose fo -cus is on eradic ating v iolence
against women.The non-profi t or ganisation Whi te Rib-
bon seeks to chan ge the a ttitudes and behaviours tha t lead to v iolence against women, by engaging men and bo ys who will lead the wa y for soc ial change in this area in the future.
Women pla y an ac tive part in support -ing the organisation through their roles as White Ribbon Champions by engaging the men in their lives to commit to positive at-titudes towards women, and to in tervene in preventing violence against women.
The White Ribbon Day be celebrated lo-cally b y Marrickv ille P olice on Tuesda y, November 26 and is about raisin g aware-
A local White Ribbon Day event will raise awareness of domestic violence
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Men and women unite to say no to domestic violence on White Ribbon Day
White Ribbon Day is on Monday, November 25.
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ness for the posi tive role men c an play in bringing an end to v iolence against wom-en. From 11am until 2pm a t Alex Treval-lion Plaza on Marrickville Road, there will be guest speak ers, a f ree barbeque and live performances from Miss Krys, Oletha
Ware and Jae Druitt. “The White Ribbon c ampaign acknowl-
edges tha t an o verwhelming majori ty of victims of domestic v iolence are women and we welcome all campaigns that call to end violence of any kind,” NSW Police As-
sistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch said.“A signific ant proportion of domestic
and family v iolence inc idents g o unre-ported to police, makin g i t diffic ult to challenge and chan ge disrespec tful val-ues, attitudes and beliefs.”
White Ribbon CEO Libby Davies said the message was getting through.
“We are tar geting children from the ag e of eight to 18 . We are r unning social me-dia campaigns and getting campaigns into schools. 66 ,000 studen ts ha ve been e x-posed to our campaigns,” she said.
Western S ydney W anderers g oalkeeper Ante Covic said as ambassador he wanted to g et the messag e to men to sa y some-thing and not turn a blind eye to the issue of domestic violence.
“When you look a t the sta tistics and re-alise how many deaths occur through do-mestic violence it’s quite shocking.
“I look at my son growing up and I want him to learn the right values and how to respect and treat women in society today.”
Mr Covic said he wan ted to use his pro -file to make people more aware of the is-sue at hand.
“I’m proud to be an ambassador and so is my family… domestic v iolence doesn’t just affec t the w oman in volved but also their families.”
News in numbers
Minister for Transport Gladys Bere-jiklian announced public transport patronage rose by 11 million in the past year to more than 550 million jour-neys, while customer satisfaction also increased across all modes.
Ms Berejiklian this week released all 2012-13 public transport annual reports and the first Customer Satisfaction Index, a scorecard that will be released
annually to track the views of more than 35,000 customers, which will help drive improvements and keep operators accountable.“The surveys show an increase in customer satisfaction on all modes, which is encouraging, but I am the first to acknowledge that we have a long way to go to bring our public transport to a world class standard,” Ms Berejik-lian said.Satisfaction with bus services in-creased from 79 per cent to 85 per cent and satisfaction with train services increased marginally from 79 per cent to 81 per cent according to the survey. There was a two per cent increase in patronage across all modes of trans-port in the last financial year.
On national Asbestos Awareness Day, November 29, the Asbestos Education Committee and the Asbestos Dis-eases Research Institute are urging all Australian’s to ‘stop playing renova-tion roulette’ in a campaign to fight the current wave of asbestos-related diseases caused by inhaling dangerous asbestos fibres while renovating or maintaining homes.Most people can’t tell whether materi-als contain asbestos just by looking at them. With Australia ranked among the world’s top consumers of asbestos cement products per capita, the need for all Australians to learn the risks and how to manage asbestos safely, cannot be overstated.
“We’re seeing a growing number of patients with mesothelioma, a fatal cancer whose only report of exposure
to asbestos was during renovations,” said Dr Anthony Johnson. Dr Johnson led a research study that discovered more than 60 per cent of DIY renovators have been exposed to asbestos dust during renovations.
550 million
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A telemarketer or door-to-door canvasser offers you a free roof inspection. Sounds like good idea right...?
It is a good idea unless the roof inspector (usually a salesperson) does what unfortunately happens in many of these instances: he or she will grossly exaggerate the problems and insist that you really need a full roof restoration when perhaps you don’t.
Now there are many instances where a roof restoration is benefi cial. But there are also many instances where all you may need is simple roof repair.
Local company Reliance Roof Restoration offer a free roof safety inspection where you get the option of actually seeing your roof close up. Any problems are actually pointed out to you.
That way, you can be certain that any problems they advise you of are real and not made up or exaggerated. You can either accompany the inspector on the roof, or if you’re unable to do that, you’ll be shown photos taken on a high resolution digital camera.
