Canberra CityNews January 26-February 4, 2009

clint eastwood makes dougal macdonald’s day

jon stanhope wants more paid parking return of red lipstick

smoking sucks, says michael moore

who got the australia day gongs?

Festival has valentino on his toes

(and more besides)

Time to pay more to park

By Jorian Gardner

CHIEF Minister Jon Stanhope will be campaigning hard this year to get paid parking introduced into the parliamentary triangle and all areas managed by the Commonwealth.

It’s one of his agenda items for 2009 to get a positive outcome for the ACT in relation to equity in paid parking.

“I propose to approach my Federal colleagues with a view to them taking seriously their responsibilities in this city for sustaining transport and transport systems and that involves introducing paid parking in the parliamentary triangle and other Commonwealth-owned facilities such as Russell,” he said.

“None of us like paid parking, but this is a question about equity between employees and it is also about the Commonwealth Government accepting the responsibility and take the hard decisions that need to be taken in relation to climate change and the development of sustainable transport systems.

“One of the difficulties that we

face in relation to making public transport attractive and a more reasonable option, is that half the public sector – namely Commonwealth public servants – don’t have to pay to park. So there is absolutely no incentive for them to think about alternative means of transport; it’s not sustainable and it’s not appropriate for the Commonwealth Government – for the credentials it seeks in climate change – not to be responding or taking decisions that it needs to take.

“No Government or minister wants to be associated with any charge on one’s constituents – one’s neighbours, family.

“I’d like to say ‘let’s abolish paid parking’ but we haven’t and we won’t and nor can we responsibly do it. But we shouldn’t just ignore this elephant; it is unreasonable that the Commonwealth has consistently refused to confront this decision which every other government around Australia has dealt with. I will be asking them again, as I have done in the past, to address this particular issue.”

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PHOTOGRAPHER Silas Brown caught this young face of curious wonder amid the 35,000 people crowding the lawns in front of Parliament House for the annual Australia Day Live concert that celebrates the announcement of the Australian of the Year, awarded to the ACT nominee, Aboriginal leader Prof Mick Dodson.

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Citizens need ‘stronger’ voice

ORDINARY Australians need a stronger voice when it comes to policy decisions, according to Yarralumla resident and business consultant Robin Brown, who is one of 150 people selected to participate in Australia’s first Citizen’s Parliament.

Robin Brown.

The Citizen’s Parliament, launched by the newDemocracy Foundation, will be held at Old Parliament House in early February, and will examine what participants believe are the limitations of our current system and put forward options for reform.

“There are political decisions made by various levels of government all the time, by a whole range of agencies, and almost every day there’s a call for submissions on this or that, but the capacity for ordinary people to be involved in these is quite limited,” Mr Brown told “CityNews”.

“Citizens’ and community organisations play a role, but I don’t think they’re adequately resourced to assist the general public.”

Mr Brown said he would like to see community views counterbalance the influence held by industry, business and lobby groups.

He said ordinary people needed a greater say regarding issues often discussed in international forums, such as food and environmental regulation.

According to newDemocracy founder Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, the Citizen’s Parliament will empower the 150 attendees, one from each Federal Electorate, to have a say in the process of political reform.

The newDemocracy Foundation (formerly newRepublic) is a not-for-profit organisation formed by people from all sides of politics.

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Of ‘metal’ health

YOU can imagine the interest your article on Amanda Bresnan (“CityNews”, January 22) invoked when the sub-heading said that she was “passionate about metal health”. Many questions quickly sprang to mind. For example, what is metal health anyway? Is it some quaint new New Age philosophy? Does she consider elements such as gold, silver or tin to be more vulnerable to ill health than alloys (eg steel)? Are rusting and other such chemical processes examples of ill health involving metals? Are places like the refinery at Port Kembla havens of cruelty to metals? What does this say about mining towns such as Newman? What policy will the Greens pursue that will address this issue (eg hospitals for metals)? Alas, the accompanying article did not answer any of these questions. It did invest a paragraph on her views on ACT mental health. I don’t know how significant that is, though.

Arno Mikli, Curtin

[Editor’s note: Ouch! The correspondent is correct. “Mental” was meant, but “metal” was published. We missed it.]

Close encounters

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ing the finer points of a photograph (that was safely behind glass) when, out of nowhere, a security officer arrived suddenly warning me to stand back, sir, from the photograph, stand back! I had been seen on the security camera and the gallery staff apparently don’t like people getting too close to the works. He proved impervious to my reasonable protestations that there were no signs or lines to that effect and, anyway, it was a photograph behind light-reflecting glass and it was difficult to fully see it without getting a little closer.

I have never been a threat to, nor touched, any piece of art in any gallery I’ve visited anywhere around the world. I comply fully with any apparent constraints. But to be publicly chastised in the gallery by an over-zealous security operative was embarrassing and sent me straight to the exit (as their security cameras will attest).

Prison enquiry

THE Legislative Assembly’s Justice and Community Safety Committee will enquire into the delays, the cost of delays and the impact of delays in the commissioning of the ACT’s new prison, the Alexander Maconochie Centre. The prison was opened with great fanfare before the October election, but ongoing security delays mean that it is not expected to receive its first prisoners before the end of February.

Help for babies

THE Community CPS Foundation and Newborn Intensive Care Foundation (NICF) have launched a fundraising appeal for a second mobile humidicrib to transport critically ill babies. “What we didn’t anticipate was the use the (original) machine would receive – it’s used pretty much on a daily basis to take babies to theatre or other procedures while keeping them in an intensive care condition,” said Peter Cursley, chairman of the Newborn Intensive Care Foundation.

Stamps of success

FOUR of Australia’s most celebrated actors Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Geoffrey Rush have been named the 2009 Australia Post Australian Legends in recognition of the outstanding contribution they have made to Australian entertainment and culture. They have been immortalised on postage stamps

THE new, sparkling National Portrait Gallery is using state-of-theart stupidity when it comes to its security.

There I was, miles away, ponder-

So, how close is too close at the National Portrait Gallery? Don’t worry, Big Brother will let you know.

Name withheld, Yarralumla

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CORRECTION

I N last week’s review of “Winnie the Pooh” the actor playing Tigger should have been identified as Glen Brown, not Nick Tranter as stated. This was the reviewer’s error.

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Family Law Matters

Schooling issues for separated parents

In most cases, separated parents share responsibility for ‘major long term issues’ concerning their children. Parents need to know that this impacts on decisions about matters such as schooling. What are ‘major long term issues’?

