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Protect our park

M ore than 200 people attended a meeting at Petersham Bowling Club late last month concerned about both the NSW Government’s plans

to revitalise Parramatta Road and the proposed WestConnex motorway.

Kath Reynolds, speaking on behalf of the organ-ising group Save Petersham Park, said Urban-Growth NSW’s draft strategy for Parramatta Road forecasts 4000 to 5500 new dwellings in the area by 2050 which could see houses around the park and in adjoining streets rezoned to ‘high density’.

She said the area around Petersham Park is a heritage conservation area, and residents were understandably horrified by these proposals.

“This area is already doing its bit with develop-ment,” Ms Reynolds said.

“We have the Flourmill highrise going up near Lewisham station with 300 apartments, the Meri-ton highrise next to it with 400 apartments, and 68 apartments on the old hardware store site on Old Canterbury Rd. As well as this there are four storeys with 54 apartments approved to go up on West St right next to the park.”

The meeting voted overwhelmingly to call on the NSW Government to abandon plans for high-rise development in the vicinity of the park, and also to abandon plans to build Westconnex and to instead commit to public transport options.

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Can we all learn a lesson from the Paris and Sydney shootings?

Yesterday morning we awoke to the shocking news that 12 people had been shot dead at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

While it’s still too early to talk definitively about the motives of the assailants (at the time of writ-ing they were still on the run), it is clear that the paper is one that likes to be controversial.

A few years ago its offices were fire bombed and it seems likely that this attack was also made by people upset at something that had been printed.

There has certainly been speculation about the motives of the attackers and you may have noticed I am not referring to them, not because I am concerned at offending the criminals who make attacks such as this but because without knowing the full facts and going off half-cocked there is a risk in these situations of tarring inno-cent people with the same brush as the criminals.

The siege in Martin Place last month was simi-lar.

While the attack shocked many people in this city and around the world, one of the positive things which came out it was the I’ll Ride With You campaign on social media where people offered to travel on public transport with others who were fearful of revenge attacks after the siege.

Following that campaign, South Australian of the Year Dr Gill Hicks last week launched a new campaign called Be The Bridge.

10 years ago, Dr Hicks lost both her legs below the knees as a result of the London bombings which killed 52 people and left hundreds injured.

She said while waiting for rescue in the train carriage, she made a vow that if she was to survive she would use her ‘second life’ to make a positive difference.

“My focus is to ensure we are creating societies where we are confident in our difference because we are united as ‘one’, not divided into groups of ‘us and them’,” Dr Hicks said.

“It was important for me to use my body in its ‘new’ form to show the strength, courage and determination that I believe is within each of us - that we can face adversity and make a difference, embracing life for all it offers.”

She revealed when she awoke later in hospital, she found herself labelled ‘One Unknown, esti-mated female’.

“What that told me was that the rescuers were willing to put their own lives at risk to come and

save mine, to save as many people as they could. To them it didn’t matter what colour my skin was, whether I had a faith or no faith at all, if I was rich or poor – nothing mattered other than I was a precious human life,” she said.

“I understood immediately what it meant to be part of humanity and just how interdepend-ent and interconnected we all actually are - one person can make a significant difference.”

Dr Hicks said she was inspired by I’ll Ride With You and helped found Be The Bridge as an initia-tive that aims to bring people together regardless of their backgrounds to encourage them to find the strength and confidence to learn more about each other.

In my view, that should be the response to situations such as this and I admire Dr Hicks for responding so positively to her own personal trauma.

I wonder if there are lessons here for the after-math of the shootings in Paris and Sydney.

Charlie Hebdo is reportedly a left-wing paper which likes to poke fun at the establishment whether it is political, commercial or religious establishment.

Satire and cartooning are well established means of drawing attention to serious issues through the use of humour. However, they occa-sionally cross the line of acceptable behaviour as we have seen here with The Chaser team who are probably the closest thing we have in Australia to Charlie Hebdo and who have been forced to publicly apologise a couple of times for sketches that were just too over the top.

We cringe when we think they’ve gone too far and maybe Charlie Hebdo went too far as well. But resorting to murder is definitely going too far and will probably counter-productive as many people in France start saying “Je suis Charlie” or “I am Charlie”.

Dr Gill Hicks has definitely got it right when she suggests talking to each other, understanding our different points of view, and understanding how sometimes we cause offence without mean-ing to.

That is the answer, not more hatred.

And another thing...This is the first edition of The Inner City Week-

ender for 2015. We look forward to bringing you the latest news and information relating to Marrickville throughout the year, and I welcome your story ideas and suggestions.

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Local politicians attended the meet-ing including Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner, Clr David Leary, Labor candidate for Newtown Penny Sharpe and Greens candidate for Newtown Jenny Leong. Other speakers included Matthew Hounsell from EcoTransit and John Hyde from Save Ashfield Park.

Public submissions on UrbanGrowth NSW’s draft strategy for Parramatta Road close on February 12 and Ms Reynolds said they would hold a rally at Petersham Park before then.

Ms Goward said Sydney needs to be ready for the future and the Parramatta Road corridor has the potential to be a truly exciting gateway to the west.

