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Hunter health boost

H ealth services in the Hunter region received a shot in the arm last week, with Hunter New England Health (HNEH) announcing a record intake

of graduate doctors to be put to work in hospitals across the district.

HNEH said 112 new interns will complete their two-year post-graduate training contract in the region, completing ten rotations around the district’s hospitals.

Around 100 graduates will be introduced to their training through a newly redesigned orientation program at John Hunter Hospital, which familiar-ises interns with hospital procedures and offers them the opportunity to “buddy” with a member of staff for a week to help ease them into their employment in the health sector.

Manager of Hunter New England Health’s prevo-cational junior medical officer network, Jeanette Chadban said the initial feedback on the new program from graduates had been positive.

“Our interns are strongly supported by many highly skilled senior clinicians who gladly share their expertise to assist the transition from doctors-in-training to qualified practitioners,” she said.

“The new program ensures the graduates are confident and job-ready.”

The district continues to attract a high number of graduates and according to Ms Chadban, an

Record numbers of graduate medical students to work across district’s hospitals

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even larger number of recruits is expected in 2015. “We’re able to offer a wonderful balance of

rural and metropolitan lifestyle and professional opportunities, as well as exposure to a great range

of specialities,” she said. Ms Chadban said around 50 to 60 per cent of graduate doctors starting internships with HNEH this year were from the local area.

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19 Pearson St, Charlestown NSW 2290PO Box 2321 Dangar, NSW 2309P (02) 4961 0310 Pubs and bars will suffer but

government's hands were tied

Congratulations to the O'Farrell government for their tough, new lockout laws in Sydney.

In recent days there has been opposition from hoteliers who say they will lose significant amounts of money if venues are forced to stop serving drinks at 3am.

Yes, that probably will be a consequence, but what choice did the government have to solve the problem of alcohol-fuelled violence?

There was so much public outrage and a demand for action that anything less than what has been delivered would not have been accepted.

Venues that don't have any problems are speak-ing out about being hampered unfairly.

That's an understandable point of view - it's a bit like giving a whole class of schoolkids detention because a couple of them were caught talking in class.

I completely understand that pubs and bars aren't the cash cows that some may think. There are huge expenses involved and a lot of them really struggle to make a profit.

However, I think licensing laws need to be uniform to avoid constant arguments over how to exactly determine when a venue becomes a trouble spot.

Perhaps I'm not best qualified to comment, having now moved into my mid-thirties and with a family, but I can't understand why 3am isn't more than late enough for people to be in pubs

and bars drinking. Surely you've had enough by then.

I'd be having trouble staying awake past midnight if I was in those places, even with the music piercing my eardrums.

The introduction of mandatory minimum sentences handed out to perpetrators of alcohol and drug-fuelled violence has also copped criti-cism from some angles since it was introduced.

Greens MP David Shoebridge said NSW prisons will become overwhelmed and that mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory had actu-ally seen crime rates rise.

I'm sure that's true, but as Barry O'Farrell said, the government would not have had to go down the path of mandatory sentencing "if the judici-ary had handed out the types of penalties that the community expect and that are available to them".

I wrote a couple of weeks ago that you would have to be an idiot to be coward punching people with the media spotlight shining so brightly on it.

Well, you'd have to be a moron to consider doing it now, knowing that you are definitely going to be behind bars for a long time.

Unfortunately, I still don't think it's going to wipe out the problem.

People will still get themselves full of alcohol or drugs and react with instant rage to minor situations.

What choice did the government have?

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N ewcastle-style lockouts will soon come into effect at venues across Sydney.

New 1:30am lockouts and 3am last drinks will form part of a tough pack-age, announced by NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell last week.

The package includes eight-year manda-tory minimum sentencing for intoxicated one-punch perpetrators, statewide 10pm closing times for all bottle shops and liquor stores, increasing the maximum sentence for violent crimes when alcohol or drugs are a factor, and higher on-the-spot fines for offensive language and behaviour.

The Government will also introduce legislation to establish a new CBD-wide precinct in the capital where special license conditions will be imposed on venues stretching from Kings Cross to Cockle Bay, The Rocks to Haymarket and Darlinghurst.

The Premier said he made no apologies for the tough new measures.

“A strong consistent message is required that alcohol and drug fuelled violence will not be tolerated,” he said. “The idea that it’s OK to go out, get intoxicated, start a fight or throw a coward’s punch

But Lake Macquarie MP says new legislation is a “knee jerk” reaction

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is completely unacceptable – and, under these measures those who do so will face serious consequences.”

Lake Macquarie MP, Greg Piper, who had been campaigning for a summit on alco-hol and drug-fuelled violence, slammed the announcement: “This is the kind of “knee jerk” decision I was hoping the Premier would avoid, but I agree it’s good (populist) politics [sic],” he said.

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A pathetic, blasé and disengaged are terms often used by baby boomers to describe the youth of today.

This year’s Lake Macquarie Young Citi-zen of the Year (Under 18), Jack Antcliff, wants to put an end to this stereotype and is on a one-man crusade to change percep-tions and get more young people involved in their community.

“I want to change the way young people are viewed in the media and by old people,” the 17-year-old Kahibah resident said. “You rarely hear a good thing said about young people.

“I want to help promote avenues where young people can make a positive change and have their say.”

Mr Antcliff is leading this change via social media.

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Mr Antcliff said he intends to use his 12-month stint as Lake Macquarie Young Citizen of the Year (Under 18) to influence

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M ost Lakeside residents may not know it, but tucked behind the Windale library a team of four dedicated staff

are pioneering a global change in men’s preventative health, led by Lake Macqau-rie Citizen of the Year, David Helmers.

Mr Helmers was recognised above a pool of five worthy nominees at the Lake Macquarie Australia Day Awards last week, for his work as CEO of the Austral-ian Men’s Shed Association.

Since taking up a 12-month coordinator position at the Windale Men’s Shed in 2006, Mr Helmers has gone on to play a pivotal role in the formation of the Austral-ian Men’s Shed Association, securing funding and corporate sponsorship for the organisation and working to ensure the workplace safety of Men’s Shed members through a new insurance package for more than 1000 sheds across the country.