Significant matters relating to the care, welfare and development of a child. They may include decisions about education, religion, health, the child’s name and significant changes to the child’s living arrangements.

Do I have to consult with the other parent to change my child’s school?

Both parents have a role in making decisions about schooling and, in most cases, a Court will presume that both parents have equal responsibility about such decisions. However, this presumption will not apply if there are issues relating to family violence or child abuse.

What if the other parent wants to change my child’s school and I don’t agree?

Courts can make orders if parents do not agree. If one seeks to change a child’s school, the other may be able to bring an urgent application to the Court to prevent this.

Can I contact my child’s school and attend activities if the other parent won’t agree?

Unless there is a Court order to the contrary, both parents are entitled to contact their child’s school, to attend school activities and to receive newsletters, photograph order forms and all other relevant documents. There are systems in place within schools to address situations arising from family breakdowns. Court orders are strictly adhered to by school staff who understand the need for vigilance in such situations.

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Smoking’s burning issue

“SMOKING reduces your ability to get it up”, reads as sign next to the tobacco display in a cafe in the Paragon Mall in Fyshwick. “Men who smoke,” the sign continues, “are twice as likely to become impotent.”

It is a powerful and blatant message about a substance that has such an impact on all human cardiovascular systems. Most are familiar with the other anti-smoking messages such as “smoking causes cancer” and “smoking kills”.

Governments have been using multifaceted strategies to reduce the number of people who smoke.

It is not just the signs and the graphic pictorial advertising on packets, but includes prevention of smoking on public transport, in cafes and restaurants, in workplaces, bars and in some public places. Strategies such as graphic advertising, increased taxes and bans on advertising have simply not been enough to curtail the activities of the tobacco companies and battle tobacco addiction.

It has also been necessary to legislate to take away some of the freedoms around smoking as part of a comprehensive strategy to minimise the harm associated with tobacco.

ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher is proposing the next step in the attempt to reduce smoking in the population by releasing a discussion paper that explores bans on smoking in cars when children

By Michael Moore

are present. The discussion paper relies heavily on the harm that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) does to children.

Some of the arguments are: children’s exposure to ETS is involuntary and such exposure presents significant risks with regard to the development of asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and middle ear infection.

The discussion paper points out that

The World Health Organization has concluded that only 100 per cent smoke-free environments provide effective protection. Studies of exposure in cars show that opening windows has little impact and that children exposed to cigarette smoke in cars are more than twice as likely as other children to develop asthma.

The paper also explores the option of stopping drivers smoking as an accidentprevention measure.

There is a fine balance between protecting the health of the community and protecting the freedom of individuals. In these days, of social security and universal health care, actions that put your own health at risk do have ramifications

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for the rest of the community not only financially, but in many other ways. The danger to others associated with ETS or passive smoking is quite clear.

Additionally, the community has the right to take action to prevent large expenditures of taxpayers’ money because of smoking. It is particularly vexatious when the tobacco companies rake in the profits while the community picks up the costs in healthcare.

Some will argue that tobacco taxes compensate, but these taxes do not in any sense match the extraordinary financial cost in hospitalisation and other health interventions that may be attributed to smoking. Even having reduced Australia to the position where less than one-in-five people smoke, tobacco is still the number one preventable cause of sickness and death.

Restrictions on smoking are an appropriate interference with civil liberties and Gallagher should push on – but there will always be those who argue the opposite. In the film “Thank You for Smoking”, Nick Naylor says: “That’s the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you’re never wrong”.

Michael Moore is a former independent member of the ACT Legislative Assembly and minister for health. He is the CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia.

Australia Day Awards

Gong hits the right note for Ian

CANBERRA’S irrepressible man of music, Ian McLean, has been awarded an AM in this year’s Australia Day Awards and Koomarri’s long-time and highly regarded CEO Margaret Spalding has been award a medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Our top gong was an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) to Emeritus Professor Graeme Wilber Clarke, of Cook, for serv-

ice to tertiary education as a leader and academic in the field of classical studies. Rear Admiral Davyd Rhys Thomas AM CSC RAN, was also awarded an AO (officer in the military division) for distinguished service as Commodore Flotillas, Maritime Commander Australia, Commander Australian Fleet and Commander, Australian Defence College.

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AM – Member in the General Division

The Hon Richard Colin Chisholm, Canberra, for service to the judiciary, to the law and to legal education.

Peter Francis Conran, Campbell, for service to the executive arm of government.

Marion Rose Lê, OAM, Fraser, for service to the community as a human rights advocate, cultural and migration adviser and contributor to the development of refugee programs.

Ian James McLean, CSC, Kambah, for service to music as an administrator, director, conductor and musician, particularly through the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.

duty as the commander, combined task group 158.1 in the North Arabian Gulf on Operation Catalyst.

Brig. Donald George Higgins, for exceptional service while deployed on Operation Catalyst.

Maj-Gen Craig William Orme, CSC, for exceptional service as director general personnel Army and as commander 1st brigade.

Col. Paul Edwin Straughair, for exceptional service as director network centric warfare – Army, Royal Australian Signals head of corps.

Aboriginal Health Service. Richard John Rolfe, Red Hill, for philanthropic support for sporting, service and charitable organisations. Dennise Simpson, Domestic Violence Crisis Service, Fyshwick, for service to the protection of women and children living with abuse and violence.

Margaret Joan Spalding, Greenway, for service to the disability services sector in the ACT and surrounding region.

Tarnee Renee White, Florey, for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Christine Ingrid Wolf, Hawker, for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing Paralympic Games.

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Dr Caroline Turner, Deakin, for service to the visual arts through executive roles with the Queensland Art Gallery.

Gregory Lawrence Urwin PSM, deceased, late of Canberra, for service to international relations through contributions to the promotion of regional co-operation and development as secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum.

AM – Member in the Military Division

Commodore Timothy William Barrett, CSC RAN, for exceptional service to the RAN as director naval officers’ postings and as the Australian Navy aviation force element group commander.

Capt. Philip Spedding, DSC OAM RAN, for exceptional performance of

Air Commodore Margaret Mary Staib CSC, for exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Defence Force in the field of logistics strategic planning.

OAM – Medal of the Order of Australia, General Division

Prof Louise Mary Burke, Canberra, for service to sports nutrition.

Keith Joseph Clarke, Kambah, for service to the indigenous community.