If your roof is fi ne and needs no work at all, then Reliance will advise you of that. If all that you need is a small repair,
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E ver w ondered w here g overn-ment aid goes to and who moni-tors the activity?
Aid/Watch is an independen t monitor of A ustralian aid and trade tha t campaigns to end the use of aid to further Australia’s economic and sec urity nation-al interests.
Aid/Watch Direc tor Thulsi Nara yana-samy said much of the funds tha t are al-located end up back in A ustralia one way or another.
“The A ustralian public ha ve an e xpec-tation that aid money is used to allev iate poverty,” she said.
“What w e find ho wever, is tha t signifi-cant portions of the aid budg et ac tually end up back in Australia because of its re-liance on private contractors. So in many cases, A ustralian aid primarily benefi ts
NGO Aid/Watch is holding a trivia night to support its advocacy campaigns
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Where is our aid really going? NGO raises questions about taxpayer dollars
Aid/Watch Director Thulsi Narayanasamy.
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Australia’s commercial interests.” Ms Nara yanasamy dec ided to tak e up
the c ause of ensurin g governments were responsible for how taxpayers funds were distributed for overseas aid because she is
passionate about seeing money being sent to and received by the intended recipients who may be str uggling through times of immense hardship.
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interests of those who are poor and mar-ginalised. They are at the centre of our aid policy, rather than to narrow private inter-ests,” she said.
Having w orked for lar ge non-g overn-ment or ganisations for man y y ears Ms Narayanasamy said she wan ted to w ork on the c auses not the symptoms of po v-erty and inequali ty. H er e xperience thus far has been of positive change.
She said an area of foc us for her or gani-sation was to moni tor the way mining or-ganisations used g overnment ini tiatives to further the industry’s cause.
For example, Ms Narayanasamy says the Mining for D evelopment ini tiative pro -motes the expansion of Australian mining in developing countries but dubs it as sus-tainable development.
“This is an e xample of put ting big busi-ness ahead of the needs of people they are intending to help,” she said.
A tri via nigh t is bein g hel d to support Aid/Watch at the A ddison Road Commu-nity Centre Gumbramorra Hall, located at 142 A ddison R oad, Marrickv ille on Wednesday November 27, at 6.30pm.
If you want to get involved and help Aid/Watch, you can purchase tickets by email-ing thulsi@aidwa tch.org.au. V isit their website: www.aidwatch.org.au.
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N SW Opposi tion L eader J ohn Robertson has announced a comprehensive polic y tha t will ad dress alcohol rela ted
violence on S ydney’s streets – includin g ‘Newcastle style ’ alcohol restric tions for Kings Cross and Sydney’s CBD.
Labor w ill tak e the polic y, c alled Drink Smart, Home Safe, into the 2015 state elec-tion as a key platform.
The polic y w ill commit to an 18 mon th trial of ‘New castle style ’ restric tions in Kings Cross and S ydney CBD to comba t alcohol related violence, including:
• 1am lock-outs; • 3am last drinks; and • Restrictions on high-alcohol con tent
drinks after 10pm. State L abor w ill also conduc t an inde-
pendent study to measure the success of
John Robertson will take alcohol lock-out policy to State Election 2015
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Opposition proposes 'Newcastle style' alcohol restrictions to curb CBD violence
Opposition Leader, John Robertson. Photo: Melinda Jane.
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the policy to reduce incidents of alcohol related harm.
Every Friday and S aturday night will be treated lik e a major ev ent – w ith bet ter
transport and a strong police presence. “We w ill commi t to in troducing a la te
night train ser vice f rom Kin gs Cross to Town Hall and Cen tral Sta tions to help
move thousands of people out of the CBD quickly and safely,” Mr Robertson said.
In 2009 The Bureau of Crime Sta tistics and R esearch found tha t the ‘New castle style’ lockouts had reduced alcohol rela t-ed assaults after dark by 29 per cent.
Mr Robertson said he hoped the polic y would put an end to the senseless v io-lence that is a ttributed to e xcessive alco-hol consumption on Sydney streets.
Jamie Moore, General Manager of ‘Hello Sunday Morning’, a w ebsite that empow-ers people b y reflecting on their drinkin g habits and writing about their experiences online, said the policy announced by the Labor party had meri t, but legisla tive changes weren’t enough.
He said bin ge drinkin g was a c ultural problem that needed to be changed at the street level, not just in parliament and that such cultural changes take time.
“The c hanges [ proposed t o b e] i ntro-duced by the Labor Party would hopefully decrease alcohol rela ted harm in Kin gs Cross and the CBD precinct,” he said.