“Successive governments have done nothing to fix the blight that is Parramatta Road,” Minister Goward said.

“The 20-year urban transformation of Parramatta Road will help create up to 50,000 jobs and 50,000 new homes. I encourage everyone to play a part in shaping the future of these neighbour-hoods by taking a look at the draft strategy and giving us feedback.”

Shaping the future

T his year’s Australia Day celebra-tions will culminate in fireworks both in the city and at Enmore Park.

The Marrickville celebrations will start with the traditional citizenship ceremony at 3pm. This will be followed by free live music and a range of kids’ activities before the spectacular fireworks display at 8.45pm.

International food stalls will serve authentic Turkish gozleme, traditional Chinese and Malaysian BBQ dumplings, chicken satay sticks, fresh and cured meats from local butchery Feather and Bone, Israeli street food from Homeland Street Food, as well as mouth watering delights from Chow’s Yummy Kitchen, Corn Kingdom, Crepes with a Difference, Lat Dior African Eatery, Mojo Picon, and authentic Cuban street food from Salads to Go.

In the city, the 7.30am WugulOra Indig-enous Ceremony at the Sydney Opera House, which celebrates Australia’s tradi-tional landowners, will mark the official start of a diverse program that lasts into the evening including the world’s oldest continuously conducted annual sailing event, the 179th Australia Day Regatta,

the Tall Ships Race, the Ferrython, and the Salute to Australia which will include a 21 Gun Salute by the Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force.

The city fireworks will kick off at 8.30pm between the three P&O cruise ships ‘Pacific Dawn’, ‘Pacific Jewel’ and ‘Pacific Pearl’ treating both passengers and fore-shore spectators.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Tour-ism and Major Events Troy Grant said the 2015 program will feature music, maritime activities, cultural events and entertain-ment for the whole family.

“Visitors to Sydney on Australia Day are always in for a treat, with activities and entertainment, much of which is free, taking place from early in the morning right through to the evening, making it an affordable day out for families celebrating our national day,” Minister Grant said.

“Each year, our Harbour City welcomes thousands of visitors to its spectacular foreshore for the festivities, contribut-ing millions of dollars’ worth of visitor expenditure to the State’s economy.

“There is no better time than 2015 to experience Australia Day in Sydney, and I look forward to once again welcoming visitors from across Australia to enjoy the events.”

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T he former motor registry in the Marrickville Metro has re-opened as a Service NSW centre combin-ing all the facilities of the former

registry with a range of other state govern-ment services.

The centre was officially opened just before Christmas by Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet with Service NSW CEO Glenn King and Marrick-ville branch manager Jason Grounds.

Minister Perrotet said local businesses would no longer need to find a Fair Trad-ing Office to renew their licences while residents can apply for Seniors Cards or Opal Cards or make use of a JP service at the new centre.

“What we’ve done as Service NSW is streamlined our service process,” Minister Perrottet said.

“We have rolled in 850 transactions into a one stop shop here. We’ve changed the culture, brought down the bullet proof glass from the old RTA centres. My view is if the private sector can do it, the public sector can do it as well.”

He said the new facility has extended trading hours (7am-7pm weekdays, 9am-3pm Saturday), concierge services

and online kiosks to help customers complete transactions faster.

“That’s where I think the future is. We want customers to be able to transact with government at a time and place that’s convenient to them,” he said.

“We’ve just issued a new app which came out about a month ago. You can do a number of these transactions online in a very easy format. If we can encourage people, they don’t need to take some time off work. They can do it on an iPhone or tablet on the bus on the way to work.”

Minister Perrottet said Marrickville was the 24th Service NSW centre to open and by mid next year there will be 36.

“We’re also increasing the staff so there’ll be an extra nine staff here,” he said.

“They’re going through substantial training as their brief is expanding. They’re encouraged by the fact they have greater opportunity to learn more and contribute more.”

He congratulated Jason Grounds, who was manager of the former motor registry, on his appointment as the new manager for the centre and said he would bring a wealth of experience to the role.

“I am certain that this centre will set new standards for service delivery for residents and businesses in Sydney’s inner west,” Minister Perrottet said.

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NSW Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet (left) at the opening of the Marrickville Services NSW centre with manager Jason Grounds

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M arrickville Council has put up banners across the munici-pality declaring the area ‘Coal Seam Gas Free’.

The move is a response to a motion passed by Council in October last year which committed Council to support a campaign by Stop CSG Sydney to have petroleum exploration licence (PEL) 463 covering most of the Sydney basin extin-guished.

Included in the support was writing to the Minister for Energy and Resources Anthony Roberts on the subject, adver-tising it through Council’s newsletter, website and via the banners, and explor-ing the feasibility of running a poll on the issue in conjunction with the next Council Election in 2016.

Marrickville Greens councillor Sylvie Ellsmore proposed the motion at Council. She said while the State Government had established a two-kilometre exclusion zone around residential areas preventing exploration in the area, it refused to cancel the licence, despite repeated requests.