Susan Claire Daw, Bruce, for service to people with a hearing impairment.

Rodney James Driver, Fisher, for service to the trade union movement.

Malcolm Linley Ferguson, Canberra, for service to the community of the ACT.

Alan Foskett, Campbell, for service to the community of the ACT.

Felicity Madeline Galvez, Canberra, for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Howard Charles Grant, Fisher, for service to the community through the Canberra Woden Lions Club.

Judith Anne Harris, for service through the Winnunga Nimmityjah

OAM – Medal of the Order of Australia, Military Division Commander Geoffrey Ronald Cannon RANR, for meritorious service to the RAN in the field of weapons electrical engineering.

Public Service Medal

The Pubic Service Medal was awarded to Paul Geoffrey Burnard, of Hughes; Michael Joseph Callaghan, Chapman; Mark Ernest Cunliffe, Ainslie; Jennifer Anne Granger, Canberra; Louise Helen Hand, Forrest; Dr Thomas Joseph Hatton, Aranda; Jacqueline Sue Mcrae, Reid; Craig Andrew Storen, Wanniassa; Alan Leslie Stray, Nicholls; Raelene Susan Vivian, Watson; David John Tune, Lyneham.

In the ACT Public Service the awardees were Dianne Therese Ireland, Curtin; Kathleen Elizabeth (Kate) Jones; Helen Pappas, Oxley.

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FESTIvAL OF FuN, FuN, FuN!

KABU Okai-Davies has been the Multicultural Festival’s producer since October. A native of Ghana who lived and worked in the US for many years, he first visited our festival with a play in 2005, later emigrating here and working on the event. In his view, the essence of the festival is getting the community engaged in what the ACT Minister for Multicultural Affairs John Hargreaves calls “fun, fun, fun.”

Okai-Davies says the International Showcases from February 9-13 on the Garema Place stage in Civic will be high points, with artists from interstate and from countries including the US, Tonga, Bulgaria and Mexico. But the biggest signature event is the Food and Dance Spectacular on February 7, a celebration of communitybased culture and culinary experience. Last year, the Australian Federal Police estimated crowds for the day at 62,000, so this year the Spectacular will spill into Glebe Park with a focus on Malaysian, Cambodian and south Asian culture and food.

As well, on February 14, there will be the free Latin American Showcase at Carnival in the City from noon to 3pm in Civic. Preceding that from February 6-13 there will be an unusual series of focus lectures, performances and films about Latin American culture staged by the ANU’s Centre of Latin American Studies

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IT’S almost here – Canberra’s National Multicultural Festival will burst on to the scene from February 6-15 with showcases of everything from hot Latin showbiz and burlesque to classical music and Tongan dancing on the streets. HELEN MUSA reports…

at the HC Coombs Theatre on campus. “This is fun,” Okai-Davies says, reiterating his favourite theme.

The satirical Bald Archy Prize, founded by Peter Batey as part of the Coolac Festival of Fun (what else?), is Australia’s funniest portrait competition and will join the festival for the first time, running from February 6 through the whole festival at the Watson Arts Centre, with a charity preview on February 5 at 6pm.

On Tuesday, February 10, Musica Viva presents Kremerata Baltica and his orchestra, hand-picked from the most promising young musicians in the Baltic states at Llewellyn Hall. They are a worldwide phenomenon renowned for superb craftsmanship and daring concert programs that set great classics in stark contrast to modern rarities.

2009 National Multicultural Festival Gala Dinner Dance “Red Hot Latin Nights”

Special performance by the Tango Social Club of Canberra, Manquehue Chilean Dance Group, Salsarico Latin Dance Group and Rocio Vega.

Screening throughout the festival is what Okai-Davies describes as “a very engaging multicultural film festival”. For the first time, there will be a Bangladeshi Film Festival at the Theo Notaras Centre in the North Building. At 6pm on February 13 will be the opening ceremony and screening of “Megher Pore Megh” (“Clouds after Clouds”) about the War of Liberation in 1971, then on February 14 a day-long movie marathon will show non-stop films from 10am into the evening. The popular “Windows on Europe” film festival returns to Dendy Cinemas from February 7-17.

Every night during the festival, the Fringe in Civic Square acts as the “Festival Club”, where patrons and artists can mingle for a late-night drink after their show. It has a program all of its own and is free every evening From February 6-14.

Dance the evening away to the fantastic sounds of Latin music of Selene y su Quimba and DJ Frank Madrid 6.30pm for 7.00pm

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Dress: After-five wear, lounge suit or national dress, in Red and Black. this event is organised by the Canberra Multicultural community forum

Past festivals have been strong on theatre. This year at Canberra Theatre on February 7 is “Show Us Your Roots”, the multicultural comedy revue that has become a festival regular. It’s hosted this year by Mick Molloy.

For Valentine’s Day there will be David Tydd’s “Valentino”, showing at Canberra Theatre on February 13 and 14. It stars Csaba Szirmai from “Dancing with the Stars” as screen idol and dancer Rudolph Valentino struggling to achieve fame in 1920s Hollywood. Normie Rowe plays the Hollywood boss Max.

On February 14, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 29th Prom concert will take place at 5pm on the lawns of Government House, just before the National Multicultural After Party at Academy in Civic. A Chinese New Year highlight will be the National Multicultural Festival Dragon Boat Challenge on February 15, the final day.

Okai-Davies says that his biggest joy as producer will be to stand anonymously in the crowd and watch the people having fun. “I get such a kick,” he says.

For all details of the festival program and bookings visit www.multiculturalfestival.com.au

Lotsa Latin

“RED Hot Latin Nights” is the theme to this year’s National Multicultural Festival gala dinner, to be held at the Hellenic Club on Wednesday, February 11.

Organised by the Canberra Multicultural Community Forum, music will be provided by Selene y su Quimba and DJ Frank Madrid with special performances by the Tango Social Club of Canberra and the Manquehue Chilean Dance Group. CMCF Chair Sam Wong said: “In the past, we’ve had 500 attending and we expect to get around that again.”

Mr Wong said he expected a significant attendance from Canberra’s diplomatic community. “We are very grateful for their support; the gala dinner would not be the same without them.” Special guests include the ACT Multicultural Affairs Minister John Hargreaves, Opposition Leader, Zed Seselja and the dean of the diplomatic corps and Mexican Ambassador, Martha Oritz de Rosas.