“However we must also begin to chan ge the demand b y ad dressing the drinkin g culture we have created.
“Without this c ulture chan ge, bin ge drinking w ill simply mo ve to another , more unregulated part of Sydney.”
Roads closed in localised flooding events
About 11pm last Friday, the Marrickville area was subject to a significant amount of rainfall and storm activity. As a result, low lying areas primarily in the vicinity of Cooks River were subjected to localised flooding. Marrickville Police responded to a number of jobs relating to this rainfall.
Police attendance coincided with the State Emergency Service staff. Road thor-oughfares were closed as required and diversions put in place.
Traffic disruptions were minimal how-ever the main affected areas were river-side Crescent, Dulwich Hill, Illawarra Road, Marrickville and Carrington Road, Mar-rickville. By 2.30am on Saturday morning the flood waters had receded and most road closures had been re-opened.
Tools in secured construction site on Illawarra Rd stolen
Sometime between 1pm on Saturday, November 16 and 7am on Monday morn-ing, two workers had tools taken from a building site on Illawarra Road, near the intersection of Byrnes Street.
A male had his tools stolen from a locked tool box, which had been located on the ground floor, courtyard area. Tools missing included an angle grinder.
One of his co-workers also had tools stolen from a tool box.
The tools were located in a secured basement car park and a laser was amongst property taken.
Anyone with information about this in-cident is urged to contact the Marrickville Local Area Command on 9568 9299 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Children's centre broken into and food stolen
Between 6pm on Friday, November 15 and 5.30pm Sunday, November 17, unknown person/s have gained entry into a demountable building located within a children's centre in Petersham. It appears entry was gained by smashing a window near the toilets.
Once inside they have disturbed a number of rooms and left after availing themselves to food supplies. Police were alerted to the incident after cleaning staff attended the premises.
Anyone with information about this in-cident is urged to contact the Marrickville Local Area Command on 9568 9299 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Police seize cannabis plants in Stanmore drug bust
Police from Sydney’s South West have seized cannabis plants with an estimated street value of more than $600,000 from a home in Stanmore.
About 5.30pm on Monday officers from the Wetherill Park Region Enforcement Squad and Marrickville Crime Prevention Team and Detectives executed a search warrant on a property on Parramatta Road, Stanmore.
Inside the property, officers found a large hydroponic setup spread across the home with approximately 337 cannabis plants. Police seized the plants and culti-vation equipment. Investigations on the matter are ongoing.
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L ast Tuesday Marrickv ille Counc il voted unanimously to transfer the o wnership of Gilbert D oble’s Winged Victory statue to the Aus-
tralian War Memorial in Canberra.The decision means the sta tue will now
be in the hands of the A ustralian War Me-morial who w ill be responsible for the preservation, care and display of the icon-ic statue.
It was determined through in vestiga-tions conduc ted b y Counc il officers tha t there is no loc ation in the loc al g overn-ment area where the Winged Victory stat-ue can be reinstated in its whole form, due to its size and structural issues.
Given the threats posed by environmen-tal conditions and vandalism, amongst other concerns, this includes e xternal lo-cations in parks.
Like all items accepted into the National Collection, the aim of the A ustralian War Memorial w ould be to preser ve W inged
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Statue to become part of Memorial
Mayor Jo Haylen with Winged Victory.
Victory in perpetuity.According to a report to Marrickv ille
Council, the Marrickville Heritage Society has been consulted regarding the transfer of ownership and is in agreement with the transfer. The descendants of Gilbert Doble were also advised regarding the donation.
Mayor J o Ha ylen said the sta tue had a special place in the heart of Marrickv ille residents, but w ould pro ve more benefi-cial for generations to come at the Austral-ian War Memorial.
“Winged Victory is of immense histori-cal and personal signific ance to the peo -ple of Marrickv ille. A raised sw ord in one hand and her ey es downcast, she simul-taneously symbolises our grea t pride and our overwhelming loss,” she said.
“The dec ision to see her transferred to the Australian War Memorial hasn’t been an easy one. We should however feel great pride that our statue will take centre stage in the First World War Galleries – to be ad-mired by all Australians.
“The school children of Marrickville will now visit Winged Victory on excursions to Canberra and feel proud when they tell their guide – ‘that’s from where I live’.”
It is proposed tha t the sta tue will be on display for 12 mon ths, w ith a lon ger dis-play still being discussed.
T he inaugural Global Indigenous Festival w ill be a spec tacle to behold on S aturday, November 30 when indigenous communi-
ties from around the world will be repre-sented at the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville.
The Ancestral First Indigenous World Festival will be a kaleidoscope of colour
which w ill incorpora te dance, art, film, workshops, music and food.