The success of the organisation in Australia has seen it spread overseas, with Men’s Sheds popping up across the UK, Ireland, Canada, Finland, Spain, Turkey, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Mr Helmers said despite his close involvement with the Men’s Shed move-

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Lake Macquarie Citizen of the Year and Australian Men’s Shed Association CEO, David Helmers, outside the organisation’s Windale office


ment over eight years, he still struggled to define the role of sheds in the community.

“I like to call it health by stealth,” Mr Helmers said.

“I think what we do is best defined by our members.

“I once received a handwritten note from a member in South Australia that simply read, ‘the shed gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning and a reason to talk to my family at night’.”

Mr Helmers said he viewed winning the

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“You don’t get involved in this type of job to win personal accolades,” he said.

“Our reward is what we see within the organisation and in our members.”

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T hey may hold their meetings in a darkened dungeon but in their tenth year, the friendly gents of the Adamstown Old Blokes are all

about welcoming new members to their ever-growing ranks.

The group, which started as an offshoot of Adamstown OMNI (Older Men with New Ideas) in 2004, consists of around 25 retired, older men.

Their regular meetings provide a space for men to come and have a yarn and discuss any issues that may be on their mind – good or bad.

Some men attend the meetings to discuss things like health problems and personal dilemmas, while others just come to find out what other men their age are up to in their local area and develop new friendships.

“We’re the only men’s group in the area that is primarily a talk group,” said group chairman, Vic Austen.

“In the first half our meetings we’ll talk about the issues of the day, politics, then the second half is for sharing.

“You don’t have to talk but every member is given the opportunity to share what’s on their heart and if they need to

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have a cry, they can have a cry. One of our fundamental rules is whatever is said with the old blokes, stays with the old blokes.”

This month the group is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is taking the oppor-

tunity to encourage new members drop in to one of its regular meetings.

“It may not be everyone’s thing but anyone can come along,” Mr Austen said.

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raderie and a confidence to share.” The Adamstown Old Blokes meet every first and third Tuesday of the month at The Dungeon in Adamstown Uniting Church from 9:30am. Call 4957 3888.

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T hey’ve danced nights away with friends, raised a family, estab-lished a soccer club together and this year New Lambton couple,

Charles and Dorothea Clarke will celebrate another major milestone – 70 years of marriage.

The couple were married on a 104oF [40oC] day at the Auburn Baptist Church on January 22, 1944.

Speaking to the Post, Mrs Clarke, a Sydney native, remembered the first time she ever set eyes on her future husband.

“I’d come up to Newcastle for a football match with my step-father and happened to see this fella who looked alright but was very interested in talking to other girls,” she laughed.

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Dorothea and Charles Clarke celebrate 70 years of marriage this year


Mr Clarke said they have enjoyed doing everything together over the years – Mrs Clarke would sew shirts for the New Lambton South Junior Football Club, where Mr Clarke was first treasurer, and she even remembers helping her husband lay cement whilst seven months pregnant.

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I t’s a long way to Maitland if you wanna rock n’ roll, but that didn’t stop some Australian rock royalty making a pit stop in the city.

Last Tuesday a contingent of 20 motor-cycle riders, including Grinspoon’s Phil Jamieson, Silverchair’s Chris Joannou and Bluejuice’s Jake Stone stopped in at Maitland Public School as part of the Rock N Ride tour, in support of headspace and youth mental health.

Rock N Ride, in its second year, is the brainchild of Mr Jamieson and Big Day Out CEO, Adam Zammit, and travels 2,500 kilometres between the Gold Coast and Melbourne Big Day Out festivals, visiting select towns with headspace centres.

“Mental health shouldn’t be stigma-tised,” Mr Jamieson said.

“We want people to know that they don’t have to feel afraid to get help.”

CEO of headspace, Chris Tanti, said that the tour is a way of putting mental health on the agenda.

“Quite often young people suffer in silence, but I have a dream that by coming out today, families could potentially go and have a discussion at home.”

Mr Jamieson said that last year’s tour

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W ork will get underway next month to upgrade the trou-blesome Fairfax Road and The Esplanade intersection

at Warners Bay.The upgrade includes replacing the

existing roundabout at the intersection with traffic lights, reconfiguring lanes to improve traffic flow and relocating the cycleway along the lake foreshore, which currently runs through a car park.

The initial design, which opened to submissions last November, has been tweaked based on community feedback to include a right-hand turn bay on Seaman Avenue to improve access for residents, extended left-hand turn lane onto Fairfax Road and a traffic island at the junction of Fairfax Road and Medcalf Street that will have additional width for cyclists and facilitate safer and easier right-turn access into Fairfax Street.

The NSW Government contributed $5 million to the project.

Announcing the upgrade in July last year, Member for Charlestown, Andrew Cornwell described the intersection as a “long-standing weeping sore” in the area, with one-kilometre queues common along The Esplanade during morning and

Traffic lights replace roundabout as design finalised for Fairfax Road and The Esplanade intersection

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The final design for the Fairfax Road and The Esplanade intersection upgrade at Warners Bay

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There really was something for everybody at this year’s Lake Macquarie Festival. The Festival continues to be a popular day out for families, and this year I joined thou-sands of people at Speers Point Park to celebrate Australia Day at this Council run event. One of the biggest days on the Lake Macquarie calendar, the festival brings people together with a sense of local and national pride. Market stalls, live entertainment and amusement rides again proved to be popular attractions, and this year’s big screen movie, ‘captured’ the desire of many to have a never ending summer.

I again had the opportunity to kick off the Scouts canoe race where a dozen different scout troupes took part in the boating challenge around the lake near Spears Point park.

I don’t mind saying that I was taken back to my youth as I watched Jon English and the Radiators at the evening concert, and was also pleased to see some local acts like Piper and the Cro and the very talented Arley Black.

At the end of a fun-packed day, it was a pleasure to see all the sun kissed faces turned skywards to enjoy the spec-tacular fireworks display which finished off the festival for another year.

As the attendance at each year’s festival grows, I look forward to seeing more people join in the fun next year.

Cr Jodie HarrisonLake Macquarie City CouncilMayor

Celebrating Australia Day at the Festival

LAKE MACQUARIE MATTERS

Council recently received exciting news from the government of New South Wales. Newcastle has been shortlisted for fund-ing from the Resources for Regions program, which provides reinvestment into infrastructure projects in mining-affected communities. If the City receives this grant, it will be used to partially fund the Shortland Esplanade Infrastructure Project, which will revitalise poor road and parking infrastructure and provide for the construction of a shared pathway and the revitalisation of related elements associated with the Newcastle Beach Pavilion and Baths. In many ways, this area serves as Newcastle’s “front door,” providing a major attraction for City residents and visitors alike.