“Residents remain very concerned that the State Government’s ongoing support for CSG mining and refusal to cancel the

exploration licence over Sydney means they have plans to allow future gas explo-ration in the Sydney residential areas in the future,” Cr Ellsmore said.

“The most recent correspondence from the Liberal State Government to Council in December 2014 confirmed that Macquarie Energy (subsidiary of DART) has only suspended field operations in NSW including PEL 463 ‘until it considers there is greater regulatory certainty’.”

Stop CSG Sydney activists Pip Hinman and Adrienne Shilling said they were pleased to see the banners being displayed in Newtown, Petersham and Marrickville.

“Communities across NSW have taken note of the disasters caused by fracking, not only in the US but closer to home in Queensland and they will not let the industry, supported by the NSW Govern-ment, wreck people’s livelihoods and health by polluting our water, soil and air”, Ms Shilling said.

Ms Hinman said she was reassured to see Council take a strong stance against the industry.

“If more councils followed Marrickville Council’s lead, and showed their opposi-tion across the Local Government Area, it would be harder for the NSW Government to pretend it has a mandate to help the CSG industry after the elections.”

Marrickville Council declares area ‘Coal Seam Gas Free’

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Adrienne Shilling and Peter Boyle with the banner on Crystal Street in Petersham

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Minister Roberts said there are legal requirements that must be met to suspend or cancel a PEL and it is due to expire in October this year.

Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner said while the State Government is responsible for the exploration licences, there was still a role for local government in the debate.

Marrickville: P Plater caught drink driving

About 7:30pm on Sunday, January 4, a 28-year-old male driver was stopped by Police who were conducting random breath tests in Marrickville.

The man was subjected to a roadside breath test which returned a positive result. The man also provided his driver’s licence which showed he was a provisional 2 driver.

The man was arrested and taken to Newtown Police Station for breath analysis which returned a reading of 0.108 grams of alcohol.

Due to the man returning a reading within the Mid Range Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol and currently holding a P2 class licence, the man’s licence was confiscated and suspended immediately.

The man was issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice and is due to appear at Newtown Local Court on January 27.

Annandale: Man robbed with knife on way to mate’s place Police are appealing for public assistance following the armed robbery of a man in Annandale last weekend.

About 8pm last Saturday, January 3, a 46-year-old man parked his car on Johnston Street and began walking a short distance to a friend’s house.

As he approached the home, he was stopped by two men who threatened him with a knife and stole his mobile phone.

The pair was last seen running across Johnston Street and into Albion Street.

The man was not injured during the incident.

The first man is described as being of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander appear-ance, while the second man is described as being of Caucasian appearance.

Anyone with nformation that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Dulwhich Hill: Toddler falls 10 metres through fly screen

About 1:30pm on Monday, January 5, a three-year-old boy was playing on the bed at his house in Dulwich Hill when he fell through the fly screen, falling approximately 10 metres onto the concrete ground.

A witness heard the fall and ran to the child before calling an ambulance. The child was conscious with a small lump on his head.

Ambulance officers treated the child at the scene before conveying him to Randwick Children’s Hospital for further assessment.

Fortunately the child was not seriously injured, sustaining only minor bruising and abrasions.

Petersham: Gun shot fired at local hotel

Police are investigating after a man fired a shot at a hotel in Petersham late last year.

About 8.20pm on Friday, December 27, a man entered a hotel on Livingstone Road, armed with a sawn-off rifle.

Police have been told the man threatened a security guard and patrons, before walking through the premises. A security guard followed the armed man, pushed him out a door, and attempted to lock him out of the premises. The man fired a shot through a glass panel; however no one was injured.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police via Crime Stoppers.

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T he first stage of the upgrade to the Cooks River Valley Garden in Tempe Reserve has been completed with soil and vegeta-

tion improvements and the construction of a number of new features.

This native garden next to the old Newtown Jets/Cooks River Bowling Club is a showcase for indigenous plants of the Cooks River Valley, and was inspired by the book, Missing Jigsaw Pieces: The Bush Plants of the Cooks River Valley by Doug Benson, Danie Ondinea, and Virginia Bear.

The first seedlings in the garden were planted in September 2001 from local seed stock propagated by community nurseries in Marrickville, Randwick and Strathfield.

The bulk of the work initially was done by volunteers but their numbers dropped off over the years so that contractors had to be hired to maintain the garden.

A 2011 management plan for the garden found it had great potential but it was hidden from view with its entrances “gloomy and uninviting”.

It recommended a number of improve-ments which were completed in the Stage One upgrade including cleaning the site up; removing dead and dying vegeta-

the next five to 10 years so that the garden can achieve its aim of being a showcase of native plants and plant communities of the Cooks River Valley and encourage community members to participate again in the garden’s development.

Stage Two will eventually see the installation of new interpretive signage and understorey plantings in the garden extension areas.

Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner was full of praise for the upgraded garden.

“How fantastic for the Marrickville community to have this asset - a garden oasis - in inner west Tempe,” Mayor Gardiner said.

“We hope that it educates and inspires all who visit it, and that new volunteers will be motivated to form regular working bees down there once again.”

