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FRI 12 DEC 2014 • Issue 217
No beer with Duncan
T he Town and Country Hotel in St Peters was made famous in Slim Dusty’s song, ‘I Love To Have A Beer With Duncan’. Now it’s under threat from the proposed
WestConnex Motorway.The organisers of an anti WestConnex festival
in St Peters this weekend say they have invited Roads Minister Duncan Gay to a singalong of the famous song outside the Town and Country this Saturday at 4pm.
Minister Gay said he would be unable to attend as he had a prior commitment to have a beer with Duncan in Crookwell but was always willing to listen to legitimate concerns.
The Reclaim the Streets festival will begin at 1pm in Simpson Park and will also see the closure of Campbell Street.
It will feature 40 DJs and eight bands and will be headlined by ARIA award winner Paul Mac. The festival will also include a kid’s space with face painting, bubbles, chalking competition, mural painting and a Jumping Castle.
Organiser Chris Lego said the protest is about showing what the space could be used for instead of being dominated by cars.
“We’d love to have a beer with Duncan and help him understand what a bad idea this is and prom-ise in person to resist it at every step of the way until it’s scrapped and replaced with something brave and visionary,” Mr Lego said.
Janet Dandy-Ward from the WestConnex Action
Group said she doesn’t think King Street in Newtown will survive the project as it will need to become a clearway like Parramatta Road to handle the traffic and that could be the death of it.
“Inner West residents are vehemently opposed to this phoney project that fails to solve traffic congestion, and will completely change the face of key suburbs from Newtown to Alexandria and down to Rockdale,” Ms Dandy-Ward said.
“The Government is playing with our health by wanting an LA-style spaghetti interchange layered over high density living, with smoke stacks spewing pollution over us creating a perma-haze of grey skies.”
More than 2000 residents are expected to attend and the organisers say Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner and other local politicians have indi-cated they will be joining them.
Roads Minister to skip anti WestConnex event in St Peters this weekend
Children from St Peters Public School protesting the WestConnex near Simpson Park
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OPINION
The 12 councillors of Christmas: A busy year in the chamber
This is the time of the year when journalists like to cast their eye over the performances of our politicians. At the state level, they’re particularly interested in the performances of Mike Baird and John Robertson given we have an election looming in March next year. Federally, they seem more concerned with which barnacles needed to be scraped from the Ship of State.
Entering into the spirit of the season, I thought I might have a look at the performance of the Marrickville Councillors.
Mayor Mark Gardiner (Independent, North Ward) surprised many when he took over the top job in September. Elected as a Liberal councillor two years ago, he drifted away from the party and formally announced he was now an inde-pendent shortly before the mayoral election. He was elected with the support of all councillors but the Greens.
Prior to this I had found him a little unpredict-able in the Chamber. At times he would rant and rave against the Greens while at other times he would be quite sympathetic.
Since becoming Mayor, however, he been more consistent and quite pro-active in pushing the interests the rest of the Council are passionate about such as council amalgamations or the WestConnex.
Deputy Mayor Morris Hanna (Independent, South) has been quieter, not raising a lot of issues for discussion but engaging in debates where he saw fit. He is the most experienced councillor on the current Council, currently serving his fifth term, and brings memories of the rationale behind earlier Council decisions when others speculate.
Cr Jo Haylen (Labor, North) was Mayor for most of the year and very pro-active about raising certain issues, particularly relating to arts, music and local parks. Her vigour was refreshing and doubtless this had something to do with her nominating as a Labor candidate for next year’s state election but she was effective at getting things done and adept at chairing Council meet-ings. She also showed a willingness to consider issues on their merits and often voted against her Labor colleagues in the Chamber.
Cr Max Phillips (Greens, Central) is one of her opponents at next year’s state election. He endeavoured to match Cr Haylen stroke for stroke bringing his own issues to the Council such as the Marrickville Hospital site, the Victoria Road rezoning and the heritage protection of the
Beynon & Hayward building in Petersham. And he had victories on a couple of these along the way. Like the other Greens councillors, he was good at getting supporters along to meetings to add voice to his concerns.
The main criticism levied at both Cr Phillips and Cr Haylen by the other councillors was that they were using Council debates to make pitches to voters for the state election.
Cr Rosana Tyler (Liberal, West) was Deputy Mayor for the first three quarters of the year. She avoided getting involved in most of the skir-mishes on the Chamber floor but spoke out when necessary on issues she was passionate about such as disability access.
Cr Sylvie Ellsmore (Greens, North) engaged with community groups in the Newtown area on issues such as the Sunday Streets program, coal seam gas and live music, working their concerns into motions that were acceptable to the majority of Council.
Cr Chris Woods (Labor, South) took up the fight for the residents of the Princes Highway corridor when the state government proposed downgrad-ing bus services and achieved some success. He also fought successfully for the protection of the Tempe Wetlands from the WestConnex.
Cr Victor Macri (Independent, Central) was a voice against NIMBYism, arguing that Council look to the greater good, particularly regarding large developments in the area, rather than react-ing in a kneejerk way.
Cr Melissa Brooks (Greens, West) was particu-larly vocal on affordable housing and women’s issues. When she got up a head of steam on an issue, she was able to fit in more words per minute during a debate than anyone else in the Chamber.
Cr Sam Iskandar (Labor, Central) is the second longest serving member of Council and, like Cr Hanna, got involved in the debate only when he thought it appropriate.
Cr David Leary (Greens, South) is a law academic by day but determined to push the boundaries of defamation during Council meetings, regularly using terms such as spiv and charlatan when getting passionate in debates.
Cr Daniel Barbar (Labor, West) was only elected to Council in November following the untimely death of Cr Emanuel Tsardoulias.