Through the provision of critical elements of public infra-structure, this project will have dynamic economic effects. It will help to address growth over time in population, business location, land use and land value patterns, providing the neces-sary facilities to stimulate the economic hub of the region.

Combined with recent development in Honeysuckle and elsewhere along the foreshore, as well as the growth of retail shops, cafes and night life in the CBD and the revitalisation of the Hunter Street Mall, the Shortland Esplanade Infrastructure Project will provide facilities that promote growth in tourism and business in the City.

The Resources for Regions program is a strong example of the commitment of the NSW government to reinvest in commu-nities that support the generation of mining wealth for the Region — we commend this effort. The Newcastle community is directly impacted by mining activity from the 35 mines in the Region exporting their product through Newcastle Port, the largest coal export operation in the world. In addition, mine subsidence places significant limitations on development opportunities for city property owners and developers. This provides ongoing challenges in striving for economic develop-ment for the community, the Region and the State.

The opportunity cost of maintaining mining infrastructure to ensure the viability of the Region’s coal operation totals in excess of $12.9 million over recent years. This has resulted in a community infrastructure back log of projects, such as the Shortland Esplanade Project, that needs to be urgently addressed. Newcastle is requesting funding of $12 million through the Resources for Regions Program to deliver neces-sary infrastructure upgrades for the community of Newcastle. Council will also contribute $6.35 million towards this project, 35 per cent of the total project costs.

Continued economic growth and viability for the community of Newcastle is the highest priority for Council. We will continue our strategic approach to upgrading the City’s infrastructure to support its changing needs, and we will work to identify possi-ble sources of funding to help subsidise these projects.

Jeff MCCloyNewcastle City CouncilLord Mayor

Newcastle shortlisted for vital funding

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Property is synonymous with Australian investors and is typecast as bricks and mortar being safe as houses. It is for this reason that everyday Austral-ians invest their hard-earned dollars into property. Now, this is not news to anyone, what is news is the way in which property investments are made or the vehicle that is used to do so. Self-managed superannuation funds or SMSFs for short, is the means by which people are choosing to invest in property.

Property through super has been one of

the fastest-growing investments made by SMSFs and at 30 June 2013, represented 15 per cent of the total SMSF pool of $495 billion, according to the Australian Taxa-tion Office (ATO).

However, not to distort the facts, only 3.4 per cent was residential property. This is still no small amount at $17 billion.

A core driver towards the preference of investing in property through super was the change to the borrowing rules introduced by the Federal Government in September 2007. Such rules permit SMSFs to borrow, under a limited-recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA), to acquire an investment asset.

For those of you unfamiliar with the term limited-recourse, it simply means, in this context, the lender (bank) has limited-recourse over the sole asset for which the loan is encumbered on. That is; in the instance the SMSF is unable to meet its loan repayments, the bank can only take possession of the asset for which such a loan is secured. Essentially,

the SMSFs liability to the bank is limited to the value of the asset.

As many Australians are doing, if you are considering investing in property, a SMSF may be an option for you.

The advantages lie in the fact that an SMSF is the optimal tax structure, with income and capital gains taxed at a rate of 15 per cent, or an effective rate of 10 per cent on capital gains if the asset is held for longer than 12 months.

Furthermore, if you sell the asset when you retire and the fund is in pension phase, any capital gains on the sale of an asset will be tax-free. The tax benefits are unprecedented to that of any other structure.

Another advantage surrounds the availability of a larger pool of funds, being your existing super balance, to fund the deposit for the property.

On the flip side, it is a costly exercise to establish an SMSF and to facilitate the LRBA. Additionally, you require separate LRBAs for every investment you intend to leverage.

An SMSF isn’t for everyone and if now isn’t the right time, it is something that can be driven towards in the future. It is essential that you seek advice from your financial planner if you’re considering setting up a SMSF now or in the future.

Finally, a recent survey conducted by Newcastle Financial Planning identified that nearly a third (28.75 per cent) of its respondents were planning on making a property transaction in the next 12 months.

Of this, 36.36 per cent of respondents indicated that superannuation will be their main source of funding. Ask your-self the question; is a SMSF right for you?

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T he first The Olive Tree Market for 2013 will be held this Saturday February 1st. Market Organiser Justine Gaudry said,

"We are excited about the year ahead and it’s always great to see what new work our stallholders have been working on after our break over January.

"We reached our fifth anniversary in 2013 and had lots of exciting coverage of the market nationally last year and look forward to really having an increased number of cultural tourists to Newcastle when Olive Tree is held in 2014."

Stalls at Saturday’s Olive Tree Market will include designer leather jewellery from Doury, illustrations, printmaking and wooden art by David Hampton, designer jewel-lery by silversmith Jackie Smallcombe, contemporary textile art by Maggie Hensel Brown, fashion by Roger & Peach and paintings by Darren Rattos of who also starts and completes a painting through-out the day at each market as well as over 100 stallholders selling high quality art, design, fashion and gourmet artisan food and fresh hand grown flowers.

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Hoping to impress your loved one this Valentine’s Day? Head to award-winning restaurant Esca Bimbadgen for an unfor-gettably intimate meal for two (because let’s face it, the best way to a woman’s heart is through her stomach).

Located in the heart of the Hunter Valley, Esca Bimbadgen offers a truly romantic food and wine experience rivalled by no other. Located high on a hill, enjoy the sweeping vineyard views from the restau-rant while you sip on a glass of Bimbadgen Sparkling on arrival, plus a red rose and chocolates for your sweetheart!

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Greater Building Society honours long-serving staff members

The Greater Building Society honoured its two longest serving staff members who have both clocked up 40 years of service.

Gail Smith and Bill Brandon were presented with gift vouchers, a certifi-cate of service and a plaque by Greater Building Society chairman Wayne Russell and CEO Don Magin in recogni-tion of their dedication to the company and its customers.

Ms Smith is executive assistant to the CEO and Board. Mr Brandon is the lending services’ system and adminis-tration manager. He has also worked as a branch manager in the Illawarra and at New Lambton.

