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Straight from the heart♥ E-Mail: [email protected]

Mark Richardson

Belinda's Summer Reign in Melbourne■ Across several continents, BelindaCarlisle's songs have been appreci-ated, quoted, sung at Karaoke bars andotherwise re-iterated on so many plat-forms including our very own DancingWith The Stars.

Her music conveys messages of hu-manity, from simple fun through to na-ture, personal struggles, relationshipsand everything in between.

With worldwide hits including,Heaven is A Place On Earth and Sum-mer Rain, her career has had variedhighs and lows in the global spotlight.

Having overcome many challengesearly on to achieve enormous popular-ity among her millions of fans aroundthe world, her 30-year journey is to beadmired for its resilience and resis-tance to conform to the trappings offame or fortune.

In the narrative of her 2010 memoirLips Unsealed, Belinda described hereventful history stepping into both thedark and light sides of the fame game.

Her revealing and frank account ofthese personal experiences both edu-cates her readers and inspires thosewho may want to follow her path in theinternational music industry.

These days, Belinda has wel-comed the teachings of Buddhisminto her life, and while balancing fam-ily life and performing around theworld, she has also undertaken train-ing as a Yoga teacher.

I connected with Belinda as shearrived in Tokyo just prior to the Aus-tralian leg of her November/Decem-ber 2013 tour.

Once recovered from jetlag andcompleting my Porch Thoughts in-terview, Belinda planned to put the fin-ishing touches on her performances inJapan, before turning her thoughts toher then-upcoming appearance at theVRC Oaks Club at the Crown Pal-ladium in Melbourne.

I am sure your heavenly Porchis situated somewhere on Earth.Where do your thoughts drift towhen I mention spending time onyour Porch?

In Malibu, California! I wasborn and raised there and have so manygreat childhood memories. I just lovethe Pacific Ocean, and, although I'vebeen living in France for over 20 yearsand really enjoy the lifestyle there, I'vebeen considering that I may spend some

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more time in California.With your family life with

your husband and son living inthe south of France, does the Cali-fornia track from your album, AWoman And A Man perhaps high-light an inner conflict surround-ing your relocation to Europe inthe '90's?

My husband and I had already madethe difficult decision just after the NewYear in 1994 that we would move toEurope. I'll never forget theNorthridge earthquake which hap-pened at 4am on a Monday only dayslater. We'd experienced many tremorsin Los Angeles before, of course, butwe were packed and out of LA by theend of that week. References to thecircumstances and personal impact ofthe Northridge earthquake are cap-tured in the California track, particu-larly with the lyrics “It took a lot forme to say I want to walk away, LA”.

Did you always plan to stay inParis?

When we first moved to Paris itwas only a six-month plan, but we lovedit and decided to stay. I'm really notinterested in the high-profile attractionsof big houses or fancy cars which LAis known for, so the Europeanlifestyle has been a fantastic opportu-nity to enjoy a more 'normal' life.

This was especially important whileraising our son, who's now all grownup and making his own way in theworld.

Reflecting on the lyrics Leave aLight On For Me, you've collabo-rated with many highly regardedmusicians across both Americanand European continents. Arethere other artists with whomyou'd particularly like to work if

the opportunity presents itself?I'm always open to collaborating

on music projects, and have luckilyfound song-writers such as RickNowels, who somehow manage to'get into my head', coming up withlyrics which capture the exact mes-sage I have in mind.

I've pondered collaborating withKanye West, as I think he's a greattalent, but I think the Kardashianthing has probably been too much ofa distraction recently.

Is there an artist closer to Aus-tralians' hearts that you may liketo collaborate with?

It's no secret that I've always ad-mired Crowded House's - NeilFinn. I would love to maybe workwith him someday. I think the logis-tics of that have proven difficult toovercome, though.

You've enjoyed creating hitsongs and successful albumsover 30 years. In your view, haveyou had any flops or perhapseven stinkers?