No-one was able to get their way on every issue but everyone was able to have a victory on some-thing so not a bad year for the Council as a whole.
No-one was able to get their way on every issue
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M arrickville Council has voted unanimously to install a second round of historical pictorial signs across the
municipality and establish a history trail based around these signs.
Earlier this year, Council installed 19 signs at locations like Enmore Park, Peter-sham Train Station, the Johnson Estate in Stanmore and the site of the old Cooks River Dam at Tempe.
Cr Max Phillips moved that funds be allocated in the 2015-16 budget to add more historical signs and to create a ‘Marrick-ville history trail’ based around them.
“The feedback I’ve had from residents is that they really appreciate the historical signs and would like to see more of them,” Cr Phillips said.
“I hope that they will soon form the basis of a Marrickville history trail where people can follow a map to view the signs and learn more about the area’s interesting history.”
Cr Phillips said understanding history is not only interesting from a curiosity perspective, but can give you an increased sense of place.
“I’m very excited that Council has voted to expand this project and bring Marrick-
ville’s fascinating history onto the streets for the public to learn and enjoy,” Cr Phil-lips said.
Mayor Mark Gardiner said the signs tie our past to our present.
“Our community members now have the opportunity to connect where they live now to the area’s rich history – and there are some remarkable stories to be told,” Mayor Gardiner said.
The sign at Enmore Park commemorates Marrickville’s first park, established in 1886. As the sign explains, the park was established following campaigns by local residents, including newspaper proprie-tor Samuel Cook, General Manager of the Sydney Morning Herald. The residents wanted to create a public park that complemented their own private gardens.
“And Council’s ‘Beautification Scheme’ on this site during the Depression provided much needed work and skill develop-ment to the community during a time of extreme hardship,” Mayor Gardiner said.
“It’s stories like this that make you stand back and reflect on your surroundings, and what events have occurred to make them what they are today.”
Locations and narratives for the signs were established in consultation with the Marrickville Heritage Society and the Marrickville Aboriginal Consultative Committee.
HISTORY
Honouring our city’s very proud past
Cr Phillips at the site of the old Dulwich Hill Tram Terminus
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F or almost six years, Mike Martin wandered the streets of Newtown and surrounding suburbs taking photos of street
art and people then posting them on his Flickr site, Newtown Grafitti, amassing almost 30,000 photos in that time. Sadly, he passed away earlier this year but an exhibition of his work and a documentary about him are now showing at the Arche-type Gallery in Paddington.
Rachel Jordan from the Archetype Gallery said she first met Mr Martin through a group she started called the Creative Arts Alliance Sydney.
“He was one of the first members to join. He was at just about every single function of ours and would always take photos,” Ms Jordan said.
“In the Creative Arts Alliance the idea was to support each other with projects. He didn’t put his hand up for anything at all. But after seeing his photos and seeing how many people were following him on his Flickr page, I said, hey you really need to get your work exhibited. He was like yeah, yeah. He didn’t care for it at all. It wasn’t a big deal for him. His love for it was just to take photos.”
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CHRIS CONNOLLY @connolly2204 Slowly he warmed to the idea, visiting exhibitions at the Gallery until one day he showed her a photo and said it would look really good on a particular wall.
“That’s when I laughed and said, ahh, you want to exhibit now. That’s when he was ready. From that time to his passing was probably only a year,” she said.
Essentially a private person, Mike Martin was more interested in talking about the art than himself or why he was interested in it and it wasn’t till after his passing that she found out more about him from family and friends.
“I’ve met some of his children and his wife. They were surprised because a lot of things he didn’t tell them. He was such a delightful, interesting character, a really lovely person,” she said.
The exhibition is on now at the Arche-type Gallery above the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington and will also be on at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre in February next year to coincide with the first anniversary of his passing.
“His wife’s really happy about us doing something in Newtown,” Ms Jordan said.
“He loved Newtown so much. He lived there for some time. He never tired of it. There was always something going on. He just got out his little pocket shot camera and took photos.”
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T he NSW Opposition has released documents detailing the 50 long-est ambulance response times in 2013.
The longest wait of just over two hours and two minutes was at Yellow Rock during the Blue Mountains bushfires last year and the delay was caused by ambu-lance officers being unable to access the patient due to the fire.
The fourth longest wait of one hour and 47 minutes was in Tempe in August. NSW Ambulance Service noted the patient was a frequent caller and paramedics had attended the same patient two hours previously.
Speaking at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Opposition Leader John Robertson said the health system was almost at breaking point.
“Yesterday we were dealing with waiting times at emergency departments. Today it’s ambulances,” Mr Robertson said.
“This is what happens when you cut $3 billion out of a health system. We have a health system struggling to cope despite the best efforts of the staff.”
Mr Robertson said on top of that, the federal Government was cutting $15
as a hotspot among the city’s hospitals for severe trolley block.
“Trolley block is where a shortage of beds and nursing staff in the emergency wards forces paramedics to tend patients inside ambulance bays or stretchers because there is no bed available for them in the hospital,” Mr Secord said.
“This prevents ambulances from responding effectively to other emergen-cies in the community.”
Health Minister Jillian Skinner said the Government had boosted the number of paramedics on the road with an additional 205 paramedics joining NSW Ambulance since June 2011.
“In the last year alone, NSW Ambulance responded to more than 1.2 million inci-dents across the state – an average of 3,340 incidents per day, or one response every 26 seconds,” Minister Skinner said.
“As at October, the state-wide median 1A ambulance response time for potentially life-threatening cases was 7.57 minutes. 1A responses are designated for response within 10 minutes.”
She said figures from the Bureau of Health Information showed 80 per cent of patients who arrived by ambulance to hospital had their care transferred from ambulance to emergency department staff within 30 minutes.