Filmmaker and organiser Fabiola Parra, who founded Roots Solidarity (an organ-isation tha t pro vides basic educ ational equipment that enriches people’s lives through impro ved li ving condi tions), said her or ganisation supported indig-enous communities around the world.
“Through film and art the v oiceless have a voice and have a say. This festival is the first of its kind, and we are proud to have it in Marrickville and at the Addison Road Community Centre,” she said.
The Festival will be on at Addison Road Community Cen tre, f rom 10am to 5pm Saturday, November 30. Tickets are $15.
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Winged Victory finds safe, new home at Australian War Memorial in Canberra
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E xcitement is buil ding w ith the Dulwich Hill Village Fair on Sun-day, December 1, now only just a week away.
One of the major highlights of the Fair is the great range of kids’ activities and en-tertainment on show.
Bring y our chil dren alon g to enjo y the sounds of L olo L avina and the Gypsy Caravan. Chil dren under 12 w ill be able to sing, dance and drum at the Earthbeats workshops running throughout the day.
Free chil dren’s ac tivities w ill also be available a t the Kids’ Pla y Park in the Seaview Street c ar park, includin g face-painting, a jumpin g c astle, Magic Y ellow Bus and Levi The Blacksmith.
Kids can even visit Santa’s Café Corner in L oftus S quare to tak e home their f ree photo with Santa, enjoy the Native Animal
The countdown is on until Dulwich Hill comes alive for its annual village fair
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Eclectic line-up of performers is sure to bring in the crowds at Village Fair
There will be plenty of quality entertainment throughout the day.
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Show and take a ride on the carousel.Another highligh t of the Dulw ich Hill
Village Fair is the li ve performances r un-ning throughout the day.
The Fair will feature performances from the Dulw ich Hill S alvation Arm y Dance Group, Dulwich Hill Public School as well as martial arts displays from local self de-
fence schools. For adults there’s going to be an unri valled line-up of loc al talen t. Fresh f rom his solo appearance on last year’s ‘ The V oice’ and a 2013 European Tour, Simon Meli will groove on the main stage with his soul rock group The Widow-birds.
Simon and the The W idowbirds ha ve graced Queenscliff M usic F estival, T am-worth Coun try M usic F estival, S ydney Blues and Roots, Fuse, Festival of The Sun as well as many regional events.
Reggae band R evolution Incorpora ted will brin g their colourful and unique sound, inf luenced b y ol d school reggae, ska, dub and la tin to deli ver some toe-tapping tunes for a laid back Sunday after-noon vibe.
Mayor Jo Haylen said this year’s eclectic line-up ref lects the di versity of the com-munity perfectly.
“The Dulwich Hill Village Fair brings to-gether the whole communi ty, united by a love for this neighbourhood,” she said.
“Every year the Dulwich Hill Village Fair gives us all a chance to share our collective cultures, celebrate, and be proud of where we live,” she added.
The F air w ill g et under way f rom 10am until 4pm on Marrickv ille Road between New Canterbury Road and Durham Lane.
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Have y ou hear d about the new loc al business that is getting people in the best shape of their lives in just 30 da ys? D o you know how good your body is designed to feel?
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Step outside or g o out anywhere during our scorching Aus-tralian summer and y ou are bombar ded b y thousands of women wearing thousands of pairs of denim shorts.
Suitable to be w orn at almost an y time, to most occ asions without leaving you hot and sticky , for most w omen denim shorts are a go-to item.
The right pair of denim shorts are f lattering, can be dressed up or down and can be worn with anything but the wrong pair do just the opposite.
I c ringe when I see girls and w omen walkin g around in denim shorts tha t would easily fi t the desc ription of “ booty shorts” instead.
Sadly, as the years roll on more and more of us seem to think that it is okay to have our bottoms hanging out of our shorts, leaving nothing to the imagination.
In addition, it is also common to see w omen wearing shorts so tight that I have to wonder whether they still have feeling in their legs – surely their circulation is restricted?
This is not sexy and is definitely not hot but more important-ly is not the way that denim shorts should be worn!
Whether y ou choose the classic blue, simple black, sum-mery white or brigh t coloured denim shorts, they shoul d be worn with a touch of class.
Now I am not saying they have to be knee length and baggy (I'm not conservative at all), I am saying you should keep your butt cheeks for the beach.
Denim shorts are most f lattering when they don ’t hug your thighs as they give the illusion of long, thin legs.
The same g oes for the waistband – if i t feels tigh t around your stomach or hips, go for the next size up.
Once you find a pair that fits you just right, you can then be-gin to experiment with different looks, incorporating the new season’s trends.