The pair started within three days of each other (Mr Brandon on January 14 and Ms Smith on January 17, 1974). Mr Brandon’s employee number is 34 and Ms Smith’s is 36. Ms Smith worked in the typing pool and Mr Brandon started as a clerk in head office. Both are plan-ning to continue their careers for at least another five years.

Ms Smith said she has been the executive assistant to all but one of the Greater’s CEOs.

“I love my job because every day is different and I have made some truly great friends here,” Ms Smith said.

Mr Brandon said when he started the Greater had assets of $50m and today it has assets of $5 billion.

“I love working at the Greater and the people are fantastic,” Mr Brandon said.

A total of 66 of The Greater’s 800

staff have worked for the company for 20 years or more. Between them they have undertaken more than 1,650 years of service. The Greater’s Long Service Awards program recognises staff service at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and beyond years of service. An annual dinner is held for staff with 20 years or more service.

Mr Magin paid tribute to both staff members and thanked them “for their tremendous contribution to The Greater”. He said that one of the key driv-ers of The Greater’s 97 percent customer satisfaction rating is the dedication of its highly-skilled and long-serving staff.

Meanwhile, a reunion for Greater Building Society staff will be held at South Newcastle Leagues Club on Satur-day, March 1.

For more details contact Ian Hartley on 4921 9137.

Greater Building society CEO Don Magin, long-serving employees Gail Smith and Bill Brandon and Greater Building Society chairman Wayne Russell

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Alcohol: Australia’s biggest drug problem

The effects of alcohol-fuelled violence have been well covered in the media lately, with a number of tragic injuries and deaths.

I think that most people would agree that Australia has a drinking culture.

Fortunately, most people drink alcohol in moderation for enjoyment and relaxa-tion in social situations with friends and families. Unfortunately, there is also a significant number of people who drink alcohol in levels that have the potential to cause harm – not just to themselves, but also to the people around them.

Alcohol is a drug. It is the most widely used social drug in Australia and deserves respect for the impact it can have on your health and safety.

Binge drinking is one the biggest problem areas and is often what sparks the violence we have seen recently in the media. Binge drinking is described as drinking large amounts of alcohol over a short period of time so that the person drinking becomes severely intoxicated very quickly. In addition to feeling sick and sleepy, the effect of alcohol intoxication can include

confusion, poor judgement, difficulty thinking clearly and rationally, and lack of inhibition resulting in the person partici-pating in risky or dangerous activities. In extreme circumstances, alcohol intoxica-tion can even result in coma or death.

Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream through the stomach and intestines. Having food in your stomach when drink-ing can help to slow down the rate at which alcohol is absorbed but eventually ALL the alcohol you consume will transfer across into your bloodstream and have the same impact on your body.

Over time, the consumption of alcohol can have some significant impacts on your health. These health risks include raised blood pressure, damage to your heart, increased risk of stroke, brain damage and dementia, bleeding in your stomach, liver failure and liver cancer. The risk to your health increases with the more you drink.

Australian guidelines suggest that adult men and women drink no more than two standard drinks on any day to reduce the risk of alcohol-related injury or disease, or four standard drinks on a special occasion

(and the end of your working day should not be counted as a special occasion!).

A “standard drink” is measured as a drink that contains 10g of alcohol. For example, a bottle of mid-strength beer (375ml) is considered to equal one stand-ard drink while the same size bottle of full strength beer would equal almost 1.5 standard drinks.

Some tips for staying healthier while enjoying a glass of alcohol include (1) setting a goal of what you think is reason-able and safe to consume, (2) being aware of exactly how many “standard drinks” you have had and sticking to your limit, (3) trying not to drink on an empty stomach, (4) drink water or soft drink to quench your thirst, (5) take your time to enjoy your drink – sip it slowly, (6) choose low-alcohol alternatives, and (7) make every second drink (at least) a non-alcoholic one. Remember, too, that if you are taking any prescription or non-prescription medica-tion, drinking alcohol may have additional risks. If you think that you drink too much alcohol and would like help in cutting down, start by talking to your GP.

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Have you ever thought of getting help with your health? Maybe you wanted to hire a trainer but thought you’re too unfit to start? Well if you are sick do you wait until you’re better before you go to the doctor? What about quickly changing your oil before you take the car in for a service? We don’t want the mechanic seeing how dirty our old oil is!

Starting your training journey is daunting. It’s very hard for an overweight, unfit person to walk into a gym or see a trainer for the first time.

I don’t just mean hard to get up the steps but the willpower to stick to the decision and go right outside their comfort zone.

It makes people feel quite vulnerable. The trainer is most likely quite fit and healthy themselves, so people think trainers must be looking at their new client judg-ing them or quietly saying, how could you let yourself go this much and be so lazy!

It’s funny but it’s assumed everybody knows how to keep fit and anyone who doesn’t is just lazy.

We all own a body so must know how to look after it... right? This isn’t true.

It’s entirely normal to feel a little trepidation starting out, but give it a while and see if that doesn’t turn into excitement as you start feeling and seeing all the great results from your efforts.

Some people get confidence from their achievements, some their shoes, but have you noticed how much confi-dence you get from your hair?

Everyone knows what a bad hair day feels like. From the moment you wake up to the moment you fall into bed, nothing seems to go right and everything that goes wrong seems worse.

You don’t want to step out of the house, you can’t face that important meeting and that dinner date you have planned – you’d better cancel.

Sometimes I change my plans on a bad hair day without even realising why I am doing it, but it’s all because I am not confident when my hair isn’t looking good.

I still remember the day that I got my first straightener – it changed my life. It was during high school, about Year 8 I think, when most girls are struggling with their self esteem. My hair wasn’t straight and it wasn’t curly, it was sort-of poufy – basically, I hated going out and school ‘sucked’ every day.

I was given a straightener for my birthday that year and everything changed. In those days, the straighteners you could afford were pretty average and it took about an hour to straighten a whole head of hair but I would do it every morning because with tame hair, I was no longer embarrassed to head outdoors, I was super confident!

It just goes to show that, whether you realise it or not, so much of your confidence is determined by whether or not you are happy with your hair.

There is usually a lot of heat in discussions about the cost and availability of health services. Already this year there has been lively debate following the suggestion that government expenditure could be reduced if there was to be a surcharge on GP visits, or even attendance at hospital outpatient departments.