While the Friends of the Cooks River Valley Garden group is no longer active, residents wishing to help revive it and take part in working bees at the garden can contact Council’s Biodiversity Coor-dinator on 9335 2222 or e-mail biocoord@marrickville.nsw.gov.au.

What do you think of the garden, what other improvements should be made? Email your thoughts and ideas to chris-topher.connolly@innercityweekender.com.au.

Stage one of Tempe Reserve’s Cooks River Valley Garden complete

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tion and old signage; improving the soil through the addition of nutrients, rotary hoeing, and mulching; constructing a new main entry with signage, paving and

feature planting beds, and two gathering areas within the garden; and planting of advanced trees.

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Pia LarsenStanmoreFavourite restaurant: Faheem’s Fast Food on Enmore RoadFavourite cafe: Campos NewtownBest place to relax: Walking through the back streets in the eveningBest place for entertainment: Enmore Theatre and Red Rattler Favourite park: Camperdown ParkBest shopping experience in Marrickville: Yoshi Jones and Reverse GarbageThe thing you love most about Marrickville is... that it’s vibrant, open to new ideas and inclusive

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T he evolution of the Metro Migrant Resource Centre from an organi-sation that focuses on helping newly arrived migrants settle

in the country to a much broader based organisation has seen it change its name to Metro Assist.

CEO Lou Bacchiella said there has been no reduction in what they offer in terms of migrant settlement work.

“We’ve actually expanded the organisa-tion,” Mr Bacchiella said.

“Probably about 45 to 50 per cent of our funding still goes towards settlement services. Then about another 35 to 40 per cent comes from State funded services like Family and Community Services and the Office of Fair Trading, and various Council and club grants.”

Mr Bacchiella said changes to the fund-ing of settlement services some years ago prompted many migrant resource centres to look at other sources of funding.

“We happened to go down the path of family services and Office of Fair Trad-ing and we’ve been able to manage that change but we’re always on the lookout for ways of creating greater stability,” he said.

They now offer a range of services such

as financial counselling and no interest loans (with Rosemount Good Shepherd), a tenancy advocacy service, and a Dress for Work service which helps eligible job seekers get clothes for job interviews or for work if they get the job.

Mr Bacchiella said Dress for Work is a project they all love because it was created by Metro and it’s the only service for men they know of in NSW.

“We saw a need. We thought let’s do it and it’s been a great success,” he said.

“We’ve got lots of people volunteering to give up their clothes, people who give up their time to support the service. We’re getting referrals from all over Sydney.”

Settlement worker Tonny Birungi helps manage the program and said they see around 1500 clients a year.

“Last year 300 got a job and the rest are either in some sort of formal training or transitioning into employment,” Mr Birungi said.

“Our job is to make sure someone looks good on the day and gets the job. When they do we also give them clothing and support for the first two weeks of the job because sometimes they may not get paid until after a fortnight.”

Locals needing assistance, Metro Assist’s new Marrickville office is based at 136 Marrickville Road.

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A proposal to introduce a container deposit scheme in NSW has been welcomed by local environmen-talists.

While a formal announcement hasn’t been made by the Government, NSW Envi-ronment Minister Rob Stokes confirmed they had advised industry representatives that the Government favours the intro-duction of such a scheme.

“Littered containers are a major issue in NSW for local communities and our environment,” Minister Stokes said.

“The NSW Government has been examining different approaches used both in Australia and around the world to reduce litter and increase the recycling of container waste.”

The Minister said independent advice showed that a state-based scheme, using reverse vending machines and target-ing containers that are predominantly consumed away-from-home, will be both cost efficient and effective.

“Importantly, it will also complement, rather than compete with, our existing kerbside recycling system,” he said.

“The Government is currently working with the community and industry to

Australia.“Through the Waste Less, Recycle More

program, $20 million is being used over five years to revitalise anti-littering efforts across the state, including new education and community awareness campaigns, new and upgraded litter infrastructure and targeted enforcement programs,” he said.

Greens Party candidate for Summer Hill Cr Max Phillips congratulated the government on the decision, saying that he hoped the scheme would reduce litter and clean up the Cooks River.

“Anyone who has seen the Cooks River after rain will know just how many plastic containers end up in the river and float out to sea,” Cr Phillips said.

“Marrickville Council has been a supporter of container deposit schemes for many years, passing numerous resolu-tions and writing to various ministers about the issue.”

Cr Phillips added that the Marrickville Greens had held a few of their own ‘cash for containers’ stalls over the years to highlight the issue, paying 10 cents per container.

“We were inundated with people bringing in their containers...People who walked their dog would pick up litter on their route,” he said.

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Cr Max Phillips (front) at one of their ‘cash for containers’ stalls

refine the design principles of a CDS and in turn protect the environmental health of our parks, rivers, beaches and towns.”

Minister Stokes said the reform would be

part of broader action being undertaken by the NSW Government to reduce litter generally, with the aim that NSW will have the lowest litter count per capita in

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With Venus visiting your sign, you’re at your attractive Aquari-an best. Personal projects and social networking are particularly

favoured, as you mix things up and multi-task to the max. The Mercu-ry/Venus/Uranus connections favour doing something wildly different; studying an unusual topic or falling in love very fast.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19

Mars is marching through your sign which helps you become as motivated as you can possibly be. It also allows you to draw on

deep inner reserves of strength, bravery and fortitude that you some-times forget exist. Be inspired by A. A. Milne “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think”.