Although I have the same admi-ration for The Beatles as does anyother musician, I actually think mycover of John Lennon's Jealous

Guy wasn't a great idea.In fact, I was in a bad place in mylife at the time, and I wasn't happywith some of my choices, includingmost of that album. Of all my re-corded work, I guess that was my'stinker'.

You're not only going to be inMelbourne to perform your ownshows, but you have been invitedby the Victorian Racing Com-mittee to take to the stage as partof the Oaks Day Luncheon.What has been your experienceof Australian audiences and ourlove for your music?

I've found Australian audiences,particularly Melbourne fans, to bereally enthusiastic, and I always en-joy performing there.

The audience participation and en-ergy are fantastic (sometimes border-ing on rabid, which is great!).

Between performances, I have akind of routine, including walking orrunning along the Yarra River, andI have a few favourite places alongChapel Street.

Among other creative pursuits

such as stage and TV acting,you've added the writing of yourmemoir Lips Unsealed to your listof achievements. Apart fromyour artistic work, what elsemight you have liked to pursueas a career?

Prior to my music career, I had bigaspirations to be a travel agent so Icould visit places like Asia, India andEastern countries. I've enjoyed beingable to do that through my music, es-pecially as I consider myself a bit ofa gypsy. I'm glad my work is flexibleso my husband and I can sometimesbe spontaneous. We'd like to visitThailand in the not-too-distant fu-ture.

What's the next project in linefor you after you tour?

I had a new single come out inMay, and have another one due in theEuropean Spring. Following an ex-citing tour in Australia, I'm lookingforward to returning to my training asa Yoga teacher.

You've contributed a lot to anincreased respect for female mu-sicians over your long career.What inspiration or advicewould you share with youngerpeople who would like to followin your path?

The music industry has changed alot since I started, but it's still mostimportant to believe in your ability.Have a positive attitude and find yourown unique way to be creative - andDon't Do Drugs!

What is your Porch ThoughtFor The Day?No matter where you're from andwhat your experience of it, there's al-ways a desire to return 'home' or some-where that you feel has shaped whoyou are.Belinda Carlisle will be perform-

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‘King And I’ Melbourne casting

●●●●● Lisa McCune will star alongside Jason Scott Lee■ Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Aus-tralia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini this week announced thatJason Scott Lee will play the role of the King in The King And I.

The 2014 Melbourne season of the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s clas-sic Broadway musical will be staged at the Princess Theatre fromJune.

Lee, an international stage and screen star, will play opposite LisaMcCune in the Tony Award-winning Australian production.

Lee played the role in Frost’s production at the London Palladiumin 2000-2001 opposite Elaine Paige. Born in Los Angeles, Lee was raised in Hawaii and is of Chinese-Hawaiian descent. Although best known for his feature film roles, in-cluding the title role in the biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Map of theHuman Heart, Rapa Nui, Soldier and Lilo and Stitch, he has had an exten-sive stage career.

Lee made his operatic debut in the non-singing role of Pasha Selim inHawaii Opera Theatre's production of Mozart's Abduction From TheSeraglio in Honolulu in 2009.Melbourne Moments

Summer Salon■ Firestation Print Studio, 2Willis St, Armadale, will open itsSummer Salon, with a launch from 6pmon Wednesday, December 4.

Curator Marguerite Brown saysannual members’ Summer Salon exhi-bition includes smorgasboard of workson paper created through diverseprintmaking mediums by emerging andmid career artists.

Prizes will be awarded for the Bestin Show and Excellence inPrintmaking, independently judged andsponsored by Seniors Art Supplies.

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Author chats■ Author Graeme Simsion willmeet book enthusiasts at ElthamBookshop for an hour from 12 Noonon Thursday, November 21.

He penned The Rosie Project, a ro-mantic comedy.

It’s a novel about a man with undi-agnosed Asperger’s Syndrome whois looking for the perfect partner.

The Rosie Project won the 2012 Vic-torian Premier’s Literary Awardfor an unpublished manuscript, and hasnow been sold to over 30 countries.