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After a considerable time away, Newcastle ska legends The Porkers are back and what better way to usher in the new era of Pork than with an appearance at the Soundwave Festival – with a Newcastle show thrown in for good measure, of course. Stephen Bisset caught up with original members Porkers PeTe CooPer and Phil ‘BigFil’ BArNArd about new beginnings and dusting off their skanking shoes.

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Prepare for the return of one of the world’s most loved hip-hop groups, Jurassic 5 – six years after the group broke up in 2007, what once seemed impossible has now happened – the hip-hop behemoth is back in action. The group stormed the stage at Coachella in April for their first show since reuniting, to massive praise. Having spent the majority of 2013 taking their new live show across the world, Jurassic 5 will be stopping in Sydney for what promises one hell of a show.

Forming in 1993 and representing the city of LA, the six piece crew consisting of emcees Chali 2na, Mark 7even, Zaakir, Akil and DJs Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark, dropped their first single ‘Unified Rebelution’ in 1995.

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If you display even a passing fancy for ‘alternative’ Aussie rock, then this retrospective is definitely an essential addition to your collection.

Traversing the heady period from 1988 to 2002, when the underground became overcrowded and when Triple J switched from a Sydney-only affair to national broadcaster – taking these otherwise unheard bands to the nation’s youth – ‘Dirty Jeans’ is a veritable treasure trove of classic indie rock – albeit from the Festival Records stable. Sure, the obvious ones are there – You Am I, Magic Dirt, Regurgitator – but there are enough surprises on here to keep things interesting.

Standouts here are The Powder Monkeys’ blistering ‘Persecution Blues’ which sounds just as menacing today, The Mean-ies’ frenetic ‘10% Weird’ and the Beasts of Burbon’s iconic ‘Chase The Dragon’.

It’s pretty much a free kick to say that silver screen legend Clint Eastwood is just as adroit behind the camera as he is in front of it and in this taut crime thriller he shows both sides brilliantly.

A Perfect World is a thoughtful, slow-burn of a film that elicits almost career-best performances from both Costner and Eastwood.

It feels like an eternity since film buffs were given their first taste of the latest offering from legendary Hollywood director, Martin Scorsese but the wait finally ended last week with The Wolf of Wall Street hitting cinemas across Australia.

In what many critics have been quick to call Scorsese’s best film yet, Leonardo DiCaprio portrays sex, drug and money addict, Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker now infamous for his real-life dodgy deals, corrup-tion and run ins with the law.

In an all-star cast, which sees strong performances from the likes of Matthew McConaughey, funnyman, Jonah Hill, British comedy great Joanna Lumley as the sexy and sophisticated Aunt Emma and Oscar winning French heartthrob, Jean Dujardin, as the equally smooth Swiss banker, Jean Jacques Saurel, DiCaprio shines brighter than the rest – channelling all the coke-fuelled energy and bravado of 1990’s Belfort, DiCaprio is mesmerising in every scene.

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Hitting the ground running… againA fter a considerable time away,

Newcastle ska legends The Porkers are returning to the

stage and they’ll be doing it in fine style at this year’s Soundwave festival, but not before a pre-festival hit out at the Cambridge Hotel to reconnect with local audiences.

“Coming back for Soundwave was the most ideal way for us to do it,” frontman Pete Cooper told TE.

“But it’s been a while since we’ve played the Cambridge and it’s always a good room to play.”

Cooper and fellow original member Phil ‘bigfil’ Barnard (sax) have assembled quite a line-up for the 2014 incarnation of the Porkers including Dave Morris on bass, Frank Dasent on trombone, Julian Barker on trumpet, long-time member Dave Power on guitar and Scott Chapman on drums.

Cooper said that, while there are no plans at the moment to continue the refor-mation past the Soundwave shows, that’s not to say it won’t happen.

“We only signed these guys up for these shows – we didn’t want to be saying to them “you’re signing up to The Porkers for the next couple of years”, because there wasn’t a plan to take it on the road and flog the s**t out of it again but, who knows? These shows could be really good. If these shows don’t kill us, we’ll see.”

Anyone who has seen the Porkers in action will know that even on an off night, they were one of the most engaging live bands in Australia – their unpretentious surf/punk/rockabilly-infused ska mixing perfectly with Cooper’s frenetic stage presence, something which Barnard said had taken its toll on the singer.

“Being the frontman and jumping around and doing all that stuff – people don’t realise it takes its toll, you know?”

A sentiment with which Cooper agrees.“I’ve started seeing a chiropractor this

year for the first time ever and he just shook his head when he saw the X-rays and went ‘what have you been doing with yourself?’,” he said.

Starting life in 1987, with the rather salacious name The Pork Hunts, their infectious brand of what Cooper describes as “bastardised ska” quickly captured the hearts of the Australian festival and

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record buying public and their brilliant debut long player ‘Grunt’ propelled them even further into the stratosphere with slots on both the Australian and US Vans Warped tours – playing alongside the likes of Eminem, Ice T and Blink 182 – not to mention a career highlight show at Boston’s iconic Middle East Club.

Although as Cooper and Barnard agree, there was never really much of a plan past

the first gig. “I was told it was one show and, 27 years later here I am,” Barnard laughed.

“Yeah,” Cooper interjected. “And then it was like, let’s just do one show in a pub and then it was let’s do one real show in Sydney and then let’s try and record something, wow we’re playing the Big Day Out, let’s go to America and then why not go to Japan.”

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W ith a string of singles – ‘Teen Mum’, ‘Endless Drain’ and ‘Silver Tides’ – piquing quite a

bit of interest both here and overseas, it has been a pretty big year for Brisbane-based garage-surf-pop outfit Major Leagues.

With their debut EP, ‘Weird Season’ drop-ping in December last year, the quartet are truly hitting the ground running in 2014 with their first-ever national headline tour in support of the EP.

Drummer Jacob Knauth told TE that while the band were champing at the bit to get out on the road to promote the EP, given that three of the songs were recorded a while back, it was almost old hat for the prolific songwriters.

“Yeah, ‘Weird Season’ is kind of weird because two of the tracks were released

a lot earlier – back when, like 200 people cared about us – and while we recorded the rest of the tracks more recently, we are already keen to move onto the next thing.