Opposition Leader slams State and Federal governments over budget cuts
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Robertson fumes over delays
Opposition leader John Robertson (right) with health spokesperson Walt Secord at RPA Hospital
billion from health funding, adding further pressure.
“Our paramedics are heroes but they can only do their job if Tony Abbott and Mike
Baird do theirs and stop cutting health funding,” he said.
Labor Heath Spokesperson Walt Secord said RPA had been named by paramedics
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Tempe: Man busted after trying to film up girl’s skirt
Police have charged a man after he allegedly attempted to film up the skirt of a young woman in Tempe last week.
About 9.30am on Thursday, December 4, a 17-year-old girl was walking along Unwins Bridge Road when she noticed a man walking behind her, attempting to video up her skirt with a mobile phone.
The girl yelled at him and as he fled she was able to take a number of photographs of the man with her mobile phone. The man allegedly grabbed her arm in an attempt to grab her phone. The incident was reported to police and an investigation commenced.
Just after 7am Monday, December 8, Newtown Detectives attended Herbert Place in Smithfield and arrested a 21-year-old man.
Man charged after police execute search warrant
Detectives have charged a man after drugs, firearms, flamethrowers and a grenade were seized from a home in Stanmore last week.
Following inquiries, officers from the State Crime Command’s Drug Squad executed a search warrant at a home on Bridge Road just before midday on Wednesday, December 3. A clandestine drug laboratory for the manufacture of methamphetamine was allegedly located inside the home.
During the search, investigators located and seized more than $15,000 cash, along with prohibited drugs, firearms and high-value push bikes believed to have been stolen.
Police also located two flamethrowers and a replica grenade inside the home.
Police believe armed robberies may be linked
Police have released CCTV images as they investigate armed robberies at four service stations across Sydney’s south-west in the last two months. In October 2014, officers from the Metropolitan Robbery Unit formed Strike Force Kilgour to investigate armed robberies at service stations in the south-west. The first three robberies occurred in Campsie, Revesby and Bankstown between Sunday, October 11 and Wednesday, November 19.
The fourth robbery occurred in Hurlstone Park about 1am on Saturday, November 22.
Investigators believe that the armed robberies are similar and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
Police concerned over spate of bicycle thefts
Leichhardt Police are encouraging local residents to secure their properties, in particular their bicycles, following a recent spate of thefts in Glebe, Leichhardt and Annandale. Between Thursday, November 9 and Tuesday, December 9, 34 separate thefts were reported in the area.
Leichhardt Local Area Command’s Acting Crime Manager, Detective Acting Inspector Robert Hollows, said bicycles in particular were proving popular with thieves.
“Seven bicycles have been stolen from properties in the local area over the past month alone,” Det A/Insp Hollows said.
“We recommend that people keep their bicycles inside.”
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PROPOSED RATE INCREASEMarrickville Council is seeking feedback on a proposed small rate increase in the form of a 3% Special Rate Variation (SRV). The SRV will allow Council to renew Marrickville’s essential community infrastructure.
How much will it cost?
• The rate rise for households will be 49 cents a week, or $25.50 per year on average.
• The rate rise for businesses will be $3.14 a week, or $163.44 per year on average.
• Council is also proposing that people who are eligible for the pensioner rebate be exempt from the additional rate rise.
Find out more and have your say
Information brochures will be delivered to all households and businesses in the local government area. Community information sessions will be held during January. For more information and to complete a feedback form go to www.yoursaymarrickville.com.au.Administrative Centre, 2-14 Fisher StreetPETERSHAM 2049
Brian Barrett,GENERAL MANAGER
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M arrickville’s Jessica Silva has been convicted of the manslaughter of her ex-boyfriend James Polk-
inghorne but cleared of the more serious murder charge.
The court heard that in May 2012, Ms Silva stabbed Mr Polkinghorne outside her parents’ Marrickville home after he threatened to kill her.
Ms Silva’s defence argued that Mr Polk-inghorne had a reputation for violence when he used the drug ‘ice’ and Ms Silva had been repeatedly abused by Mr Polk-inghorne over a number of years.
They asked the jury to consider Ms Silva’s actions an act of self defence.
The Crown acknowledged the abuse suffered by Ms Silva but insisted her actions were not lawful.
The jury deliberated the matter for more than a week and late last Thursday, December 4 returned to the court saying they were unable to agree on a verdict.
Justice Clifton Hoeben asked them to try a bit harder to reach a unanimous verdict but to remember they must stick to their sworn vows to deliver a true verdict.
Less than an hour later, the jury returned with a verdict.
Before they even entered the court, emotions started to run hot in the room with members of Ms Silva’s family crying as they anticipated the verdict and one family member shouting at Mr Polking-horne’s family that he would never forgive them because they could have stopped it.
As the verdict on the manslaughter charge was read out, Ms Silva slumped forward on her hands and started sobbing while members of her family wailed.
She then slid over and lay down in the dock. Her father pleaded to be able to hug her but the sheriffs prevented him and called on everyone in the room to calm down.
Justice Hoeben deferred sentencing until next year and granted Ms Silva bail on the same conditions she was previously bailed under.
Justice Hoeben said he had made no decision yet on sentencing but he felt the spectrum of sentences could range from a custodial sentence to a non-custodial sentence. The Crown Prosecutor indi-cated he was happy with the spectrum of sentences suggested by the judge and didn’t oppose bail.
The case will return to the Supreme Court on February 6 next year for sentenc-ing submissions. Neither Ms Silva nor her legal team made any comment as they left the court.