Entry: $30 includes a signed copyof the book. Phone 9439 8700●●●●● Graeme Simsion

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The BuzzRadio faces BRIGHT LAUNCH

●●●●● Bobby Bright launches his EP tomorrow (Thu.) at St Kilda■ Bobby Bright will launch his first recording in 30 years, Child Of Rock AndRoll, at the St Kild aMemo Theatre tomorrow (Thu., Nov . 14) night.

Aussie music legends including Colleen Hewett will perform. PaulChasmere of Noise 11 says: “ Bobby Bright is an Australian treasure, atrue heritage artist who has proven his relevance with great songs and Australia'sbest musicians on Child Of Rock and Roll.”

The newly released EP titled will be launched at the Acland St venue, andBright will perform all the songs featured on his new EP. He will be joined onstage by the entire band who played on the recording.

The musicians who recorded Child Of Rock and Roll are producer and key-board player Michael Oliphant, guitar legends John Dallimore and RossHannaford, bassist Roger McLachlan, drummer Gerry Pantazis, guitaristMichael Doyle and saxophonist Greg Clarkson.

“Song writing has always been second nature to me, so to get the chance torecord some new originals with guys of this calibre was fantastic. I’m so lookingforward to doing the live gigs with them, can’t wait,” said Bobby.

Child Of Rock And Roll is a fascinating five song chronicle of Bobby’s lifesince the heady days of 'Bobby and Laurie' and the Go Show.

Bobby and Laurie were among the first wave of the Australian pop erabetween 1964 and 1967 and regularly had hit singles in the charts.

Their hit songs included the legendary Hitch Hiker; Sweet And Tender Ro-mance; I Belong With You. They had their own TV show Dig We Must andBobby was a disc jockey at 3XY in Melbourne and appeared on Televisionand in films.

The Child Of Rock And Roll EP is available on CD throughwww.bobbybright.com.au

Date: Thursday, November 14. Time: From: 7pm. Venue: Memo Theatre,90 Acland St, St Kilda. Tickets: $25 pre booked or $28 at the door.

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■ A pecial award ceremony for the2013 Australian MathematicsCompetition prize winners willbe held this afternoon (Wed.) from5pm-7pm at Penleigh andEssendon Grammar SchoolKeilor East Campus, RachelleRd, East Keilor.

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★A series of free Sunday afternoon concerts will be throughout November in Glen Eira’s parks and gardens. Performances are 2.30pm–4.30pm

★The Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration will be held on Thursday,November, 21, 6pm to 8pm, at The Alliance Francaise de

Melbourne.

★Vidalina Morales de Gámez, a member of the national round-tableagainst metallic mining in El Salvador, La Mesa, is in Melbourne

this week to highlight environmental degradation that has been caused throughgold mining.

★The m,unch-anticipated Melbourne Ring Festival runs from Friday(Nov. 15) until December 13.

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Winners

■ Two men who were an impor-tant part of the Melbourne radioscene, have reunited - in Perth.

Lionel Yorke and JohnnyYoung were at the top of the in-dustry in the 1960s and 70s.

Johnny Young will be joiningother Melbourne entertainers atNorfolk Island for a ChristmasIn July promotion next year.

Also appearing will be ColleenHewett, Normie Rowe and Col-leen McCullough.

Not so silly

●●●●● Lionel Yorke andJohnny Young

●●●●● Fredd Bear andJudy Banks-Phillips

■ With the new Network 10Wake Up and Studio 10 programsproving to be a ratings disaster, wehear TV executives are thumbingthrough past records of successes,and noticed the consistent top rat-ings of Fredd Bear and JudyBanks from Breakfast A Go Go inthe days of Channel 0.


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Hoon clocked at 200k■ A teen told cops he had an anger manage-ment problem after being caught at speeds morethan 120km/h over the limit near Geelong, re-ports the Geelong Advertiser.

L-plater loses permit■ A motorcyclist has lost his learners permitfor six months after he was caught drink drivingin Southbank. Melbourne Highway Patrolmembers set up a booze bus site in NormanbyRd. The officers conducted a preliminary breathtest on the rider who allegedly recorded a bloodalcohol content of .054 per cent.