PISCES FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20

It’s a week when you may wonder if you are a big brave Aries at all! With mighty Mars now meandering through passive Pisces

(until February 20) it’s time to morph from a rowdy Ram into a gentle Lamb. And it may feel like one step forward and two steps back mid-week, as Saturn squashes your mojo and stymies your motivation.

ARIES MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20

Paid or volunteer work is stimulating at the moment Bulls so make sure you put aside time for rest, relaxation and rejuvena-

tion. If you wear yourself out, you’ll be no use to anyone! Expect frus-tration regarding shared resources or a joint financial arrangement, as reality brings you down to earth with a thud.

TAURUS APRIL 21 TO MAY 21

The Mercury/Venus/Uranus connections are sensational for cre-ative brainstorming as you explore, experiment and connect.

2015 is the perfect year to study something new. As birthday great Ben-jamin Franklin wrote “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest”. Expect some friction between professional demands and relationship responsibilities, as you try juggle conflicting needs.

GEMINI MAY 22 TO JUNE 21

Stern Saturn pours cold water on displays of affection mid-week, so don’t be offended if loved ones are unusually cool. For some

Crabs, an old health problem could re-surface or you may just feel physically sluggish. With Saturn sauntering through your wellbeing zone, it’s time to establish healthy, disciplined habits for 2015.

CANCER JUNE 22 TO JULY 22

Attached Leos - with Mercury and Venus visiting your relation-ship zone, get talking and collaborating with your partner. Find

out what they are thinking and how they are feeling. It’s not all about you. Single Lions looking for love – now’s the time to pounce! But it won’t take much to turn you into a cranky Cat mid-week.

LEO JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23

The Mercury/Uranus connection encourages creative thinking, as you explore some innovative new ideas. With Mars firing up

your relationship zone, it’s time to be proactive about patching up part-nership problems. But solutions will take a while to work and you’ll have to be doubly diplomatic and super patient.

VIRGO AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23

Are you an airy-fairy Libran living in La-La Land – full of fabu-lously creative ideas and perfect plans but short on practical ap-

plication? This week the challenge is to follow through on your long list of commitments – no matter how daunting they are, or how many ob-stacles are placed in your way. If you make a promise – keep it!

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23

When it comes to a current problem with a child, teenager or friend, an impulsive knee-jerk reaction will only inflame the sit-

uation and make the relationship go backwards. Cool compromise is the key. Smart Scorpios - be extra careful with your cash flow, as task-master Saturn stirs up your money zone. Being thrifty is the new black.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22

Make sure you’ve done all the background work required to en-sure a successful 2015. Don’t assume you can take shortcuts! As

birthday great Benjamin Franklin wrote “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”. Many Sagittarians are gifted writers and, with Mercu-ry and Venus in your communication zone, the stars favour expressing your creative ideas in written form.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21

Capricorns are the perfectionists of the zodiac. And your con-scientious streak is likely to go into overdrive this week as Mars

squares Saturn, and your frustration levels go through the roof. It feels as if people and circumstances are holding you back but resist the incli-nation to be critical of others.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20

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A woman’s summer wardrobe should not be complete with-out a tailored button-up white shirt; the staple item for the season year in and year out.

Not only is a white shirt the perfect go-to when you have nothing you feel like wearing but it is something that you can wear anywhere, anytime, can dress up or down and can wear with anything.

For an item so simple, it is hard to believe that it can be worn in any situation but with the right styling and accessories, your shirt can be worn anywhere from the movies to the beach.

To work: Building your daily office outfit around a white shirt is simple and there are hundreds of ways you can do it.

If you choose to wear a pencil skirt, wear your tailored shirt over the top, without tucking it in and fasten a belt around your waist. This will accentuate your figure and gives an edge to the classic ‘office uniform’.

Tuck your white shirt into trousers – wide-leg trousers are popular this season – of a different colour if you favour pants over a skirt.

To the shops: I love to wear a white shirt to the shops, espe-cially when I’m intending on trying on clothes because it is easy to take on and off and will go with anything you wish to try on. Wear with your favourite jeans or denim shorts for a casual look and use minimal makeup and accessories.

To the movies: How you wear your shirt to the movies depends on who you are going with but for me, the movies is generally a casual experience.

I would wear my shirt tucked in to a pair of jeans, with a belt.If I wanted to dress up my outfit I would add a long necklace.

To dinner: Whether you wear your shirt with a skirt or pants, the important things to remember for a dinner date or out to a bar is the accessories.

Start with heels, a clutch and classy accessories - I would wear my hair up with statement earrings and some silver or gold cuffs on my wrists.

To the beach: Wear your white shirt unbuttoned and thrown over a pair of swimmers or a maxi dress; this way it is easy to pull off so that you can play in the waves.