For a c asual look, w ear your shorts w ith a plain t -shirt and thongs, a look that is perfect for the beach or the shops.
If you are lookin g to dress y our shorts up , throw on a belt with a nice top , some heels and embellish w ith jew ellery. I think it’s fine to wear them to dinner or the movies.
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If you are involved with group activities you should be in your el-ement. At the moment you have the potential to be a v ery good
team player and you shouldn’t be in the least surprised if the rest of the team looks to you for advice. Routines are for the birds and you might even make things up as you go along.
AQUARIUS JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19
You need to concentrate if you really want to improve matters, but if you are not at work the picture will look significantly dif-
ferent. Social trends are also g ood and you can continue to turn heads when i t ma tters. You shoul d find i t e xtremely eas y to impress thos e who count, so don’t let other people’s negativity get you down.
PISCES FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20
With so many planets aspecting your ninth house, it ushers in a time when y ou can ensure y ou are noticed b y others. D on’t be
surprised if you attract compliments from fairly unexpected directions, and be willing to give of your best if you have to put on a demonstration for work. If busy you will find the time to make those around you happy and show your happy disposition to the world at large.
ARIES MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20
A rather self-assertive and quite a restless period is now at hand and tha t comes courtesy of the presen t posi tion of the plan-
et Uranus. You would be wise not to lose y our temper over issues that really are not w orth the bother, and to use a li ttle patience, especially when you are dealing with younger people.
TAURUS APRIL 21 TO MAY 21
Things are inclined to slow a little as the planets are encouraging you into a more in trospective phase. This migh t not be easy to
take at a time when y ou are generally quite progressive in your think-ing. You can best avoid impatience by realising that any setbacks are temporary in nature.
GEMINI MAY 22 TO JUNE 21
You are in the mid dle of a high ener gy period and c an afford to tackle a number of differen t and diffic ult tasks. A ction and ad-
venture are well accented, and although i t is getting somewhat late in the year you would do well in any outdoors activity. Sporting Canceri-ans are the luckiest of all!
CANCER JUNE 22 TO JULY 22
You shoul d certainly kno w how to enjo y y ourself a t the mo -ment and you will be offered a chance to mo ve closer than ever
to achieving a specific objective that is very important to you. Romance looks g ood too , and partic ularly so for an y L eos who ha ve recen tly started a new relationship.
LEO JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23
The big focus is on your home and family life and this can have a pleasant effect on relationships both personal and more social
ones. You can persuade others to like you and to help you, as there will be plenty of helpers all willing to be of assistance. Even Virgos can’t do the impossible, at least not without a little help from their friends.
VIRGO AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23
Communications are boosted even more and this is a time when you can see good in just about anything. However, you will need
to be just a little circumspect before taking on more than you can rea-sonably manage. Positive thinking allows you to get in a position to overturn difficulties that were evident a few days ago. This is the ideal time to take a short trip or to purchase a new car, computer or mobile.
LIBRA SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23
Make the world your own by showing the very best qualities of which Scorpio is c apable. You can be loyal, brave, adventurous
and deeply magnetic. If y ou can’t get others to do y our bidding right now you probably are not tr ying hard enough. You’d be wise to utilise your intuition when assessing the nature of newcomers.
SCORPIO OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22
Taking the initiative is most importan t at a time when most as-pects o f l ife a re p ositively h ighlighted a nd t here i s m uch t o
achieve. There are so many planets in your sign making you feel quite determined bec ause some of the grea test poten tials of the y ear lie around you during the next few weeks.
SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21
A domestic matter may prove tiresome as feelings of uncertainty and anxiety are likely to rise to the surface. Perhaps you need to
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As you wipe down your bench with that anti-bacterial wipe, take the antibiotics you have for your runny nose and cut into the steak tha t’s f rom a feedlot co w, have a read of this. A c-cording to an in ternational group of e xperts the w orld faces ‘unimaginable setbacks’ unless it tackles the growing threat of resistance to antibiotics.
Antibiotic resistance happens when bac teria evolve mecha-nisms to w ithstand the dr ugs which are used to figh t infec-tion. Lead author P rofessor Otto Cars, of Uppsala Uni versity in Sweden, said: “The causes of antibiotic resistance are com-plex and include human behaviour at many levels of society”.
“The consequences affect everybody in the world.“Within just a few y ears, we might be faced w ith unimagi-
nable setbacks – medic ally, soc ially, and economic ally – un-less real and unpreceden ted global co -ordinated ac tions to transform the way antibiotics are regulated and developed are taken immediately.”