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■ Vivian Pereira has lost her bid for aurgent suppression order in a case broughtagainst the Psychology Board of Aus-tralia.

Victorian Civil and Administra-tive Tribunal members NoreenMegay, John Gleeson and DianneAnderson late last month handed downtheir determination to dismiss the appli-cation.

The case followed Ms Pereira seek-ing practice endorsement as a clinical psy-chologist, earlier this year. It was not adisciplinary hearing. The Board arguedshe was not qualified for endorsement.

Ms Pereira requested that her namenot be released. She said suppression wascritical to protect the interests of justice,and to prevent the unreasonable invasionof her privacy.

Ms Pereira said that any court proce-dure or litigation of any psychologist canbe perceived in a negative light

Ms Pereira said she worked as a psy-chologist in private practice with patientssufering from mild to severe mental ill-ness, who are often confused and dis-tressed. Information from a Tribunalhearing could be confusing to them, shesaid.

“It may be seen as an issue related tomisconduct or negligence. This may leadto patients losing confidence in my prac-tice or as a psychologist, as confidential-ity is vital to psychological practice,” shesubmitted.

Ms Pereira said she was at risk at los-ing her practice at a surgery, her job, herlivelihood and an income that she had takensix years to build.

The Psychology Board said MsPereira had presented no evidence to sub-stantiate this claim.

“I am concerned to prevent an unrea-sonable invasion of privacy and conse-quence harm to myself and other involvedin those proceedings (sic),” Ms Pereirasaid.

●●●●● Leigh Barker and the New Sheiks: Eamon McNelis (trumpet) at left, Leigh Barker(double bass), Matt Boden (piano and piano accordion), National Jazz Award win-ner Heather Stewart (lead vocals and violin), Don Stewart (trombone) and SamYoung (drums) will perform at the Surrey Music Café on November 29.

Final Surrey Cafe for year

■ The final Surrey Music Café for 2013 willbe held on Friday, November 29 at 8pm at theBox Hill Community Arts Centre.

Award-winning Australian six-pieceLeigh Barker and the New Sheiks are hit-ting the road again this November, fresh froma sold out show at the Melbourne Town Hallfor the Melbourne International Jazz Fes-tival, and a brief European summer tour.

To complete their performances at great ven-ues they will be appearing at the Surrey Mu-sic Café on November 29.

Winners of the 2011 Vic/Tas Blues Award, Best Female Artist and Best Debut

Album awards, the band features LeighBarker (double bass), National Jazz Awardwinner Heather Stewart (lead vocals and vio-lin), Eamon McNelis (trumpet), DonStewart (trombone), Matt Boden (piano andpiano accordion) and Sam Young (drums).

Date: Friday, November 29 at 8.00pmVenue: Box Hill Community Arts Centre,

470 Station St, Box HillTickets: $18Bookings: 9262 6555 or at the Whitehorse

Centre,397 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading be-tween 10am and 4pm., or onlinewww.surreymusic.com

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■ Victorian harness racingidentity Mervyn Williamsonhas been found “guilty ascharged”, by Judge PamelaJenkins, Vice-President of theVictorian Civil and Admin-istrative Tribunal.

Williamson was chargedof breaching the rule that statesthat a horse shall be presentedfor a race free of prohibited sub-stances.

Williamson took the case,first brought by Harness Rac-ing Victoria, to VCAT.

A decision from July by theHRV Racing Appeals andDisciplinary Board was af-firmed.

In that earlier determination,Wiliamson received a penaltyof four months’ disqualification.

The Tribunal will determi-nate penalty after it receiveswritten submissions, or hearingfurther submissions from theparties.

The Tribunal heard that thecase concerned a gelding called‘I Didn’t Do It’, which hadbeen disqualified from Race 8at Melton on February 16, af-ter a urine sample had beencollected.

Williamson, an A-gradetrainer, has presented ‘I Didn’tDo It’, to runin the E BCochran Cup, JudgeJenkins was told.