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So it’s 2015! I’m sure many of you have made New Year Reso-lutions and have a list of things that you would like to achieve this year, but what to do now!?

You want to save more money? Improve fitness? Lose weight? We all have our own personal goals and resolutions.The fastest and most efficient way to achieve your goals is to

get help from someone who has already achieved those goals, someone who has already succeeded in what you would like to achieve, BUT beware, many people in many industries haven’t walked your path. They haven’t experienced your challenges.

I know of financial planners that promise wealth to those that struggle financially, but they have never struggled and don’t know how hard it is to save any money let alone invest.

Personal Trainers that go to college straight from being at school, and have never lived life, struggled with weight, needed to balance work/family life etc, and they are telling 40 something year old men and women that they “just need to make the time” to exercise.

Over the holiday break I was sitting on the boat with my 56-year-old cousin. He was telling me about a trainer that he was seeing, whose only goal was to completely destroy all the participants in his class until they vomited and couldn’t complete the class, no matter whether they were 20-years-old or 60-years-old. Firstly, this technique can be very useful in prepping elite athletes for gruelling competition, however, my cousin is 56! Do you think that this is needed for general fitness and health? Lucky my cousin was wise enough to not go back and to seek further advice as to how he can improve his health and fitness safely and sensibly.

As we move towards our 2015 goals, my advice is to find people that have succeeded in what you would like to do, but ensure that they have a good knowledge of your situation, or that they have walked a mile in your shoes.

What are you goals? How are you going to make them happen? Good luck and best wishes for 2015, may all your dream come true.

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With humidity and warmth coming together, the prevalence of parasitic insects and creepy crawlies increases. While annoying, some parasites can cause real health problems in our pets.

MosquitosThe pesky mosquito can cause multiple

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uct that has mosquito control in it like Advantix is a good way to prevent these blood suckers latching on to your pet.

FliesThe domestic house fly is a common nasty that can cause ear

problems in pets. When they bite the skin they also secrete saliva which has enzymes in it that breaks down protein. This leads to ulceration and bleeding of the ears and can attract more flies. Eventually the ear can get so damaged that fur doesn’t grow anymore. Investing in a natural fly trap if your pet spends a lot of time outdoors can help to reduce the burden of these critters.

CockroachesRelated to termites, these creepy crawlies are a common aller-

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Cinderella panto headed to King Street Theatre

Newly formed theatre company Bare Productions is producing the modestly titled ‘Cinderella The Best Pantomime Ever’ at the

King Street Theatre in Newtown from January 15-18.

The production is an hour-long show aimed at children of “all ages” featuring the usual colourful characters plus sing-ing, dancing and lots of jokes.

The show is directed by Annette Rowlison who also features as the Fairy Godmother and stars Maryellen George as Cinderella, Cheyne Fynn as Prince Charming, Sarah Carroll as Buttons, Sandy Velini and Marc Kay as the Ugly Sisters and Donna Sizer as the somewhat villainous Dandini.

Bare Productions was founded by Rowlison, Velini, Carroll and Sizer after a successful production of ‘To Kill a Mock-ingbird’ at the New Theatre in Newtown last year.

Sarah Carroll said she had never worked with the other three prior to Mockingbird but the experience was so enjoyable they put on another play ‘Talking With’ by Jane Martin shortly after.

“We had a great crew on board (all from Mockingbird) and thoroughly enjoyed the process. We thought, why not just keep doing this? And Bare Productions was

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born,” Ms Carroll said.“We just loved working together, it was

that simple. We talked about creating our own work and just continuing to tread the boards. There’s a lot of down time between gigs as an actor, you have to create stuff and we wanted to put shows on in our community. There are some great spaces around, so why not use them.”

Ms Carroll said Annette Rowlison and Marc Kay had the idea for the pantomime kicking around from years ago and thought that with a bit of reworking it would be a great show for the summer holidays.

She says she had never done pantomime before and while it might seem easy, it is also quite confronting for the performers as the physicality forces them to step outside their comfort zones.

“My interest lies in the fact that people love panto. Who would have known?” she said

“Parents at my kids’ school, their eyes light up when I tell them we are doing Cinderella, as they are transported back to their own childhoods. My kids are beyond excited that they will see me perform in a show that was created for them.”

‘Cinderella The Best Pantomime Ever’ is on at 11am and 1pm on Thursday and Friday next week, 1pm and 5.30pm on Saturday, and 11am on Sunday. Tickets are $22/$17 or $60 for a family of four and can be booked via trybooking.com/GANE or kingstreettheatre.com.au or through the box office on 0423 082 015.

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The NOW now festival of exploratory and improvised music is coming to three Marrickville venues next week, the Red Rattler, SNO

Contemporary Art Projects and 55 Syden-ham Road.

The festival is an artist run initiative that has been working since 2001 to present a diverse and unique mix of exploratory, experimental and improvised music at a range of venues and spaces in Sydney and greater NSW.

This year it boasts more than 50 perfor-mances involving over 100 Australian and international artists over a 5 day period as well as installations, panel discussions, workshops and a book launch.