Recent decades have seen vast increases in the use of antibi-otics across medicine and agriculture, but the scientists argue that without adequate regulatory controls and better patient awareness, the sur ge in an tibiotic resistance w ill con tinue. They say the problem is compounded by a desperate shortage of new drugs to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.
Prof Cars added: “Antibiotic resistance is a complex ecologi-cal problem which doesn ’t just affec t people, but is also in ti-mately connected with agriculture and the environment”.
One of the Bri tish scientists who helped compile the report said tha t alarm bells ha ve been rin ging – and ignored – for many years.
It is scary to think w e could go back to the dark ag es of get-ting even a minor infection that we have no way of treating.
The stronger your own immune system is, the bet ter. Just like fitness it is a c ase of use i t or lose i t. So maybe next time the kids are ea ting that biscuit they dropped on the ki tchen floor don’t take it away and sterilise their hands. Drop a few more and sit down and have morning tea with them!
DAVID STEINOwner & Manager of Fitec
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HEALTH
Your bounding ball of fluff has started to settle down and mellow and the first few silver hairs have started to sprout. It’s hard to accept that she’s turned sev-en already. Where did all the years go?!
At ag e sev en, c ats and dogs start to enter the ‘ golden y ears’. This means that you’ll have to make a few adjust-ments to meet their needs and help them enjoy their ‘retirement’ years.
DietAs p ets a ge, t heir r equirement f or
certain nutrien ts chan ge. G enerally a lower fat, higher quality protein diet is recommended. Inc reasing fish oil and adding glucosamine to their diet c an
help with stiff joints and can sharpen the brain. The best way to meet their nutritional needs is to feed a diet specifically for-mulated for senior pets. This takes the guesswork out of sup-plementing the diet.
TrainingIt’s simply untrue that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
In fact, it is importan t for ol der pets to still k eep their minds active through trainin g. Their desire to please their o wners doesn’t diminish with age.
Common ailmentsWith modern veterinary medicine, many of the ailments
that were once left to stagnate are readily treatable. Stem cell therapy is a vailable for arthri tis and ev en radiotherap y for cancer. S ometimes, making changes to the house c an make a really big difference. Placing floor coverings with some tex-ture can add to your older pet’s traction so their arthritis isn’t as painful.
Remember that age (both in people and animals ) is the big-gest risk factor for cancer, so always get any lumps and bumps checked out by your veterinarian.
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Jon English: It's big, it's fun, it's alot of costume changes!
Australian music leg end Jon English is comin g to B ank-stown Sports on December 14 to give us all a great night of rock with his show, ‘Tril-
ogy of Rock’. We asked him a few personal questions, which he was kind enough to answer in his inimitable style.
How do y ou k eep y our v oice in top shape for performing?
Most singers have days when for wha t-ever reason we might not be in best form, and for those days I find a spot of port be-fore a gig helps – other than that I just usu-ally warm up with a cigarette.
You obviously love rock music (as we all do) – when y ou are sin ging co ver son gs, what’s the sec ret to paying tribute to the song, but also making the song your own? Well that’s the thin g about this sho w, we have nine people on the stag e, and ev ery single one of them sin g, and most also play multiple instr uments. S o w e ha ve things like violins, clarinet, sax, tr umpet, mandolin, and congos – as well as the usu-al drums, keys, acoustic, electric and bass, guitars – that everyone can swap between, even the drummers.
So, not only do we have different people singing different songs (and in some songs different people migh t ev en tak e differ-ent verses) and putting their own spin on them, we often use instr uments that you wouldn’t alwa ys necessarily e xpect to hear with that song. I tell y ou sometimes on stage it feels like I’ m playing with a
Television ma y be leadin g the wa y but producers still see a brigh t future in film, judging b y the finalists in next mon th’s Tropfest. The
16 finalists ha ve been announced for the world’s lar gest short film festi val tha t kicks off on Sunday, December 8.
From comedies, thrillers and dramas to doc umentaries, mockumen taries and everything in betw een, Tropfest w ill of-fer audiences a diverse selection of shorts – all inspired b y the F estival’s signa ture Item of ‘Change’.
Ben Da vies, a loc al filmmak er and tel-evision producer from Chippendale is in the running for the top Tropfest prize. He secured his place w ithin the 16 finalists with a film titled ‘Truth Is…’. He described the film as the tr ue story behind the bikie
wars in Australia.“There’s a lot of bullets bein g fired and
no-one really seems to kno w wh y – the police, the media and ev en some of the bikies. So I though t I’d try and g et to the truth of the matter.”
Davies is both the creator and series pro-ducer of the in ternational hi t TV series ‘Bondi R escue’. H e has w on six L ogies and had an AFI nomination. He made his Tropfest short, ‘Truth Is…’, to play with an idea that was v ery different from his da y job of filming on Bondi Beach.