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Emotions run high as Silva verdict delivered
Jessica Silva (centre) leaves court with her father (left)
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MY MARRICKVILLE
Emma Pierce, St PetersFavourite cafe: Velvet Garage in Applebee St has great foodBest place to relax: The most relaxing thing for me is reading a book in the hammock on my back verandahBest place for entertainment: I love the new indie venues springing up like Red Rattler, Lazy Bones and Camelot Lounge The thing you love most about Marrickville is... how amazingly diverse and caring it can be. When the WestConnex motorway was announced, the local community quickly banded together to support one another and communi-cate better alternatives for the whole of Sydney
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HISTORY
T he Winged Victory monument which formerly stood outside Marrickville Town Hall has taken up its new place in the Australian
War Memorial in Canberra.The revamped First World War Galleries
at the War Memorial were re-opened on November 30 with the Winged Victory taking pride of place along with newly discovered Bullecourt tank components, delicate personal belongings from Pheas-ant Wood, and old favourites such as the iconic dioramas and the HMT Ascot land-ing boat.
Last Friday, more than 80 Marrickville residents made the journey down to Canberra to see the statue in its new home.
“It was such an honour to see Winged Victory taking pride of place in the AWM’s WWI Galleries in Canberra,” said Marrick-ville Mayor Mark Gardiner.
“As you wander through the galleries, see the enlistment stories, the great expe-dition to Gallipoli, then the various battles of France, and finally reach the Winged Victory at the end, it’s truly remarkable.”
The statue was commissioned by Marrickville Council and created by local sculptor Gilbert Doble in 1919 as a WWI
memorial. In 1962, it was removed for repairs and
not returned until 1988. However, it continued to deteriorate and, after signifi-cant cracks appeared, it was removed in
2008 to minimise public risk. A new interpretation of Winged Victory
by artists Peter Corlett and Darien Pullen will be installed outside Marrickville Town Hall next year as part of Council’s
From Marrickville to Canberra: Winged Victory finds its new home
Monument takes pride of place
The Winged Victory at the Australian War Memorial
CHRIS CONNOLLY @connolly2204Gallipoli centenary commemorations, ‘Marrickville Remembers’.
“The AWM has done an amazing job of showing how Australia – and Marrickville – were affected by the Great War, and how they chose to honour and remember the dreadful loss of life. It is all very fascinat-ing, but also deeply moving,” Mayor Gardiner said.
Australian War Memorial Director Dr Brendan Nelson said the refurbished Galleries present the war chronologically, taking visitors through Gallipoli, the Western Front, Sinai and Palestine, with an added focus on Australia in 1914 and the enduring legacy of the impact of war today.
“This exhibition is the Memorial’s major contribution to Australia’s Anzac cente-nary commemorations,” Dr Nelson said.
“It has been designed to inform and educate visitors for generations to come.”
Dr Nelson said that it was more than just an exhibit, it was an opportunity to go back in time.
“Behind every one of these exhibits and displays is a story about Australians’ commitment and sacrifice in the First World War,” he said.
Have you seen it yet? When you do, tell us your thoughts at [email protected].
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P ortugal has a very long wine making tradition and is particularly famous for its fortified wines such as Port or Madeira.
The country has several native grape varieties and a perfect climate, which allows wine production in every corner of the country including its Atlantic islands.
Cassiano’s Wines & Spirits in Marrickville is a small family owned company that imports quality wines from Portugal introducing them into the Australian Market at the best possible prices.
Founded by Jorge Cassiano and his father Jordão Cassiano, they offer wines with unique Portuguese grapes such as Baga, Loureiro and Alvarinho as well as a variety of ports such as Magalhães and Ferreira.
They contact the producers directly, so they learn every-thing about their companies and the products they offer.
At the moment they are exclusive Importers for Tapada de Villar and Conde de Villar, which are produced by Quinta das Arcas. They also sell wines from other importers.
Cassiano’s Wines & Spirits want to bring their clients the best Portugal has to offer so, as well as a wide range of Portuguese wines, they also offer other alcoholic bever-ages, non-alcoholic lifestyle beverages and specialty foods.
Their aim is bringing something different to what people already know. Portugal has a great variety of wines which means there’s still plenty to discover.
For more information or to purchase wines go to www.cassianowines.com.au. Wines cannot be purchased from their warehouse at 5 Smidmore Street, Marrickville but can be picked up there after purchase.
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Aquarius is a fixed sign and you can be very set in your wild and wacky ways. But with Uranus squaring Pluto, the less adaptable
you are, the more difficult this week will be. So it’s time to examine your life in forensic detail and make some radical changes. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater though!
AQUARIUS JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19
Enthusiasm is high but don’t jump to hasty conclusions, and then pass on incorrect information. Get your facts straight, oth-
erwise serious stuff-ups are likely, especially involving finances and friends. Saturday looks super as Neptune blesses creative projects, and your intuition helps you find a solution to a long-term problem.
PISCES FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20
Prepare for a challenging week full of dramatic disruptions and gob-smacking surprises. Being a restless, rambunctious (or rude)
Ram will just land you in a heap of trouble, especially with authority figures. So simmer down, before you say or do something that you later regret. Extend your peer group to include a creative new crowd.
ARIES MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20
Expect an intense week Bulls, when your capacity to bend, change and adapt will be put to the test, both professionally
and in personal relationships. If you are too stubborn and unyielding in your opinions, then others will just stop listening to what you have to say.
TAURUS APRIL 21 TO MAY 21
There will be some turmoil early in the week Twins, especially involving friends, joint finances or group projects. Avoid spread-
ing unsubstantiated gossip and passing on information that is unver-ified, take the time to check the facts thoroughly first. As Mercury moves into conscientious Capricorn, you’ll gradually feel less frazzled and more settled. Saturday is super for creative brainstorming.