“We haven’t decided if we’re going to put out another EP or an album but we have around 10 or 12 songs that we will be putting forward at this stage so we are keen to put something new out this year.”

Knauth said the addition of Tim Morris-sey from the John Steel Singers to the producer’s chair helped immeasurably in creating that fuzzed out lo-fi vibe that the band is now known for.

“Timmy was a great choice because we were really interested in getting quite a grungy sound – we weren’t interested in a really slick pop sound and Tim was really on that wavelength – he was always keen to make it dirtier,” he said.

W hile the Gold Coast may not be the place, for most of us, that is synonymous with down

home, tubthumping blues, there’s one guy who is doing his darndest to redress that balance – Mason Rack.

While nestled firmly within the blues, Rack, along with his band are certainly not afraid to break all of the genre rules and the band’s latest album, ‘Limits of Grip’, does just that – flaunting all expec-tations by combining heavy rock, blues, roots and even a little bit of jazz into one heady musical gumbo indeed.

Known for a swampy blues / rock sound the band influences include flashes of Tom Waits, and Muddy Waters with roots extending to Ben Harper. Throw in a slide guitar, raspy vocals, a rocking bluesy bass, massive drum percussion and the result is a spectacular kaleido-scope of musical genres.

The three-piece is renowned for their amazing live stage performances and the band has played alongside artists includ-ing Xavier Rudd, Jack Johnson, Buddy Guy and Keith Urban to name a few.

Rack is a born entertainer – growing up playing percussion at the age of six with his musician father Billy Rack.

Progressing to drums at age eight, Mason was able to play any style of music. For the next four years Mason developed a natural rhythm that is now part of his soul and way of life.

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H aving rocked his way around the world for the past 20 years, rockabilly icon CC Jerome

virtually needs no introduction. This is a guy that has headlined many of the world’s largest blues, roots and rockabilly festivals which has earned him, quite rightly, a reputation for being one of the hottest and most versatile axe-slingers on the scene.

CC Jerome has also played some of the world’s biggest rock and roll/rockabilly artists such as Chuck Berry, Lee Rocker, Linda Gail Lewis, The Coasters, Pep Torres, Levi Dexter, Billy Lee Riley, Joe Huston, Larry Donn, Big Al Downing, Joe Clay and Gene Summers to name a few – as well as no fooling legends of ska, the Specials.

Jerome’s band – the irrepressible Jetset-ters are no slouches, either. Upright bassman Deon Buck has been plying his trade for the past 20 years in such outfits as The Thunderbirds and Mad Fred and The Maniacs, playing alongside the likes of Teddy Rydell and Little Victor, while drummer Coen Molenschot has shared stages with the likes of Guy Forsythe, Omar Dykes and Hook Herrera.

Jerome’s blues-infused rock and roll/rockabilly has audiences dancing in the aisles – a phenomenon that is sure to continue when he hits Newcastle next week.

On a recent five-week European tour,

Jerome, along with the Jetsetters teamed up with Novocastrian sax impresario Phil ‘Bigfil’ Barnard which, by all reports went down a treat – having two giants of rock and roll on the one stage and yes, in what is good news for Newcastle punt-ers, Barnard will be joining Jerome on the Australian tour.

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J eramiah may or may not have been a bullfrog but he’s certainly a good friend of mine after sam-

pling the delicious seafood on offer at Newcastle’s newest fish and chippery Jeramiah Jones.

With all seafood sourced locally, and everything, and I mean everything, prepared fresh daily, you’ll have to travel pretty far to find fish and chips of this calibre anywhere.

Upon arrival, my dining partner and I were greeted with a veritable cornuco-pia of seafood – a huge plate of delicate-ly battered whiting and snub-nosed dart, perched atop a sea of perfectly-cooked chips, an equally large serving of lightly dusted calamari with more of those golden chips and a beautifully zesty rocket, pear, parmesan and wal-nut salad.

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Next up was the calamari and while epithets like melt-in-the-mouth get bandied around quite often in these types of reviews, there couldn’t be a more apt description in this case.

Jeramiah Jones should definitely be on your hit list. They are located just a hop, skip and a jump from Newcastle beach, so you can grab your parcel of undersea goodness and enjoy that al-most ritualistic experience of fish and chips on the sand at sunset.

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The teen idol is back

M uch to the chagrin of his legion of Aussie fans, Bobby Rydell had to cancel his 2012 tour, but

he had a good excuse – a double organ transplant. However, in a case of you can’t keep a good thing down, he will be heading down our way again and the early 1960s teen idol told TE that he is back better than ever.

“I feel absolutely tremendous physically and my vocal chops are quite strong so I just can’t wait to get back down there to see you guys again,” he said.

The singer, who brought us such hits as ‘Kissin Time’, ‘Volare’, and ‘We Got Love’, said that his association with Australia has lasted almost as long as his career, with Rydell first visiting our shores in 1960 as part of a Lee Gordon package tour.

“Yeah that tour was an interesting one,” Rydell remembered.

“I was on with the Everley Brothers and I remember we were on the plane and there was this gentleman sitting with

us and Phil, Don and I had no idea who he was. Anyway we got off the plane in Sydney and there were thousands of fans there and they rushed right past us and up to this gentleman who turned out to be Crash Craddock who had the number one single in Australia at the time – it was quite surreal.

“Also, the band that backed me was Col Joye and the Joyeboys and Col and I quickly became fast friends – whenever he comes to America, we always catch up for lunch.”

Rydell, along with fellow Philadelphians Fabian and Frankie Avalon, led the teen idol charge of the early 1960s thanks to earthier saccharine-sweet songs and matinee idol good looks and Rydell said that he never thought his career would last 12 months.

“We were all the same, me, Frankie and Fabian – we thought it was all going to end tomorrow,” he said.

However, Rydell managed to parlay his early success into a formidable career that has encompassed music, the small screen and the big screen.

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Pete Murrayrediscovers himself

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W hen Pete Murray released his sophomore album ‘Feeler’ back in 2003, he had no idea

that it would become the six-time plati-num behemoth that it eventually did – in fact, the affable singer-songwriter wasn’t all that fussed, until recently, with the end result.

“I honestly thought that album was destined for absolute failure,” Murray admitted.