Tropfest Founder and Director, John Pol-son, says he was pleasan tly surprised b y the number and quali ty of submissions that the Festival received.
“We are thrilled by the strength, creativ-ity and originality of the films submi tted. The ideas, influences and filmmaking ap-
proaches are nev er the same – and tha t’s been no different this time,” he said.
Tropfest kicks off on Sunda y, D ecem-ber 8, 2013 at 8pm in Centennial Park. For
more info about past w inners, themes or Tropfest’s g lobal e vents, h ead to w ww.tropfest.com/au. Come along and support local filmmakers!
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Celebrate the crea-tivity of local artists
whole orchestra and choir!What w ould y ou be doin g if y ou
hadn’t been blessed with your amazing musical talents?
I’d probably be a very frustrated and bad English teacher.
What do you love about performing? What’s not to love? It sounds like a cli-
ché, but I’ve been fortunate all my life to be able to earn a li ving doin g wha t I love – not lik e a job a t all. And in m y case, I’ve been extra lucky because I’ve
been able to sw itch betw een sin ging, songwriting and pla ying music, and being in music als, plays, film, and TV . I really enjoy all genres, but I’ve always considered myself first and foremost a singer.
What w ould y ou l ike t o t ell o ur pa -trons about the show?
It’s big, i t’s polished, i t’s a lot of fun and there ’s lots of costume chan ges. And if you like classic rock from the 60s and 70s, I guaran tee you’ll be clappin g
and singing along to every song and on your feet a t the end. Oh, and y ou c an expect to hear a son g or tw o of mine thrown in as w ell! B ookings a t w ww.bankstownsports.com.
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The Sydney Rock and Roll and Alternative Market is the ultimate subculture market with over 70 amazing stalls. The market features Rock and Roll, alternative and vintage fashion for men, women and children, jewellery, accessories, records, CDs, DVDs, books, art, collectables, international food stalls, children’s activities, live music, DJs, a vintage ve-hicle display and the very popular Tiki Bar Courtyard. Tickets are $5. Call 0411 592 378 or email [email protected] for more information.
Head to Martin Place for the free children’s concert and see the City’s all-new interactive Christ-mas tree lit for the first time in 2013 by Santa and the Lord Mayor. Packed with entertainment the whole family will love, including Hi 5, Kate Ceberano, Don Spencer, Justine Clarke, a costume show from Looney Tunes and carols from the Sydney Children’s Choir. The night will finish with a magi-cal fireworks display.
The climactic Sunday Sessions sees legendary Sydney outfit Dappled Cities take the Island Bar stage for a set encompass-ing acclaimed new album Lake Air as well as jewels from their glittering four-album career. They’re joined by another quintet, Little Fox, a Sydney RnB outfit. A great free gig to catch and the perfect end to the weekend.
Pack a picnic, bring a blanket and en-joy a night of free entertainment under the stars. ‘Pitch Perfect’ is the free movie that is screening this weekend. Make sure to get down early so that you get a good spot. For more informa-tion contact 02 9748 9999.
Australia’s ultimate comedy smackdown, the Theatresports Cranston Cup Grand Final is the big night of the year where the best comic improvisers put their wit and courage to the test as their teams battle each other to get their hands on the biggest, ugliest trophy in Australia. You have not seen all theatre has to offer until you have seen this! Tickets are $65. To book call 9550 3666 or visit www.enmoretheatre.com.au.
Bring your Ukulele and jam to some classic Aussie tunes as we celebrate Australian Music month at Newtown library. Previous Ukulele playing experience necessary. Call 9265 9333 to book you place at this all ages event.
Regular Sunday hang-out, the Vic, has established itself as the place to be with regular basketball, skateboard-ing, live graffiti demonstrations, music and markets but a new collaboration is set to bring in the crowds. On the last Sunday of every month, Sydney hip-hop group One Day Crew are teaming up with the Vic for ‘One Day Sundays’. Expect big crowds, great music and an electric atmosphere from midday until 8pm.
Bali is a treasure trove of unique and unusual pieces created with skills and crafts handed down for generations. At Bali Fling, they specialise in sourcing indi-vidual items to help you create your own piece of paradise. At their Market Day this week-end there will be a barbeque for you and your friends to enjoy, coffee, enter-tainment, face painting and most important product sales on daybeds, stat-ues, homewares and a lot more. Come on down!
The Dulwich Hill Community Fair is back and this year is on Sunday, December 1 from 10am to 4pm. The fair celebrates the delights of the Dulwich Hill Village with live enter-tainment, children’s activities and a huge mix of market stalls including handicrafts, homewares, children’s toys, clothing and homemade pre-serves and sweets.