The horse’s urine sampleshowed traces of caffiene, theo-phylline, paraxnthine and theo-

bromine. The Tribunal wastold that the urine sample wastested by two laboratories, onein Victoria, the other inQueensland.

Those to give evidence be-fore the Tribunal included in-vestigating steward AnthonyPearce, swabbing officialDavid Beer, swabbing officialBenjamin Portr, scientificmanager Paul Zahra, veteri-nary consultant Dr RichardCust, Racing Science Centrerepresentative Mark Jarrett,and former licensed stable handVictoria Talbot.

Mervyn Williamson fileda statement from his father,veterinary surgeon HenryWilliamson, and Dr AndrewClarke.

A DVD of the race, andevents afterwards, was playedto the Tribunal. There wasconsiderable discussion aboutthe integrity of the swab.

Williamson loses appeal at Tribunal ...

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●●●●● Dame Kiri Te Kanawa■ She is Prince Charles’s favourite per-former and there is a reason for that!

I speak of course of Dame Kiri TeKanawa; she is superb.

So is her pianist Terrence Dennis.They are both coming to perform in

Melbourne for Dame Kiri 70th Birthday GalaTour at Melbourne Recital Centre on Sat-urday, May 10.

Experience the lyrical beautify and sublimeartistry of one of the world’s great and belovedvoices in recital, as Dame Kiri Te Kanawaperforms her own personal selection of oper-atic favourites accompanied by renownedTerrence, her accompanist of many years.

Celebrating her 70th Birthday with this in-ternational recital tour, the evening will be arare opportunity to savour the talent and art-istry of Dame Kiri in recital, particularly inthe fabulous Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

With a magnificent career spanning morethan 40 years, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa hasbecome one of the most famous and respectedsopranos of all time, including honours by theQueen, Oxford and Cambridge Univer-sities, a lifetime achievement award from theBritish recording industry and as NewZealander of the year.

Tickets on sale now: 7.30pm, Saturday,May 10 and 4pm Sunday, May 11.

Bookings: Ticketek Box Office –ticketek.com.au or 132 849 – ElisabethMurdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Cen-tre. A performance not to be missed.

I love my job!I love my job!

Countdown to Christmas

Ensemble Liaison■ There will be some beautiful concerts overthe coming weeks leading up to the festive sea-son.

One I really recommend is Ensemble Li-aison. It is a unique chamber music partner-ship formed in 2006 between David Griffiths(clarinet), Svetlana Bogosavljevic (cello)and Timothy Young (piano).

As suggested by their name, collaborationsform the basis of their artistic and musical vi-sion.

To conclude their Local Heroes series for2013 the ensemble welcomes British violin-ist and new friend, Anthony Marwood.

Anthony is recognised across the world forhis exceptional artistry, passion, intelligenceand remarkable ability to draw a rich paletteof sound from his instrument.

His great versatility as an orchestral solo-ist, chamber musician, recitalist, and ensembledirector has enthralled audiences and criticsaround the globe.

Ensemble Liaison also have a new al-bum out that will be launched and available attheir Wednesday November 20 concert at theMelbourne Recital Centre at 7pm.

They will perform in the ElizabethMurdoch Hall – a must-see. Bookingsmelbournerecital.com.au or phone 96993333.

Their new album, by the way, would be aperfect ‘stocking stuffer’ for the coming festi-val season. Titled Oblivion, the tracks on it aresuperb.

The Age writes: “such music, such program-ming, such overall artistry …”

With a lot of performers wanting all sortsof things and making all sorts of demands, oneof the most beautiful part about this group istheir massive talent – all home grown and theirsimple requirements. A good quality grand pi-ano, tuned on the day of the performance. Twostraight-backed, armless chairs. Two musicstands. An experienced page turner may berequired. Superb. Simple and the delivery oftheir performance gigantic.

■ I have confession tomake!

I watch The Bach-elor on Channel 10.It’s all my god-daughter’s fault, shegot me into it and nowI am hooked.