“I kind of had this post-album blues and I kind of hated the album for a long time – I couldn’t even listen to it from start to finish – until recently when Darren Middleton from Powderfinger called me and said ‘I’ve just been listen-ing to ‘Feeler’, and it’s a bloody good record’.

“So, I finally decided to listen to it from start to finish, something like eight years after I recorded it and I have to admit that it is a pretty good album.”

With the album recently getting the remastering treatment at Abbey Road Studios, with a bonus disc featuring the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra performing the album in full, mixed with the original album masters, Murray is set to embark on an extensive national tour to celebrate the album’s tenth birthday. As a tacit acknowledgement of the album’s longevity and pride of place in the hearts of the Australian record buying public, shows are constantly being added, making this one heck of an extensive tour – something that Murray puts down to the inherent honesty and simplicity of the record.

“Yeah the shows have been selling really well which is good to see and it’s going to be really cool to get out there and play all those songs with my original band The Stonemasons,” he said.

“The album does have a big fan-base

and while it was hard for me, for a while, to see why, I think because there’s not a lot of pretence on there and it’s quite an honest record lyrically and I think that clicked with audiences because there wasn’t really much around like it at the time.”

While Murray was a relative latecomer to the world of music, picking up the guitar at 22 while pursuing a career in sports medicine, he has definitely taken to this singer-songwriter thing like a duck to water with subsequent albums ‘See The Sun’, ‘Summer at Eureka’ and ‘Blue Sky Blue’ sending him further into the Aussie folk-rock stratosphere. Murray said that he could pinpoint the very moment where he realised that he was on the right track with his music.

“Once we started getting a fair bit of airplay, we did a show at the Bar Broadway in Sydney and we rocked up to the gig and there was a line down the street,” he said.

“I thought that someone else was on who was going to steal my little crowd. Anyway I opened the show with the last song on the album, ‘Ten Foot Tall’ think-ing it would be a quiet little song to start the show and everyone, something like 400 people were singing every word.”

Not one to rest on his laurels, Murray said that after the tour wraps up, he was planning to head back to the studio for a follow-up to ‘Blue Sky Blue’.

“Yeah, I’m always writing and I do plan to have something new recorded by the end of the year – the next one will be the last one for my record company so I’m at a really interesting point in my career,” he said.

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W hen it comes to cool, there are few performers, living or dead, who can hold

a candle to Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. As the Rat Pack, these guys ruled early 1960s Las Vegas thanks to a string of memora-ble performances at the iconic Copa Room at the Sands Casino.

While all members may’ve shuffled off this mortal coil, their spirit well and truly lives on through live recordings, in a string of films (‘Oceans 11’, ‘Sergeants 3’, ‘Never So Few’ et al) and an eerily spot-on tribute act that will be swinging by Newcastle this week.

Dubbed The Rat Pack From Vegas, the tribute show features David De Costa as Frank Sinatra, Nicholas Edwards as Sammy Davis Jr and Johnny Edwards as Dean Martin.

Speaking down the line from Vegas, Edwards told TE that the trio always had a swinging time in Australia.

“This will be our third time Down Under in three years and every time we are down there, we just can’t wait to get back down there,” he said.

“We really do try to recreate a night at the Copa Room.

“All of the favourites from Dean, Frank and Sammy will be there although, this

time around, we’ll be working with a bigger song list because last time we found that Australians were requesting a lot of songs that we don’t get asked to play that often in the States.”

Edwards said that he has been fasci-nated with Dean Martin since he was a child and the crooner was always some-one he wanted to emulate.

“When I was a child I used to watch the Dean Martin Variety Show with my Dad – it was one show that he really loved – and I was just hooked. Here was a guy who was good looking, could sing, was funny, utterly charming and got to act in an incredibly silly way and get away with it so I thought ‘where do I sign up?’”

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First National Lake Macquarie P: 4950 8555 Agent: Troy Duncan Inspect: By appointment

B uilt on an 848-square-metre block, this brick and tile house is located on the high side of the street in a quiet cul-de-sac, over-

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Many people are unaware of the changes to Granny Flat laws in NSW. Most of you would be under the impres-sion that a Granny Flat development requires shared laundry facilities and that the flat cannot be rented out. This is no longer the case.

The State Environmental Planning Policy ( Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 is aimed at encouraging the develop-ment of secondary dwellings or Granny Flats by allowing them to be approved as a complying development in 10 days, allowing granny flats to be built in all residential zones and setting clear standards for granny flat development. The development of secondary dwell-ings – commonly known as Granny Flats can add value to your existing home or investment property, enabling additional income to be obtained from the property.

Under the Policy, the Granny Flat or Secondary Dwelling may be located within, attached to or separate from the principal or main dwelling.

Secondary dwellings or Granny Flats are permitted in Zones R1 to R4 – General Residential, Low, Medium & High Density Zones and in Zone R5 – Large Lot Residential via D.A. only.

The provisions allow for only one primary and one secondary dwelling, subdivision is not permitted. The secondary dwelling can have a maxi-mum floor area of 60 square metres. The site area of the original property needs to be a minimum of 450 square metres.

The Policy is aimed at increasing the supply of rental accommodation. To investors, not only is there the potential of a second income as well as an increase in value but there may be significant depreciation write offs available under the Taxation Laws.

For those regular readers of this column, if you have a real estate ques-tion you would like answered in this column, email me the question and I will do my best to answer it – [email protected]

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Grannyflats

Andrew McGrAthPrincipal of Raine & Horne Blacksmiths

F reshly schemed and well pre-sented throughout, while offer-ing scope to add your own fresh contemporary touches, this

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The home is surrounded by lush lawns at the front and rear and features an under-cover alfresco area with an outdoor pizza oven. Inside, the open plan incorporates separate formal and casual living areas, a dining room and original kitchen.

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Fishing PointReap the rewards

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S hort, fast and fun, The Kath-mandu Adventure Series is a race designed for weekend warriors looking for some physical, out of

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Get ready to test your limitsRunning, mountain biking and kayaking as Kathmandu Adventure Series heads to Cams Wharf

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spice and adventure to the course, so be prepared for the unexpected! Those game need only gather friends, family or work-mates and team up to make their mark in one of NSW’s best outdoor locations.

The $105 per person entry includes race

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A kuila Uate has never been big on words.

Quietly spoken and unassum-ing, Uate prefers to let his actions

do all the talking.It’s a method that has worked wonders

for the Fijian Flyer, who has captivated the NRL in recent seasons with his silky skills and sheer speed.