NOW now starts with festival drinks at SNO Contemporary Projects, 2/175

Marrickville Road from 5-7pm next Wednesday, January 14.

The music begins from 7pm at the Red Rattler in Faversham Street with a line-up that includes Cor Fuhler (prepared piano), Dale Gorfinkel (vibraphone), Julia Reidy (guitar), Finn Ryan and Bonnie Stewart (drums); Peter Farrar (solo sax); Rhythm Complication (Germany’s Burkhard Beins on percussion with Sydney’s Clayton Thomas - just back from Berlin - on double bass); Sally Rainbow; Nigel Brown (accor-dion) with Thembi Soddell (sampler); and TraLaLa Blip - the electronic collective.

The festival continues nightly at the Red Rattler through to Sunday with artists such as Alex Novitz, Sabine Vogel (Germany), ROIL (Chris Abrahams, Mike Majkowski and James Waples), Jim Denley, Clare Cooper, Heddy Boubaker (France), Ivan

Lisyak and Marcus Whale (electronics), and the Splinter Orchestra featuring ‘more than a score’ of improvising musos! Local performers will include Laura Altman from Dulwich Hill and Andrew Brooks from St Peters.

Weekend day sessions at SNO Contem-porary Art Projects feature discussions moderated by Emily Morandini and Ivan Cheng, the launch of Frances Dyson’s

book ‘The Tone of Our Times: Sound, Sense, Economy and Ecology’ and a medi-ated improvisation workshop featuring Alex Nowitz and Sabine Vogel.

A festival gallery will run 12-5pm daily from Thursday to Sunday at 55 Sydenham Road.

Tickets are $20/$15 per night; $45/$35 three-day pass; $85/$65 five day pass. To book visit www.thenownow.net.

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Gympie metalcore band set to rock the golden west

There’s no doubt that Gympie metalcore outfit The Amity Affliction have gained plenty of fans in Australia, but it’s their success in European

countries, where heavier metal genres reign supreme, that’s been the most unex-pected outcome for the band.

“They’re not really into the softer side but, I mean, we’re doing pretty well, which surprises me,” the band’s drummer, Ryan Burt said.

“The heavier parts of our songs go down better but they’re sort of warming to us over there which is great. All the crowds were pretty good on the last tour. I don’t know, there’s something about us that they like.”

2014 was a big year for The Amity Affliction. The band released their fourth studio album ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’ in June, which debuted at number one on the ARIA charts, maintaining the pattern of success they found with 2012’s ‘Chasing Ghosts’.

‘Let The Ocean Take Me’ also became the band’s third consecutive album to reach Gold status. Add to that a string of sold out shows and touring dates across Australia, Europe and North America and things are certainly looking pretty rosy for the band, which formed over a decade ago during their final year of high school.

Though The Amity Affliction has enjoyed plenty of success it hasn’t all been smooth sailing.

As long time fans of the band will know, there’s been a number of line-up changes through the years, but it was the departure of lead guitarist Troy Brady – who founded the band alongside frontman Ahren Stringer – in October that really came as a shock, to everyone but the band.

“We kind of knew it was going to happen for a little while there, so we’ve kind of been planning for it I guess. But yeah, it hasn’t really impacted the band too much

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to be honest,” Burt said.After Brady’s departure there’s been

many questions as to who will take over. Talking to Burt, it seemed the current answer to that question is no-one.

“I don’t think there will ever be an actual replacement, to be honest,” he said.

“I think we’ll just have a permanent fill-in type thing and just keep it the four of us with (guitarist) Dan included now.”

The Amity Affliction are currently back in the country and have just commenced ‘The Weigh Downunder’ tour in support of their new single and video for the track ‘The Weigh Down’. The tour will see the band skipping the major cities in favour

of regional and suburban dates across the country, including a stop off at the Evan Theatre in Penrith on Thursday, January 15.

“We’re playing a lot of places that we haven’t played in years,” Burt said.

“We haven’t played anything but main capital cities in years so I’m kind of excited to see it.”

Joining the band will be Byron Bay’s In Hearts Wake, who released their second album ‘Earthwalker’ in May, which made it to number 5 on the ARIA charts. The band are no strangers to touring with The Amity Affliction, having joined them on two previous tours.

“They’re good friends of ours, we go way back so there’s no surprises there. We all know each other pretty well,” Burt laughed.

After the Australian tour The Amity Affliction will be heading to the US in February, then it’s off to Europe before heading back to America for the Warped Tour. Add to that the fact the guys are currently working on a new album and it looks like 2015 is going to be another big year for The Amity Affliction.

The Amity Affliction will be performing at the Evan Theatre on Thursday, Janu-ary 15. For more information visit www.penrith.panthers.com.au.

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Catch the Californian surf band play their new full length album filled with reverb-heavy surf-guitar, Bakersfield-style honky-tonk, and ‘80s post mixed with a whole lot of new sounds. Expect a whole new round of sweat, dancing, and psychedelic this time around, all starting at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased online for $40.30 through Oztix.