GEMINI MAY 22 TO JUNE 21
You want everything to run smoothly but it’s just not going to happen. Professional relationships will be tricky and loved ones
unpredictable, so relax and take things as they come. If you switch into crabby and cantankerous mode, then you’ll just make things worse. Business and financial matters look promising though.
CANCER JUNE 22 TO JULY 22
With Venus, Uranus and Pluto all stirring up your wellbeing zone, it’s time for a complete physical and mental detox. Choose
a simple, healthy diet that boosts your energy levels plus purge your life of toxic people who are bringing you down. Make major changes that will lead to long-term success and happiness.
LEO JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23
Mercury is moving into fellow earth sign Capricorn (until Janu-ary 3) so you’re keen to tackle practical tasks like cooking, gar-
dening, building and DIY jobs, plus fun creative projects. But the more intently you try to micro-manage close relationships, the more loved ones will distance themselves from you.
VIRGO AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23
With Venus and Pluto pairing up in your domestic zone, it’s a wonderful week to clean and de-clutter your living space. Then
you can enjoy the simple pleasures of Home Sweet Home. But your family life certainly won’t be simple and uncomplicated, expect a few surprising twists and turns along the way!
LIBRA SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23
Uranus sends disruptions in your direction, plus Pluto demands that you shed your old Scorpio skin and start afresh. The only
certainty at the moment is change! A close relationship is complicated by possessive behaviour and heavy demands. Trying to control others and manipulate outcomes will get you nowhere fast.
SCORPIO OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22
Expect a week of extremes. You have the ability to turn a diffi-culty into a lucky opportunity. All you need is the confidence to
pull it off! You’re in an impulsive mood but try to modify your reactions – cool cooperation will get you a lot further than fiery confrontation. With Venus and Pluto pairing up in your finance zone, the more you re-spect and conserve money, the more cash will come your way.
SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21
You’re keen to get ahead but, if you are less than 100 per cent honest and ethical, then the Uranus/Pluto square increases your
likelihood of getting caught out. Plus avoid using emotional manipula-tion to force people to do what you think they should be doing. Let oth-ers make their own choices. It’s also time to initiate positive changes.
CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20
JOANNE MADELINE MOORE
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Eyebrows are the most common part of the face that women neglect. They seem pointless don’t they; just stupid patches of hair above our eyes, but have you ever thought about what you would look like without them?
If you are savvy with the photoshop, try erasing your eyebrows from a photo of yourself or just cover them with your hands when you look in the mirror and prepare yourself for a shock.
Our faces would look completely different without eyebrows. So, contrary to popular belief, they are a very important
feature of the face and because of this, we should be looking after them. Looking after our brows means ensuring that they are appropriately shaped, maintained and filled in, which means that they need our daily attention.
There are people employed in beauty parlours across the local area that spend hours of their day shaping brows, so they can be trusted with your most important feature.
After they are shaped, maintaining your brows is something you can do yourself, or with the help of a beautician.
Once a week I will remove stray hairs with a pair of tweezers, it only takes a minute at the most, but I am very careful not to get too tweezer-happy and start affecting my brow shape.
Your brows should never get too thin, in fact take a look at Cara Delevingne, who is the brow poster girl at the moment.
Monthly shaping and weekly maintaining is only the begin-ning of looking after your brows – they need your daily atten-tion. Here, you need to enlist the assistance of products like a brow kit. Australis recently released two excellent brow kits, which won’t require you spending more than $20.
Traditionally, brow kits contain a powder, brow wax and tool. Every day you should comb your brow with a small brow brush before applying a brow wax using a small angled brow brush to smooth, shape and define your brows.
Follow the wax with a powder to fill in any of the patchy parts. Australis’ ‘Oh Hai Brow’ and ‘Browz It’ both come with two different shades of powder, suitable for people with any hair tone, with ‘Oh Hai’ also including a highlighting powder that can be used under your brow arch.
It’s time to focus on your eyebrows
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ROB CHARLWOODAzzurra Fitness
As I type this article, I’m flying at 25,000 feet down the East Coast from Brisbane to Sydney having been in Brisbane for a training program with my coach from the USA. My flight was due to get me home Tuesday night, however due to violent storm activity, all flights had been cancelled and I was put up
in a flash Brisbane Hotel.Many of the passengers were rather irate at the fact that the
flight had been cancelled and that they couldn’t reach their destination, however there was nothing that could be done, it was out of anyone’s control. I was certainly happy being safe on the ground rather than flying through the wild lightning storm that lit up the sky.
This reminded me of something I have to talk to often with our clients about. Many of us these days experience varying levels of anxiety in our everyday life. This can be brought on by personal relations, professional pressure or unrealistic personal goals and expectations (such as trying to achieve the “magazine body”). This anxiety can be very detrimental to succeeding in your health and fitness goals due to the effect stress can have on your hormonal levels.
It’s important to understand that these pressures and anxi-eties come in many forms, some that you have absolutely no control over, some you have a small input into control, and the other being one that you have total control over, this is where we need to concentrate our energy.
We need to offer less energy to those things that we have no control over at all. This is wasted energy and stress as there is nothing you can do to change this. However, there is much that is in our control completely. We can control our food choices, we can control our exercise habits and we can semi control our rest/sleep periods.
These are the things that help us achieve our goals and successes in health and fitness. Without this control, we continue along a rocky path to health. Get these things right, and health, fitness and active lifestyles become a byproduct or your choices, they are no longer a dream.
How to control the controllable
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With the holidays approaching rapidly, many families in the inner city area are looking for places to board their furry family members while they are away for the holiday season. There are a variety of options out there, and so it is important to choose the right one for your pet.