There's no doubting Uate can be reserved, but those in the know at the Knights reckon the freakish winger has started speaking up since returning from the World Cup with Fiji.

You see, the Newcastle fan favourite took on a leadership role with the younger Fijian players at the World Cup and has returned to the Club more confident in his ability to influence others.

“Aku was a real leader for us on the trip and helped out some of the local boys in understanding how to be a professional," Rick Stone recalls, who coached Fiji at the annual tournament.

“That’s something that he wasn’t great at

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Knights winger Akuila Uate Photo: newcastleknights.com.au

Flying winger returns full of confidence for 2014 after taking on leadership role for Fiji in World Cup

MATT LOGUE

when he first started, but he has got better and I think he can use that confidence at the Knights this season."

Talk to Stone and others around the Club and they’ll tell you Uate finding his voice is all part of the winger maturing as a

footballer and person. Uate attributes his improved communication skills to taking on a leadership role at the World Cup.

From encouraging younger players to work harder to educating them about the Fijian way, the 26-year-old went out

of his way to step up and shoulder more responsibility.

"I just loved being back and playing for Fiji," he says.

"We had a lot of young talent and I just wanted to step up and help Stoney.

"That was the first time he has coached Fiji, so I helped out with the traditional stuff and the way that the Fijian boys did things.

"I just remember when I first started playing, so I wanted to help and I think Stoney really appreciated that."

As much as Uate enjoyed the World Cup with Fiji, he admits he is glad to be home and spending more time with his young family.

"It’s good to be back in Newcastle," he says. "The World Cup was just a little bit too long for me, especially leaving my family here. But now I’m back here spend-ing time with my family and training with Newcastle.

"I also spent three days with my family in Fiji after the World Cup and got to see my mum. That meant heaps to me before I came back and started training and now I'm ready for the season."

Courtesy: newcastleknights.com.au

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N ewcastle Jets captain Ruben Zad-kovich believes interim coach Clayton Zane has the full support of the players.

Zane has been charged with leading the Jets for the rest of the season and Zadkovich feels his appointment can help turn the team’s fortunes around.

“It’s just one of those things, things weren’t working so well and the club has decided to go with Clayton and a bit of a fresh start,” he said.

“I think it’s a real positive move for the club and the players are really happy about it. With Clayton we’ll be trying to support him as much as we can, we’ve told him if there’s anything that we can do to help him, we’re there.

“We’re confident that Clayton can do the job and more importantly we’re 100 per cent behind him and we’re looking to get runs on the board early.”

The former Socceroo has previously coached the Jets W-League and Youth League sides but despite this being his first

Zane has backing of players

Ruben Zadkovich (left) and Clayton Zane at Jets training Photo: Newcastle Jets

Zadkovich confident former Socceroo can turn season around following departure of van Egmond

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senior role Zadkovich believes he has the attributes to be a successful A-League coach.

“I think he brings a coolness and calmness to the squad, he’ll probably instil a little bit

of confidence back into the boys,” Zadko-vich said.

“He’s got a wealth of experience, he was a fantastic player and there’s a lot for us to

learn. He’s more than confident in his own ability, he knows you’ve got to start some-where.

“If you look at someone like Tony Popovic who was a fantastic player and he’s started his career very brightly and there’s no reason why someone like Clayton, who’s an intelligent fella, can’t do the same.”

Zadkovich believes the new boss will implement a number of positive changes aimed at restoring the team’s confidence.

“It was very bright, very positive, it was a little bit of a refreshing change at training, something different, and Clayton brings a calmness and coolness to the job and it was a really good session,” Zadkovich said.

“We do want to give the fans something to cheer about I think that’s what Clayton’s talking about, he wants to really involve the crowd in the way we play and entertain the crowd.

"He wants to strip things back, go back to basics and simplify the game plan a little bit. I think that will bring back a little bit of confidence to the team and individuals.”

The Jets are back home at Hunter Stadium this Friday night ay 7.45pm for the clash against the Western Sydney Wanderers.

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Wednesday 29 January 2014

Quiz any Knights player about last season's charge to the finals and positive thoughts dominate the conversation.

They recall the excitement of toppling the Bulldogs and the Storm and the joy their success in turn brought the entire Hunter region. For skipper Kurt Gidley, though, the memories of last season's amazing finals run are very much bittersweet.

You see, as much as Gidley was happy for his teammates, he also found it extremely diffi-cult sitting on the sidelines with an injured foot.

He remembers hundreds of fans turning up to training during the finals, while he watched on enviously from the glasshouse, the players’ change rooms located in the western corner of their training fields at Wests Mayfield.

The skipper recalls putting on a brave face even though deep inside he was struggling with the fact he wasn't involved in finals footy with his mates. “It was a really lonely time,” Gidley reflects.

“I was really excited for the boys and the way

Out of the glasshouse

Knights captain Kurt Gidley

Knights skipper Gidley hungry for return to field after two seasons ruined by injury

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they were playing at the back-end of the year.“There was a lot of hype around the town

and everyone was getting behind the team."But it was also tough knowing that I

wouldn’t be able to be a part of it on the field."That was a bit disappointing, but I just had

to stay positive for the rest of the boys and put on a happy face and make sure I could help out anywhere I could. I also had to make sure I was doing the right things in rehab with my foot.”

Flash forward three months and the Knights' training field evokes far better memories for the club's skipper. This was especially the case last week when Gidley ran for the first time on grass with a series of sprints.

It was a moment of sheer happiness for the 31-year-old, especially after the pain and frustration he has endured in the past two seasons. “It feels like I’m back,” he enthuses.

“All the rehab stuff is hard work and it’s not a great deal of fun, but it has got to be done to make sure you are doing all the right things for when you come back.

"But when you start running on the field and interact with the team, it does feel like you are a part of it again. Because when you are injured, you are in a bit of a rehab crew and it can be a bit of a lonely place."

Gidley now has his sights firmly set on returning in the opening round against the Panthers at Centrebet Stadium on March 8.

“At this stage my goal is round one," he says.“We’ve got a bit of a plan and a schedule

mapped out over the next six to eight weeks.“I should be right for the opening round, but

I’m not sure I’ll play in the last trial game."Story courtesy newcastleknights.com.au

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