Watch Ed Wells tie up his man bun and celebrate the release of his new single ‘Sparrow and Seed’, in the beauti-ful way only Ed does. Ed combines his dark and powerful voice with highly accomplished piano skills and a level of songwriting maturity that goes well beyond his age. Catch him at 7.30pm for only $15 on the door. A show not to be missed.

Jefferson steals the night performing unplugged and passion-ately with a rare and intimate acoustic set straight from their internationally acclaimed indie rock album and new EP. Sup-porting them is sultry singer songwriter Jess Porfiri, who woos the audience with her powerful voice and ballads. See them both from 9pm, tickets are $10 at the door.

The Aston Martinis will be bringing a touch of Vegas to the inner west this weekend as they perform a mix of cool swing and classic soul from 9pm at Lazybones Lounge. They perform with a touch of class and a lot of energy so prepare yourself for an excellent night! Tickets just $10.

16 of the best teams in Asia will meet across Newcastle and Sydney in January to compete for the AFC Asian Cup, one of the most coveted trophies in Asian football. The AFC Asian Cup is set to be the biggest tournament to take place in Australia with some of the region’s biggest teams fighting it out. Ticket prices start at $5 for kids, $15 for adults and $40 for families. The Cup will definitely be a highlight for young football fans over the Summer school holidays.

If you love a bit of simple, honest and organic alternative blues tunes then you can’t miss Little Big Wolf from 8.30pm on Tuesday next week. The group, conceived in a smoke filled, moonlit basement somewhere in Sydney’s gritty and cultured inner west, offer the perfect solution to your stressed mid-week brain. They’ll be returning to the venue with Ina Maka on Thursday, January 15 as well.

The Sydney Festival sees a range of entertainment and performances popping up all over Sydney over three exciting weeks. Events are spread across a wide range of venues includ-ing the Festival Village in Hyde Park, Sydney Town Hall, The Domain and Parramatta as well as making the most of some of Sydney’s most iconic ven-ues including Carriageworks.

If the kids are getting a little restless with a few weeks to go until school goes back, break the boredom by taking them to see The Crazy Scientists show at Marrickville Town Hall. Kids will be amazed by the daring experiments they see on the day. This is a free event beginning at 10.30am. It’s a great way to keep the kids entertained particularly if you’ve already ticked all the usual school holiday activi-ties off the list this year.

Triple ARIA Award winning band Monsieur Camembert entwines an intricate mix of Russian Gypsy music with Latin groove of tango and klezmer to create an individual and intoxicating rhythm. This truly original sound places Monsieur Camembert at the forefront of Aus-tralia’s ‘gyprock’ scene. Tickets cost $40 on the door, with two shows at 7.30pm and 9pm.

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JEFFERSON + JESS PORFIRI Friday, January 9 • Django Bar

THE ASTON MARTINISSaturday, January 10Lazybones Lounge

MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT Friday, January 9 Camelot Lounge

AFC ASIAN CUP 2015January 10 to January 31Various locations

LITTLE BIG WOLFTuesday, January 13Lazybones Lounge

SYDNEY FESTIVALJanuary 8 to January 26Various locations

WACKY SCIENCE SHOWMonday, January 12Marrickville Town Hall

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After his contract with Channel Ten ended last year, new KIIS FM

drive host Dave Hughes will soon link up with Channel Nine as a co-host of the AFL version of ‘The Footy Show’. Nine’s Head of Programming Tim Cleary said Hughesy would do both stand-up and comedy with AFL players. Hughesy knows his AFL well having previously hosted ‘Before the Game’ on Ten.

The new season of ‘American Idol’ returned to ELEVEN last night

and continues again tonight (Friday) at 7.30pm. As previously reported, there will be no results show this season, instead eliminations will be merged into the performance show.

Channel Seven’s ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ will look very different this

season with veteran DIY and renovating expert Rob Palmer departing the show after 13 years. Seven also announced that ‘Home and Away’ actress Demi Harman and ‘House Rules’ champ Adam Dovile will join the team in 2015.

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Movement at the station

news is, there should be a new official broadcaster for this year’s New Year’s celebrations after the ABC’s two year deal to broadcast the hugely popular event ended. As mentioned after 2013’s debacle, I don’t care which broadcaster picks it up next, just not the ABC.

Following the end of the long-running ‘The Colbert Report’ with

Stephen Colbert, the Comedy Channel on Foxtel will soon be airing its replacement,

‘The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore’. It will premiere weeknights from Tuesday, January 20 at 7pm.

FOX Sports has announced it will be airing all 32 games of the AFC Asian

Cup live and in HD, starting with the open-ing game between Australia and Kuwait tonight at 8pm. FOX Sports will also be producing a weekly edition of ‘Santo, Sam and Ed’s Asian Cup Fever’ each Saturday. Go the Socceroos!

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Friday 9 January 2015

T he Newtown Jets have an eye on the past as they plan for the future with new joint venture partners, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. The

club played a pre-season selection trial last month at Mahoney Reserve next to the Cooks River in South Marrickville.

The Reserve was a training ground for the Newtown Bluebags in the 1940s and 50s and used occasionally for trial matches into the early 1970s.

The club used the Reserve for their field-work sessions late last year before returning to Henson Park this month.

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