Mr Wong said guests would be welcome to come in their national dress. “Of course, the favoured colours are red and black, but we want the event to be as colourful as possible,” he said. Tickets are $60 each and booking should be made at the Hellenic Club, on 6281 0899, by close of business on February 6.

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Big, bouncy burst

Electric Dollhouse... part of “A Stacked Deck”, February 12-14.

PERFORMERS Lani Gerrish and Amy Gale and sculptor Remo Vallance are the brains behind the big, bouncy burlesque festival in Fringe ‘09. Together they have cooked up “A Stacked Deck,” a sensual feast running from February 12-14.

Gerrish competed last year as The Magnificent Liberté Belle in the annual “Miss Exotic World” competition in Las Vegas. On returning to Australia, she met up with an old high school friend, Gale, and they contacted the Fringe. This is their first venture together. “It’s all about razzle-dazzle”, the Canberra-based Gerrish says.

Deploring the contemporary culture of talentless celebrities, she argues that acts like hers and even “Puppetry of the Penis” and “Dancing with the Stars” represent aspects of popular culture where the performers actually have skills.

A former circus star and 10-year member of the travelling physical theatre company Strange Fruit, Gale now has two young children so is concentrating on production. Gale considers that the new-found public passion for burlesque is essentially “because it’s sexy.”

Gerrish will be MC and perform a couple of acts in the central extravaganza, describing “A Stacked Deck” as “a three-day celebration of burlesque”. She amazes me by hinting at an educational aspect, “a kind of interrogation of the form.”

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Grabbed by a laconic loner

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IN probably his last acting role, Clint Eastwood (who also directed) again plays a laconic loner helping strangers threatened by violence.

Living in the Detroit house he has owned for 50 years, one of the area’s few remaining American-born caucasians, newly-widowed, obsessively patriotic, Walt Kowalski is an irascible Korean War, medal-winning veteran who later had a mind-numbing career on the Ford assembly line fitting steering columns.

Walt sees his declining years through bile-coloured glasses.  He dislikes his middle-class sons and resents the Afros, Latinos and south-east Asian refugees who now populate his neighbourhood.  The young priest who officiated at his wife’s funeral has promised her he would hear Walt’s confession.  He has disturbed Thao, the Hmong teenager living next door, in his garage trying to steal his beloved 1972 Gran Torino car.  And he’s spitting blood whenever his smoker‘s cough kicks in.

You should not dismiss “Gran Torino” just because you’ve often seen Eastwood

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do the Walt character. Nick Schenk’s screenplay lets Walt vent his grief, frustrations and anger in a well-balanced mixture of dignity, bad manners, self-discovery, salty vocabulary and wonderful, often bitter, humour.

If the film’s end is predictable, the manner of it is not. Walt and the priest find common ground through discussions about the nature of life and death. Through Thao and his older sister Sue, the Lor family shows him a path to goodness that will restore purpose to his remaining days.

“Gran Torino” observes its characters with dignity and affection in dramatic passages that shun hyperbole, cliche and misrepresentation in favour of a credible picture of their social environment. A great movie about mostly good people, giving a comeuppance to its bad guys in an admirable manner that they never expected, it’s sure to grab you, whatever your taste in movie styles may be.

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DIRECTOR Sam Mendes’s wife Kate Winslet won the Best Actress Golden Globe playing April, wife of Frank (Leonardo diCaprio), in

this relationship parable from the novel by Richard Yates, whom literary pundits have described as the foremost chronicler of America’s suburban anxieties. No easier to get close to than “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” which covers much the same territory, the film’s most effective character is a PhD in mathematics (Oscar nominee Michael Shannon) whose brain, although fried by electrotherapy, retains sufficient awareness for him to tell April and Frank why their marriage is failing. The marvellous ending reminds us that nobody has a guarantee of immunity from relationship problems.

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BRYAN Singer’s retelling the story of the 15th unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hitler sticks fairly close to the known facts and its replication of Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe materiel is quite faithful.

Although before it begins we know how it ends, “Valkyrie” offers good tensions and takes great benefit from a cast including some of Britain’s foremost character actors. That said, you could be forgiven for wondering why anybody bothered to make it.  My theory is that Tom Cruise had a yen to play Claus von Stauffenberg and enough Hollywood clout to get funds to satisfy it.  But his performance is unremarkable.

At all Canberra cinemas.

Landscapes from the local’s eye

THE ANCA Gallery’s new exhibition, “The Home Paddock and Beyond”, features original and expressive landscapes by AG Stokes, whose oil paintings are based on the flat farmland around Kialla in the Goulburn Valley where his family lives. The exhibition runs until February 8.

MUSIC for Everyone, the ACT’s premier community music organisation, is offering a program of classes, activities, workshops and performances for all ages, abilities and interests throughout 2009. The program features fun intro-to-music classes for kids aged 18 months to nine years; individual instrumental tuition for all ages, beginner to advanced levels; contemporary singing classes; drumming and percussion classes; and ensembles for adults and youth in strings, wind, guitar, saxophone and clarinet, plus an award-winning program of music for people with disabilities. Phew! More info from 6230 7190 or www.mfe.org.au.

STILL on creative classes, the hugely successful Fresh Funk dance tuition and performances continue in 2009 at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. There are classes dedicated to hip-hop culminating in a large performance at the end of each semester at the Erindale Theatre. Classes range from junior girls, junior boys through to master class and adults. Call 6293 9041 for enquiries.

THE Australian Youth Orchestra is coming to Canberra on February 11 with a powerful and popular orchestral repertoire, including Shostakovich’s acclaimed Symphony No.5, Bernstein’s “West Side Story and Dukas’ symphonic poem “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. Twenty-eight-yearold British conductor, Alexander Shelley, will make his debut with the orchestra. More info at canberratheatre.org.au.

THE ACT Greens seems to have no active interest in the arts. A quick look at its website

ArTS IN THE CITy

By Jorian Gardner

reveals that its policy document dated Friday, August 29, 2008 – well before the October 18 election – is still the only position the party holds on an area it professed to have so much interest in. Not much better from the Liberals, who still have their pre-election policy on line, and hardly a word uttered in her capacity as shadow arts minister by Vicki Dunne on arts policy since the election. Meanwhile, the website of Arts (and Chief) Minister Jon Stanhope reveals a plethora of press releases about the arts since his re-election and confirmation as the Minister in charge.