Home stayGetting someone to move into your
home for the period you are away is a reasonable idea as your pet does not have to become acquainted with a new envi-ronment. Organising a home-sitter may be an especially good solution for multi-pet households or those who have both cats and dogs as they can be accommodated all together. The downside is the person looking after your house and pets may not be on-site all of the time to check water
bowl levels and to provide a source of human attention.ShelterSome owners of pets which have been acquired from a shelter
find it convenient to return their pet there when they’re travel-ling. I wouldn’t recommend this option as it can encourage anxi-ety due to the memories of being in a shelter.
Vet clinicMany veterinary clinics offer boarding services for their clients.
This can offer an additional peace of mind while you are away in case your pet has a condition requiring medical attention. Older pets or those receiving medication would be especially well suited to this type of accommodation over the holidays.
BoardingBoarding in a purpose-built facility is one of the most common
accommodation options. Just be sure to check the credentials of the shelter to ensure your pet is well looked after and won’t come home with fleas!
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David Gray: From Babylonto Byron
Save for a whistle-stop metro stadium tour in 2009, it’s been quite some time since David Gray’s Aussie fans have had the chance to see him in the
flesh – it was 2006 when Gray was last here as part of the Byron Bay Bluesfest and the UK singer-songwriter will be making a welcome return visit to the iconic festival next year, a move sure to please his many local fans.
Speaking to West Life, Gray said he’s got great memories of his last visit to Bluesfest nearly a decade ago.
“Yeah, we had an absolutely brilliant time when we were at Bluesfest last – definitely one that will live long in the memory,” Gray said.
“It was great – everyone was well up for it and we had the unusual luxury of having an entire day off before the show so we were well chilled out also – so we definitely can’t wait to come back for another crack.”
Gray is currently globetrotting on the back of his critically acclaimed tenth record ‘Mutineers’ and we were lucky enough to grab him on a quick inter-tour furlough.
“Well ‘Mutineers’ was released back in June and it’s been pretty much non-stop ever since, which is a good problem to have,” he laughed.
“So basically, right now I’m home in London for a couple of weeks to kind of get my head together, then I’m heading back to the States for a charity show in Boston, then more US shows, more Euro-pean shows, some more US shows then down to Australia.”
The reason for this flurry of activity is, undoubtedly, Gray’s mesmerising new album ‘Mutineers’ – a set that critics are calling his best since his breakthrough 1998 album ‘White Flag’.
While still replete with a similar stark aesthetic (piano ballads, haunting acous-tica et al), ‘Muntineers’ is a much more densely layered record than previous releases with his usual themes of loneli-ness and regret eschewed for a decidedly sunnier outlook.
Gray, who said he had been suffering from a kind of creative ennui since ‘White
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Flag’, added that he was keen to tear down his usual approach to writing in search of something new.
To that end, Gray enlisted the services of Andy Barlow – one half of 90s UK down-beat electronica duo Lamb to oversee production duties.
“Andy really took me out of my comfort zone in that he didn’t let me make tracks in the way I wanted to or was used to,” he said.
“We took so many risks on the album and there were periods where I was deeply uncomfortable because I was so far out of that comfort zone, and I was sure that it wasn’t going to work.
“But we just kept looking for something different and when it all finally came together, I realised that he was on the right track all along.”
Gray said the end result was empower-ing and something he’s incredibly proud of.
“There was a real sense of regeneration with this record and I felt really empow-ered creatively after tearing away all of those old ways of doing things and recon-necting with the simple joy of discovery,” he said.
Gray, who was at the crest of the late 90s singer-songwriter boom with ‘White Flag’ and its singles ‘Babylon’, ‘Please Forgive Me’, ‘This Year’s Love’, ‘Sail Away’ and ‘Say Hello Wave Goodbye’, said that while he never expected his career to take such a radical upward trajectory after ‘White Flag’, the secret to staying at the top of his creative game was discipline.
“I knew ‘White Flag’ was a good record but I never expected it to take off like it did – it kind of came out under the radar and a lot of people missed the boat initially, but they caught up,” he laughed.
Self control is a key for Gray these days.“I have learned that you do need to be
extremely disciplined – especially now that I have a family because family and success can pull you in so many different directions, I mean, barely a day goes by where there’s nothing to do,” he said.
Catch David Gray at the Byron Bay Bluesfest at Tyagarah Tea Farm, Byron Bay from Thursday, April 2 to Monday April 6. For ticketing and full line-up info, visit bluesfest.com.au. David will also be performing at the State Theatre on Wednesday, April 1. For more information visit www.ticketmaster.com.au.
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In the follow up to 2011’s ‘Horrible Bosses’, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis reprise their roles as Nick, Dale and Kurt with the trio deciding to start their own business to eliminate any risk of coming up against another terrible boss.
Unfortunately things don’t go to plan and they end up losing their business to a very shady investor.
The guys aren’t going to play nice though and decide it’s time for a little payback. To show the investor who’s really boss they plan to kidnap his adult son; a less drastic option than the first film where the trio attempt to murder their bosses. Of course, as often happens in comedies, things don’t exactly go to plan.
The film features a host of big names including Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz, who has earned a reputation for playing the perfect villain. ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ also stars Jennifer Aniston who reprises her role as Dr Julia Harris and Kevin Spacey who returns in the role of Dave Harken.
Don’t miss this perfect summer comedy, it’ll have you laughing all day long!
‘Into the Woods’ takes the Brothers Grimm fairytales and mashes them together, creating a new story which weaves the plot lines and characters of these beloved children’s stories. All your favourites are featured in this reworked classic including ‘Cinderella’, played by Anna Kendrick, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, played by Daniel Huttlestone, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, played by Lilla Crawford and ‘Rapunzel’, played by MacKenzie Mauzy. Add to the mix a baker and his wife, played by Emily Blunt and James Corden and a witch, played by Meryl Streep, and it’s a recipe for some interesting times.