SYDNEY ROCK 'N' ROLL AND ALTERNATIVE MARKET Sunday, December 1
MARTIN PLACE TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION Thursday, November 28
SUNDAY SESSIONS: DAPPLED CITIES Sunday, November 24Cockatoo Island, Sydney
STRATHFIELD MOVIES IN THE PARK Saturday, November 23
DULWICH HILL COMMUNITY FAIR Sunday, December 1
CRANSTON CUP: THEATRESPORTS GRAND FINAL Saturday, November 30Enmore Theatre
UKE’N’ROLL Saturday, November 23 Newtown Library
ONE DAY SUNDAY Sunday, November 24The Vic, Enmore
BALI FLING Saturday, No-vember 23159 Unwins Bridge Road
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Quadrangle is a celebration of Sydney’s most creative suburb, Surry Hills. On Saturday, November 23, Office 2010 and Gal-lery 2010 will once again be bringing together a selection of local innovators and standouts to exhibit on their rooftop ter-race. Quadrangle draws together all of the great creative and cultural elements of Surry Hills with displays of food, design, fashion and art – along with an unique view of the entire city. For more information contact Sam Preston on 8218 2100 or visit www.theofficespace.com.au/quadrangle.
Join renowned artist Anita Larkin for an afternoon of felt making inspired by the traditions of Viking artisan crafts. Learn to create gorgeous felted accessories and sculptural forms and channel your inner Viking. Includes afternoon tea. Tickets are $45 and include entry to the museum.For more information and to book call 02 9298 3655 or email [email protected].
Grease the musical is in its final few weeks at the State Theatre starring musical theatre favourite Rob Mills and rising star Gretel Scarlett. With other cast members including Bert Newton (Vince Fontaine), Todd McKenney (Teen Angel), Anthoney Callea (Johnny Casino) and Val Lehman (Miss Lynch) this is a show that you will not want to miss. Tickets are from $64.90. For more information and to book call 1300 795 267 or visit www.greaseistheword.com.au.
The City of Sydney NSW SES unit has been helping keep the community safe from storms, floods and tsunamis for over 50 years. The proud volunteers of the unit will be available to talk to the public about their experiences and to showcase the many skills they have learned through training to safeguard the community during storms and floods. The Open Day will feature rescue demonstrations, a sausage sizzle, a slushie machine, face painting, and in-formation about the NSW State Emergency Service – what they do and how you can join.
Back in Australia after sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London’s Soho Theatre, the droll Melburnian, Hannah Gadsby, offers up her latest show. It is going to be about life’s tough bits and the remedial qualities of bedside furniture. For more information and to purchase tickets contact 02 9357 1419. You will not want to miss this barrel of laughs!
Focusing on the victims, perpetrators and vicinities of crime, the original City of Shadows introduced the world to the Museum’s extraordinary and compelling collection of police foren-sic photography dating from 1912-1960. Curator Peter Doyle describes the exhibition as “an intimate, raw and hauntingly beautiful record of the mysterious people and dark places of a Sydney lost.” Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and seniors. For more information call 8239 2288 or email [email protected].
Buying thoughtful and one-of-a-kind gifts will be easier than ever this holiday season, when Etsy, the place to buy and sell unique goods, opens its doors to its Christmas pop-up shop in central Sydney on Thursday, November 28.For 15 days Etsy is bringing its virtual marketplace to life, giving consumers a chance to shop from a wonderland of unique gifts across a range of categories including jewellery, art, fashion, kidswear, quality vintage items and homewares. Visit www.etsy.com for details on how to grab yourself some-thing special this Christmas.
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One of the biggest movies of the 1990’s
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There’s just one episode to go of the
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Channel Nine has once again held on to the
broadcast rights to air the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia in 2015 and 2019. Also in sport, Australian tennis fans could miss out on seeing the Hop-man Cup on telly later this year after talks with Channel Ten broke down.
An interesting four-part documentary
series is about to hit SBS called ‘Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl’. Beginning on January 7, the series tells the inside story of the Lebanese Australian community in Punchbowl. It is sure to be an insightful show and a hit with South West Sydney.
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A s far as prospects go for playing high level sport in A ustralia, Lau Dok is as good as they come.
The 23- year-old Marrickv ille loc al has aspirations of playing for the S ydney Kings and pursuing a longer term goal of playing pro-fessionally in the Europe leagues.
Lau came to Australia with his family from Sudan in 1998 as a f resh faced eigh t-year-old. He took up basketball at the age of 13 and made state represen tatives pla ying for Glebe a t the impressive age of 16, just three years later.
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