SCREENACT, an ACT Government program managed by the Canberra Business Council, has announced six recipients of its screen industry Project Fund grants scheme. This is the second round for the 2008-09 year, and six projects will each receive up to $10,000 to develop or complete film, TV and digital media projects in the ACT. Documentaries dominated the field this time with a film about the state of Australian cinema; the story of the Australian locust plague; a new perspective on the first World War II attack on Australia; and a look behind the scenes of the international comic book industry.

JON ENGLISH

The returnRed of

By Megan Haggan

WALLFLOWERS look out: red lipstick is a strong trend for 2009.

According to Linda Riddell, national training manager at Natio, red lips make a strong, bold statement.

“Red lipstick has been around for many years: Cleopatra and Marilyn Monroe wore red, and today we have Gwen Stefani,” says Linda. “Red is versatile and appeals to all sorts of people.”

Women who are wary of red can try red gloss instead, Linda says, as it gives a hint of colour to the lips without making a bold statement.

Choosing the right shade also makes a big difference – generally, women with “warm” skin, which has yellow undertones, suit scarlet and other yellow-based reds. Women with “cool” complexions, which have a bluish or

cool pink undertone, look good with blue-based reds, such as cherry shades.

However, this isn’t an absolute rule, so Linda suggests trying several red shades when selecting a lipstick. “The right shade will stand out.”

Red lipstick does need some care in application, as it’s not as forgiving as lighter shades – if lipstick bleeds or feathers, it’s obvious to all.

“Start with a bare lip, and put foundation or concealer over it,” Linda says. “This gives you a base to work with.

“Then choose a lip liner which is as close to the same shade as possible. Outline the lips, then fill them in with the pencil. This creates something for the lipstick to adhere to.

“Then put lipstick over the top, and maybe a little gloss as well.”

Lips and eyes

R ED lips are versatile, and can be worn as part of several “looks”, says Linda.

“A lot of women go for soft, natural eye colour when wearing red lipstick; they may use bronzer on their eyes as well as their cheeks. Brown shades always look good with red lips.

“Red lips with lots of mascara and a bit of eyeliner looks stunning – it’s a very classic look.

A lot of young girls, when they’re going clubbing, will team red lips with vibrant, strong eye colour for a strong statement.

“Red nail polish is booming at the moment – you can complement red lips with red fingernails and matching toenails as well.”

Good bag’s like a good man

MuM IN THE CITy

By Sonya Fladun

I’M a bag lady. Next to shoe shopping, hunting for a new handbag is definitely among the top five things I love doing most. There is just something hugely satisfying about finding that perfect bag.

Selecting the right bag is a bit like finding the perfect partner. Firstly, there are lots out there and you have to accept you will make mistakes along the way. In particular, avoid shopping when you are desperate, for example when you know you have to get one quickly to take to that wedding or class reunion. Haste compromises judgment and you will inevitably settle for the wrong one and be full of regret in the morning.

Secondly, if you’re looking for something for the long term, don’t fall for cheap imitations. They may look good for one season, but they quickly show the wear and tear and if you use them every day you can bet your bottom dollar they will soon come apart at the seams. That said, never spend a fortune on one of those signature fashion bags that quickly date and become an embarrassment to cart around when the novelty has worn off. Always remember, if you just go for looks alone you’ll almost certainly be doomed for disappointment.

1. Chanel Rouge Hydrabase Crème Lipstick in Gipsy Scarlet, $46, (from February 22). 2 .

Finish Lipstick in Alarm, $9.95. 3. Benefit Full-finish Lipstick in Flirt Alert, $30. 4 . Pupa New Chic Lipstick in Shade 22,

Thirdly, it’s true, size does matter (at least in the bag department). At the moment, fashion dictates that the bigger your bag, the better. Many of us are sporting large knapsacks packed to overflowing, but if you’re a mum like me, you’ll know this is inevitable anyway. When my first child arrived, I searched desperately for the best-ever baby bag, but I never really found one that I liked or worked well enough to do away with my own handbag. But this hasn’t been a problem with number two. With big bags now in fashion, I just load everything into one of these mega bags. Nappies, bottle, wipes, tissues etc all fight it out with sunscreen, sunnies, purse, diary, pens, mobile, assorted keys, novel or magazine, bottled water, and assorted medicines. Throw in on top of that all the stuff the children slip in such as half-eaten lollypops and various toys, and the arguments that of bigger is better are irrefutable.

Now, I admit there’s a downside: I dread having to find the car keys, and when my mobile phone rings I know it will be buried somewhere towards the bottom. And things can just disappear. I have found some important stuff such as medical prescriptions hidden deep in what my husband refers to as the Tardis. But the current fashion for big bags is one of those rare occurrences when style and the practical needs of mums actually coincide. And it doesn’t hurt that they say carrying a really big bag makes you look smaller either! Of course, it does all weigh a tonne. But we all know you have to suffer for fashion.

So

You Think You Can Dance Australia

Sunday, SC Ten, 7.30pm

Strap on your three-inch sparkly heels, your funky street shoes or whatever footwear takes your fancy because this fabulously energetic series is back. Enthusiastic dancers from all over Australia bust their best moves for the judges in the hope of winning a place in the top 100 and a ticket to Sydney. Hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaite (above).

Lie To Me

Tuesday, SC Ten, 9.30pm Don’t even try to deceive Dr Cal Lightman (Tim Roth, right). A brief curl of your lip, eyebrow furrow or sideways glance is enough to tell him you’re lying – then all he has to do is find out why. Lightman runs a private agency contracted by the FBI, local police, law firms and individuals to ferret out the truth of tricky cases. Intriguing psychological insights and a pacy script make this new US series worth a look.