The soundtrack itself is unforgettable and features 19 tracks by Stephen Sondheim, the legendary composer who contributed music and lyrics to the project.
The soundtrack benefits from the film’s star studded cast with performances by the likes of Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, who perform several tracks on the album. The big names don’t stop there with James Corden, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick and Johnny Depp also featuring on the soundtrack.
No doubt fans will find much to enjoy about the soundtrack as it brings to life this new Brothers Grimm experience.
Lara Croft is back and this time she’s in the deserts of Egypt.
In the follow up to the hugely popular ‘Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light’, Lara is forced to buddy up with Carter Bell, her rival treasure hunter and imprisoned gods Isis and Horus.
Their aim is to destroy the evil god, Set, by finding the remains of Osiris. It won’t be easy though, they must battle through ancient tombs while fighting creatures of myth.
‘Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris’ is the first Lara Croft game where players will be able to play in a four-player co-op.
Playing as Lara you will explore temples and solve puzzles, all while trying to defeat your enemies. The rewards are plentiful, with powerful artefacts and treasure galore.
This is sure to be another hit in the Lara Croft game series, and hopefully will spawn another feature film in years to come.
This Hollywood remake of a cult 90’s classic cartoon is a must-see for anyone desperate to relive golden memories from their childhood.
As in its original format, the film sees April O’Neil (Megan Fox), a struggling reporter, chasing down a story involving the infamous Foot Clan. April then becomes entangled with the Foot Clan and a group of four vigilantes, whom we later find out to be our heroes in a half shell, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo. The four are led by their mutant rat mentor, Master Splinter.
The Turtles must work with April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel the Foot Clan leader Shredder’s diabolical plan.
‘TMNT’ is the first time Fox has worked with producer Michael Bay since being fired from the third film in the ‘Trans-formers’ franchise, ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’.
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TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSUREDarley Street, Newtown (Between John Street and King Street)
Darley Street, Newtown between John Street and King Street will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffi c from 7.00am to 5.30pm on Monday 15 December, 2014.Resident access will be available during the works. The purpose of the temporary road closure, which will be affected by the placing of barricades and signs at strategic locations, is to reconstruct an existing speed hump.The works and traffi c control are being undertaken by Marrickville Council Civil Works and Council’s Traffi c Management Contractor respectively. Traffi c will be diverted with signs in place showing the diversion route. Any enquiries please contact Council on 9335 2222.
Administrative Centre, 2-14 Fisher StreetPETERSHAM 2049
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Captain Kickarse & The Awesomes is a band best experi-enced live, they manage to supersede genre and exhibit raw instrumental rock at its best. Tonight, the beloved Sydney band will premiere the first taste of their new single ‘Pogono-phobe’ from their forthcoming album due in 2015. Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at the door.
Singer and Harmonica player Ian Collard has established himself as one of Australia’s leading blues artists. Col-lard has, in recent years, taken to pre-forming solo, handling singing, guitar and harmonica duties simultaneously, producing the authentic down-home blues sound that can be heard on his 2014 release ‘Swamp Stomp and Boogie’. His harmonica playing can also be heard on albums by Australian artists Claire Bowditch, Jeff Lang and Ash Grunwald. Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased through the Camelot Lounge website.
The most wonderful time of the year sees Sydney light up with various displays of stunning Christmas lights popping up left, right and centre. Some of the key spots to check out include St Mary’s Cathedral, whose façade is entirely lit up, the LEGO Christmas Tree outside Westfield Sydney in Pitt Street Mall, the Martin Place Street Light Disco, the Christmas Light Forest at Pitt Street Mall and the famous Martin Place Christmas Tree. Best of all, the lights are all free to check out!
Fado in Australia is a group of Portu-guese Fado musicians based in Sydney. The band was formed approximately 15 years ago thanks to the passion of Portu-guese immigrants who incredibly missed their native musical roots and who decided to bring it back to the Australian Portuguese community.
Cabaret Sasquatch breathes new life into live entertainment in Sydney. Burlesque, magic, and circus performers work together with an 8-piece band to compose and choreograph a completely unique and vivacious cabaret of sharp wit and seduction. It’s not only a show, but also a collective of young artists creating a platform for alternative live performance. These artists utilise the elements of burlesque, magic, and circus to create entirely unique performances. Entry is free so check it out!
He’s been referred to as the next Bob Marley and attributed to spark-ing a “musical revolution”, now rising Jamaican star Chronixx and his band Zinc Fence Redemption are bringing their unique style of reggae to the Factory Theatre. Chronixx even boasts Major Lazer-backing on one of his 2012 mixtape ‘Start a Fire’. Chronixx has topped both Billboard and iTunes reg-gae charts and he is a talent not to be missed! Tickets start at $60 and can be purchased from the Factory Theatre website.
This December, the cream of inde-pendent Australian psych music will converge for the return of Australia’s most dedicated celebration of psy-chedelic rock music, Sydney Psych Fest. 18 of Australia’s premier psych bands from five states, handpicked by the Sydney Psych Fest collective will perform over two stages throughout the day and into the night.
Baby Lips & the Silhouettes met in Ul-timo and play a unique brand of off-world jazz. Claiming influ-ence by Sun Ra, Melody Gardot and The Budos Band, they are a united front for harmonies in music, harmony within one’s self and the doubling of one’s power by looking in the mirror. Their poetry is the untold stories of the past mixed with daydreams of an, as yet, unremembered future. Entry is free!
Nothing will get you into the Christmas spirit like the renowned Christmas at Sydney Town Hall concert. The magnificent Grand Organ and the stunning sandstone surroundings make this very tradi-tional affair of carol singing, festive music and readings a memorable night for the whole family. Tickets are $15 for adults.