6.05 Kidnapped. (Final) (PG, R, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30

Cherub Of The Mist. (G, S) 8.25 News. (S) 8.30 Movie: Stepfather Of The Bride. (2006) William McInnes, Noni Hazlehurst, Alex Dimitriades. A young couple decides that the best way to demonstrate their love for each other is to make their wedding a big one. (M, R, S) 11.35 Movie: The Guinea Pig. (1948) (B&W, PG, R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Outback Wildlife Rescue. (G, S) 7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 14. Intro. (S) 7.30 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 14. Men’s final. From Melbourne Park. The two finalists of the men’s singles draw compete for the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup and the first prize of $2 million. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. Commentary from Jim Courier, John Alexander, Todd Woodbridge and Roger Rasheed. (S)

7.00 News. (S) 7.30 Cricket. One-day international. Game 1. Australia v New Zealand. Second session. From the WACA. Commentary from Mark Nicholas, Richie Benaud, Michael Slater, Ian Healy, Bill Lawry, Mark Taylor and Ian Chappell. (S) 11.15 Movie: Money Train. (1995) (AV15+, R)

6.00 Out Of The Blue. (PG, S) 6.30 The Biggest Loser. (G, S) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Australia. (PG, S) 9.00 Movie: Election. (1999) Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell. The star pupil at a Midwest high school is determined to become president of the student government, but a disgruntled teacher is determined for her to fail. (M, S) 11.05 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Global Edition. (MA15+) 11.35 The Office. (PG)

6.00 Thalassa: Grey Nomads In Morocco. (G, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Lost Worlds: The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs. (PG, R, S) 8.30 Nuremberg: Nazis On Trial: Rudolf Hess. Part 3 of 3. Nathaniel Parker revisits the Nuremberg trial of Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy in the Nazi Party. (PG, S) 9.40 Speer And Hitler. Part 3 of 3. Follows Third Reich architect Albert Speer during his 20-year jail sentence in Spandau. (PG, R, S) 11.15 Movie: Little Otik. (2000) (MA15+, R)

Food Safari

Wednesday, SBS, 7.30pm

Maeve O’Meara must be the envy of foodies across the nation – it’s her job to eat delicious, exotic food. Thanks to Australia’s multicultural society, our lucky host doesn’t even need to travel overseas to sample world cuisine. In the season finale, O’Meara (above) enjoys Jewish food, and of course, food and culture are intertwined, so O’Meara takes care to learn about the rules of food preparation and Sabbath traditions.

6.05 Born To Be King: Prince Charles At 60. (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 Choir Of Hard Knocks Opera House Special. Jonathon Welch and the Choir of Hard Knocks travel to Sydney to perform at the Opera House. (PG, R, S) 9.00 1983: The Brink Of Apocalypse. Reveals how Soviet fears of an imminent nuclear attack by the US on November 8, 1983, pushed the world to the brink of war. (PG, S) 11.20 Munich: The Real Assassins. (M, R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) A desperate police chase ends in tragedy. Alf learns the truth about Bridget. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (S) (Return) 8.30 Desperate Housewives. (S) (Return) 9.30 Brothers & Sisters. (S) (Return) 11.30 30 Rock. (PG)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair. (S) 7.30 Two And A Half Men. (PG, S) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon and his friends are mystified after a young graduate student becomes attracted to him. (PG, S) 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 To Be Advised. 11.40 Just Shoot Me! (PG)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00

The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Australia. (PG, S) 8.30 Movie: The Devil Wears Prada. (2006) Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt. An ambitious young woman scores a job working for the ruthless and cold-hearted editor of a leading fashion magazine. (M, S) 11.25 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 Global Village: Umbria. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Top Gear. (PG, S) 8.30 South Park. The real reason behind President Obama’s run for the White House is revealed. (M, S) 9.00 Drawn Together. (MA15+, R, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Pizza. In response to government bans on fire crackers and new working-for-tips laws, the pizza shop workers suffer more grief than usual. (M, R, S) 11.25 Movie: The Princess Blade. (2001) (MA15+, R)

Life On Mars

Thursday, SC Ten, 9.30pm

A hotly anticipated remake of the clever UK series, Life on Mars tells the story of Detective Sam Tyler (Jason O’Mara, above), who is involved in a car accident and wakes up 35 years in the pastwhere his fellow detectives are casually racist, sexist and immoral. Tyler feels as lost in this decade as he would on another planet, and constantly searches for a way back to the 21st century.

New Tricks

Saturday, ABC1, 7.30pm

This thoroughly enjoyable BBC drama follows sassy, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman, above) and her team of “old dogs” – Brian (Alun Armstrong), Jack (James Bolam) and Gerry (Dennis Waterman) – as they investigate unsolved crimes. When a man wins a legal battle to return the wreck of his prized sports car, Pullman decides to look into the five-yearold case of his wife’s death at the wheel.

6.10 Time Team: The Secrets Of The Stately Garden. (G, R, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 Lead Balloon. (PG, S) 8.30 Doctor Who. Travelling into the far future with Rose, the Doctor visits New Earth and becomes drawn into the sinister machinations of the Sisters of Plenitude and their suspiciously effective hospital. (PG, R, S) 9.15 Doctor Who Confidential: Cut Down: New New Doctor. (G, S) 9.35 Bastard Boys. Part 4 of 4. (M, R, S) 11.10 Lateline Business. (S) 11.40 Shrink Rap. (M, R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (G, S) 8.00 Find My Family. (PG, S) 8.30 Packed To The Rafters. While on jury duty, Ben meets Kat, a massage therapist with a refreshing perspective. Dave’s fledgling business struggles under the weight of too much work, until he gets a helping hand. (PGnsv, S) 9.30 All Saints. The day’s events will lead Mike to a decision that could change everything at All Saints. (M, S) 11.30 Dirty Sexy Money. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair. (S)

7.30 Wipeout Australia. (PG, S) 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30

The Allan Border Medal. Australian cricket’s annual awards ceremony, from Melbourne’s Crown Palladium. One player will win the prestigious Allan Border Medal, presented to Australia’s best cricketer of the past 12 months. (PG, S) 11.30 Seinfeld. (PG)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00

The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 8.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, S) 8.30 NCIS. After being exposed as the mole inside the NCIS, Special Agent Michelle Lee is forced to co-operate with the team to free her kidnapped daughter. (M, S) 9.30 Lie To Me. A team of behavioural experts led by Dr Cal Lightman utilises their skills in detecting when people are lying to solve crimes at the behest of law-enforcement authorities. (M, S) 11.15 David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Can Dogs Smell Cancer? (PG, R, S) 8.30 Blood And Guts: A History Of Surgery: Bloody Beginnings. Part 5 of 5. Presenter Michael Mosley finds out about the dark and barbaric early days of surgery. (M, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Hot Docs: The Dark Years. Part 3 of 3. (S) 11.25 Movie: Machuca. (2004) (M)