CAPTAIN KICKARSE & THE AWESOMES Friday, December 12 • Factory Theatre
IAN COLLARDFriday, December 12Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
SYDNEY CHRISTMAS LIGHTSUntil December 25Various Locations
FADO IN AUSTRALIASunday, December 14Camelot Lounge
CHRISTMAS AT SYDNEY TOWN HALLTuesday, December 16Sydney Town Hall
CABARET SASQUATCHFriday, December 12 • Red Rattler
CHRONIXX & ZINC FENCE REDEMPTIONFriday, December 12Factory Theatre
SYDNEY PSYCH FESTSaturday, December 13Factory Theatre
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with its wealth of fascinating facts past, present and future.And if you have a visit to Tassie in mind, it’s a great guide,
too, for its wine routes. Written by local wine writer and historian, Tony Walker, this is a book to enjoy yourself or to give at Christmas to family or friends.
Beautifully illustrated, it covers everything from the first wine grape plantings in 1823 to the demise of the fledgling industry and its revival.
Tony also points out how, historically, Tasmania was unknown territory for viticulture, with all Australian research based on warmer climates and now its future has “virtually unlimited potential.” Paying tribute to those who did the hard yards by often trial and error, it’s also a rewardingly insightful guide to the state’s now more than 50 vineyards.
Well worth every cent at $49.95 (freight free) from www.providoretasmania.com.au
One to note: A wonderfully crispy dry bubbly for Christmas celebrations is Logan Wines’ Vintage ‘M’ Cuvee made from fruit off the north-facing slopes of Mount Canobolas at Orange in NSW’s Central Ranges. Winemaker Peter Logan has created a drop that’s equally ideal as an aperitif before a meal, or throughout the entire meal itself, no matter what you’ve got on the table. Pay $35.
Tassie wine book a great gift idea
CHATTERON THE BOX
I told you last week how Delta Goodrem
was returning to ‘Neighbours’ for their 30th anniversary next March, well, a few more ex-cast members have signed up as well including Paul Keane, who played Des Clarke; Melissa Bell, who played Lucy Robinson; Stephanie McIn-tosh, who played Skye Mangle; and Anne Scott-Pendlebury, who played Hilary Robinson.
Channel Nine will air ‘Carols By Candlelight’,
as always, this Christmas Eve at 8pm. The impressive line-up of singers this year includes Kate Ceberano, Silvie Paladino, Anthony Callea, Marina Prior, David Hobson, Tim Campbell, Rob Mills, Adam Harvey, Shane Jacobson and Lucy Durack. This year’s ‘Carols’ will be hosted by Lisa Wilkinson and David Campbell.
We’ve been talking about it for weeks,
now comedian Kathy Griffin has finally been confirmed as the new host of ‘Fashion Police’. Griffin replaces Joan Rivers who passed away in September. 17 episodes of ‘Fashion Police’ will air in 2015, beginning in January.
SBS will air a very interesting musical docu-
mentary next month where inmates at Darwin Correctional Centre tell their story through song. Titled ‘Prison Songs’, it’s been described as Australia’s first ever documentary musi-cal. It airs January 4 at 9.30pm. Don’t miss it!
Remember that apart-ment on the recent series
of ‘The Block: Glasshouse’ that was renovated by all five teams? Well, it’s finally been sold in a private sale for an undisclosed amount. The apartment, which formed part of a final group challenge, was not part of the grand final auction.
Showcase on Foxtel has started airing ‘The
Knick’, a scripted drama series about the Knickerbocker Hospital in New York during the early part of the 20th century. The show, which has already won a second season, is directed by Steven Soder-bergh. Catch it on Wednesdays at 7.30pm.
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Success for Corolla – and other promi-nent Toyota vehicle brands including HiLux and Camry – has enabled the company’s dealers to deliver more than 184,400 vehicles so far this year.
As a result, Toyota is set to be confirmed as the country’s best-selling automotive brand for 2014, making it Toyota’s 12th year in a row as the outright market leader.
Toyota’s 11 month tally represents an average of 550 vehicles delivered each day of the year so far. No other brand has reached 100,000 sales for the same period.
Sales figures to the end of November also reveal Camry is on track to be Australia’s top-selling mid-size car for the 21st straight year, while HiLux has a commanding lead as the country’s best-selling ute and the most popular four-wheel drive vehicle.
Toyota’s executive director sales and marketing, Tony Cramb, said Toyota and the wider automotive industry continued to generate healthy demand for new vehicles from private and busi-ness buyers.
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A n outstanding individual effort from Bendigo Spirit’s Belinda Snell has seen them hand the Sydney Uni Flames their fourth loss of the season
and their third in their last four games.A few weeks ago, the Flames climbed to the
top of the WNBL ladder but recent losses to the West Coast Waves, Melbourne Boomers and now Bendigo have seen them drop back to third.
The Spirit defeated the Flames 85-74 last Friday night in Sydney with Snell contributing almost half the points herself with an amazing 41 individual points including a perfect 7 from 7 at the free throw line, 11 two pointers from 12 attempts plus four 3-pointers.
The lead chopped and changed in the first half, with the Flames holding a 23-20 lead at quarter time and a 49-44 lead at half-time.
The third quarter was a low scoring arm wrestle with missed opportunities for both teams. Sydney Uni made just three shots from 15 attempts from the floor while Bendigo also struggled making just six from 17 but it was enough to go into the final quarter with a
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Katie-Rae Ebzery shoots for the lead in the final quarter of the game against Bendigo.Photo: Geoff Tripp/Flames Photos
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narrow 59-56 lead. Inspired by a vocal home crowd, the Flames regained the lead early in the final quarter but every time the Flames grabbed the lead, Snell was able to claw it back with impeccable shooting.
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