6.00 Art Museums Of The World. (Final) (G, S) 6.30 Nigella Express. (Final) (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 The New Inventors. Hosted by James O’Loghlin. (S) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. (S) 9.00 Chandon Pictures. (M, S) 9.35 Seven Periods With Mr Gormsby. (Final) (M, R, S) 10.00 The Robinsons. (Final) (M, R, S) 11.05 Lateline Business. (S) 11.35 Miniseries: To The Ends Of The Earth: Close Quarters. (2005) (MA15+, R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 Australia’s Got Talent. (S) (Return) 8.30 Criminal Minds. After a self-confessed serial killer turns himself in, the team has to work quickly to locate a missing mother and her children before it’s too late. (M, S) 9.30 24. Jack Bauer is subpoenaed to help the FBI investigate a new, home-grown terrorist cell. (M, S) 11.20 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair. (S) 7.30 Domestic Blitz. (PG, S) 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Just Shoot Me! (PG)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Australia. (PG, S) 9.00 House. The doctors investigate after a fitness guru on an all-natural diet collapses while filming a video. Cuddy is forced to move into House’s office. Kutner starts up an online medicaladvice website using House’s name. (M, S) 10.00 Life. (M, S) 11.00 News/Sports Tonight. (S) 11.45 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Food Safari. (Final) (G, S) 8.00 Tales From The Palaces: A Thing Of The Past. (G, R, S) 8.30 Long Way Down: Chinteche, Malawi To Maun, Botswana. In Malawi, Ewan and Charley spend some time learning about the community by visiting shops and meeting villagers. (M, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market

Election

Sunday, SC Ten, 9.00pm

Most politicians’ first taste of running for office comes at high school and writer-director Alexander Payne’s satirical eye captures those early steps brilliantly. Matthew Broderick is teacher Mr McAllister, who is desperate to stop the unstoppable juggernaut that is goody-two-shoes Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon, above) from becoming class president.

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The Devil Wears Prada

Monday, SC Ten, 8.30pm

Fresh-faced college graduate (Anne Hathaway) ventures to New York looking for her first job, landing an assistant role at a prestigious fashion magazines. The trouble is her ruthless and cynical boss (Meryl Streep, above) is intent on making her life hell. With plenty of underlying tragedy, this is way more than just a fashion industry satire.

6.05 Planet Earth: Ocean Deep. (Final) (G, R, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 Everest ER. (Final) (G, S) 8.35 The Unteachables. (Final) The nine teenagers face their final challenge when they take on the role of teachers at a local primary school – a task that should help them empathise with their own educators. (M, S) 9.30 Who Killed Dr Bogle And Mrs Chandler? (PG, R, S) 11.00 Lateline Business. (S) 11.30 Live From Abbey Road. (M, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) Ruby’s wild side gets Xavier in trouble. Has Miles finally uncovered the truth behind Melody’s behaviour? 7.30 Ghost Whisperer. (PG, S) (Return) 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy. (S) (Return) 11.00 Beauty And The Geek. (PG)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair. (S) 7.30 Getaway. (PG, S) 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Seinfeld. (PG)

Sympathy For Lady Vengeance

Thursday, SBS, 10.00pm

This is the third offering from Park Chanwook’s ultra-violent series, hot on the heels of his shocking Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and Oldboy. Similar themes of abduction, imprisonment and violent retribution are used, but this time the central psychopath is a wrongfully imprisoned woman (Lee Yeong-ae, right) who plans some poetic justice for the man who framed her. Not everyone will be able to hack the savagery, but if you like your horror extra dark, take note, this is how it’s done.

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6.05 Pilot Guides. (Final) (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 Stateline. (S) 8.00 Kylie Kwong: My China. (Final) (G, S) 8.30 Miniseries: Trial & Retribution XII: Paradise Lost. (2007) Part 1 of 2. DCI Connor and DS Satchell arrest the boyfriend of a schoolteacher for her murder, only to find that the case may be related to a series of sexual assaults that have been plaguing the local community. (M, S) 9.40 The Complete Guide To Parenting. (M, R, S) 11.10 Rage. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (G, S) 8.30 Movie: Supernova. (2005) Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Clamency Burton-Hill. A team of scientists race against time to stop an impending apocalypse. (M, R, S) 11.55 Movie: Conan The Barbarian. (1982) (M, R)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 Cricket. One-day international. Game 2. Australia v New Zealand. Second session. From the MCG. Commentary from Mark Nicholas, Richie Benaud, Michael Slater, Ian Healy, Bill Lawry, Mark Taylor and Ian Chappell. (S) 10.00 Sneak Peek. (M, R, S)

6.00 Totally Frank. (G, R, S) 6.25 Minuscule: Nap Time. (G) 6.30 Gardening Australia. (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 New Tricks. (PG, R, S) 8.25 News. (S) 8.30 The Bill. Officers think it’s an over-reaction when Inspector Gold orders the use of stop-and-search powers in her clampdown on youth disorder. After a disturbance at a bank by a female customer who smells of petrol, Sgt Stone believes the crime matches the pattern of a series of aggravated burglaries a few years before. (M, S) 11.20 Rage. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 In The Bush With Malcolm Douglas Pt 1. (G, S) 7.30 Kath & Kim. (PG, S) 8.00 Fawlty Towers. Basil is terrified of Mr Hutchinson, convinced he is a hotel inspector there to scrutinise everything. (PG, R, S) 8.30 Movie: Sister Act. (1992) Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes. A lounge singer on the run from the Mafia takes refuge in a convent. (PG, R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer Series. (Final) (G, R, S) 7.30 Movie: Stuart Little 2. (2002) (G, R, S) 9.05 Movie: Cliffhanger. (1993) Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner. A mountain rescue expert turns the tables on violent gangsters who crash in the Rocky Mountains with suitcases full with money. (M, R, S) 11.30 Movie: The Fog. (2005) (M)

Sunday, February 1

The Boy Friend

6pm – Turner Classi C m ovies (417)

An understudy (Twiggy) in a dance show gets her big break and dances with the show’s star (Christopher Gable).

Hair and Make-up

8.30pm – Fashion T v (254)

A look at the latest hair and make-up trends plus beauty tips on how to achieve the runway looks and how to get noticed.

Massive Engines – Bikes

9pm – DisCovery sCien Ce (310)

Motorbikes offer the closest relationship between man and engine: They are, essentially, an engine you sit on. Ducati, of Italy, have been making their mouldbreaking bikes since the end of World War II.

MOnday, February 2

Camp Lazlo

6pm – C ar Toon ne TWor K (203)

When the Jelly Beans lose their new pet snake in their cabin, Patsy shows up to save the campers from being swallowed one by one by the vicious little garter snake.

Who’ll Age Worst?

7.30 pm – D isCovery home anD healT h (309)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 8.00 Bondi Vet. (PG, S) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. Detectives investigate after a sevenyear-old boy caught driving a van claims that his actions were provoked by a need to escape from his abusive foster family. (M, S) 9.30 Life On Mars. After a New York detective is involved in a car accident in the present-day, he mysteriously awakens back in the ’70s. (M, S) 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.35 Rex In Rome. (Final) (PG, S) 8.30 Carla Cametti PD. Using a clue from Matt, Carla finally discovers who ordered the hit on herself and Jack. (M, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Movie: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance. (2005) After spending 13 years in jail for the kidnap and murder of a six-year-old boy, a young woman sets out to take revenge on the man who was really responsible for the crime. (MA15+)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 7.30 The Simpsons. (PG, S) 8.00 The Simpsons. Marge, feeling her kids do not want to spend time with her anymore, takes in neglected son and town bully Nelson Muntz as her surrogate child. (G, R, S) 8.30 Law & Order. After discovering that the suspected suicide of a novelist was murder, the detectives’ investigation focuses on a cult leader and the victim’s husband as possible suspects. (M, S) 11.30 News. (S)

6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Fairytales Exposed: Facts Behind The Fiction: The Star Money. (PG, R, S) 8.20 Father. (S) 8.35 As It Happened: Churchill’s Bodyguard – Nazi Sniper Plan. (G, R, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Best Undressed. A behind-the-scenes look at Australia’s longest running and most politically incorrect beauty contest, the Miss Nude Australia Pageant. (S) 11.00 Movie: DarkBlueAlmostBlack. (2006) (MA15+)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Movie: Honey. (2003) (PG, R, S) 8.30 Movie: Billy Elliot. (2000) Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, Stuart Wells, Mike Elliot, Billy Fane. An 11-year-old English boy, living in a rough mining town, decides to attend ballet lessons despite his father’s opposition. (M, R, S) 11.40 Movie: American Pie. (1999) (MA15+, R, S)

6.00 Classical Destinations: Warsaw & Krakow (Chopin, Szymanowski). (G, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 MythBusters: Phonebook Friction. (PG, S) 8.30 Iron Chef. (G, R, S) 9.20 RocKwiz. (S) 10.00 Movie: A Real Man. (2003) Mathieu Amalric, Hélène Fillières, Pierre Pellet. A computer expert depressed by his lack of success in life tries to deal with his unravelling marriage to a successful executive. (MA15+, R)

Wannabe actresses Kat and Bex like to think they’re the picture of bohemian chic, but with work and income scarce, booze, cheap food and late-night bar jobs are taking their toll.

Outbreak

8.30 pm – movie e XT ra (413)

A thrilling story of an expert scientist who must find a cure for a deadly virus that could wipe out a nation in a few weeks.

Comfort at Conder calling

THIS fully renovated family home at Conder offers spacious accommodation and low-maintenance gardens. With its blend of Federation and contemporary styling, quality inclusions and neutral décor, the lightfilled house has a flexible floor plan flowing throughout three living areas.

The large formal lounge/dining room, along with the master bedroom suite, provide a parents’ space, while the informal family areas include a stylish new kitchen, two bedrooms, main bathroom and family room opening to a covered rear entertaining area and garden.

With rumpus room, bedroom/study and laundry opening out from the family room there is the potential for a teenage/grandparents’ retreat.

The house is within walking distance of Lanyon Marketplace, St Clare of Assisi and Lanyon High schools. EER: 2.

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Address: 17 Russell Drysdale Crescent, Conder. Price: $659,000.

Inspection: By appointment.

Agent: Geraldine Collison, of Richard Luton Properties, on 0419 208244.

$1m face-lift for Garran shops

WORK on a $1 million face-lift for Garran Shops has started.

“Locals can expect to see new lights, car spaces, paving upgrades and a play space for children in the unused space opposite the shops,” said Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.

“Residents and traders were consulted on the upgrades and many of their suggestions were incorporated into the final design.”

The work is expected to be completed by June. Upgrades to the centre include:

• New lighting to enhance security.

Richard Luton Properties proudly present their annual Valentine’s Day Charity Ball with all profits going to The Heart Foundation ACT

Date Saturday 14th February 2009

Venue The Ballroom, The National Convention Centre, Canberra Time 6.30pm Pre-dinner drinks in the Ballroom Foyer

Tickets $150 per person via events@luton.com.au or call Justine Simonds on 02 6163 5421

Dress Formal / Masquerade

Entertainment provided by ‘Casual Sets’

• 14 car spaces in Garran Place and at the rear of shops.

• New seats, bins, bike racks and a public noticeboard.

• New play space, trees and seating for the unused space opposite the shops.

“The ACT Government is committed to a rolling program of improvements to Canberra’s shopping centres to ensure they meet community needs,” Mr Stanhope said.

• Upgrades to paving, including a gently graded path from the bus stop to the centre to help pedestrians and people with mobility issues to move about the shops.

Major Auction Item* 2 tickets to New York with 5 nights accommodation at a 5 star hotel in New York * reserve price

Live and Silent Auctions

This year Philip Kouvelis will celebrate his 30th year in his own agency in Canberra. Having commenced his career in early 1973 Philip opened his own business in July 1979. If you wish to have your home sold or rented by a highly experienced agent in a personal and professional manner please contact Philip today either by phone 62851590 or 0412622420, email philip@garran.kouvelis.com.au or call in and discuss your business over a coffee at paparazzi@garran cafe.

Philip Kouvelis Real Estate

Garran Shopping Centre, Garran, ACT

Telephone: 6285 1590

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Set opposite parkland with great street appeal , this spacious and attractive 4 bedroom home will both excite and delight a family that loves outdoor living.

During these warm summer days, just picture yourself entertaining friends and relatives in the open plan kitchen and family areas, whilst having the comfort of being able to watch the kids play from inside the home. When friends and relatives do arrive your entertaining options are endless, with the stunning inground pool (with waterfall), timber deck off the family room and low maintenance garden and gazebo.

The location of this family home is ideal as it is minutes to the Tuggeranong Town Centre whilst being even closer to Woden Plaza.

AuCtioN: oN SitE 11AM 21St FEBRuARy

oPEN: SAt & SuN 12:00 - 12:45PM

Contact: Justin Ingram 0431 116 399

justin@prdcanberracentral.com.au

CANBERRA CENTRAL 6295 4999