I really want Ali, thereal estate agent fromSouth Australia, towin.

I was, however, sadto see Dani leave.

It means so much tothese girls. Besides,her mother made oneof the best pavlovas Ihave ever seen!

Tim Robards, theactual Bachelor, saidfarewell to Victorianevents co-ordinatorDanielle Sandy in themost emotional roseceremony of the seriesso far.

Standby however. Ithink there might be acouple more.

After travelling toeach of the girl’s home-towns to meet theirfamilies, Tim was leftwith the heartbreakingdecision to send one ofthem home.

I can see it is al-ways hard for him. My,he is good to look at.

He has it all exceptI am not sure abouthim. I hope he doesn’thurt the girls althoughthey know why they arethere and what they areup against.

I am sure he is alovely guy and if hedoesn’t choose Ali atthe end he will have a

lot to answer for, justfrom her family alone.

It is intriguing tele-vision and a little sad attimes, or is that my ageshowing?

It’s coming to anend and next couple ofweeks will reveal all.The Bachelor. Wednes-day, 7.30pm.

It is interesting aboutthe ratings with TheBachelor.

It appears I am notthe only one watching.Channel Ten aver-age around 704,000viewers and was fifthin viewers aged be-tween 25 and 54.

Big Brother hadmore than 1.4millionviewers on ChannelNine with their finaleshow.

That show has doneextremely well forNine and will return in2014.

Dame Kiri performs

●●●●● Two of the three Ensemble Liaisonmembers. From left: Svetlana Bogo-savlievic and Timothy Young.

■ Another beautiful woman is JenniferHawkins. She glowed during the SpringRacing Carnival, stunning in everything shewore. She has class and elegance and wearsclothes like no one else I know.

She simply showed all the other gals how itis done excelling herself on Oaks Day at theSofitel on Melbourne marquee. Go Jen.

Jennifer , the face of Myer, wore the mostwonderful Manning Cartel dress at TheOaks.

Even though I wasn’t at the track I wouldsay she was certainly one of the best dressedof the whole carnival.

I like to stay home and watch it all unfoldon the tele and then count my Sportsbet ac-count at the end of the day.

I always do well. I love the horses and thewhole spectacle.

●●●●● DameLucas

DawsonPhotography

■ I look at Melbourne and its events... and you have to conclude it certainly isthe event city. One finishes and next onestarts, I thought with all the festivities, Iwould put my Christmas tree up.

So I did. It looks fabulous. I enjoyed aquiet night by myself and put up all thedecorations. It sits pride of place in mylounge room, much to the delight of thetechnician who came to my home to fixmy computer. His face lit up when he sawit and it was great to see.

The next big event of course will beChristmas and the stores are all pre-pared.

I am keen to get myself to Bali in theNew Year but will be celebrating the fes-tive season this year with my family.

I know as I get older I appreciate thefestive season so much more. The Myerwindows are great. It is interesting thoughthat they are moving away from the reli-gious aspect of the season and keeping itmore neutral. It’s all about the kids at theend of the day and a great time for reflec-tion.

●●●●● Dani fromThe Bachelor

●●●●● Tim Robards

●●●●● Tim Dormer,Big Brother

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●●●●● Nancy Jack (left), Merle Stevens, DeniseHodder, Christina Carolan and Aileen Dorratrehearse for B.E.A.T. on Sunday, December8 at Collingwood College.

Photo: Malcolm Threadgold

■ The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legalaction against the owner-operator of a Melbournechildcare business, alleging she underpaid five workersa total of more than $15,000.

Facing Court is Melbourne woman VivienMahomet, who owns and operates a business trading asAcademy for Kids, which provides before and afterschool care and holiday care for children at a number ofsites throughout Melbourne.

It is alleged Ms Mahomet underpaid five casualchildcare employees located at Glen Waverley, WestPreston and Reservoir a total of $15,450 between Juneand December last year.

The employees were aged in their 30s and 40s andeach held a Certificate Level III in Children's Services.One of the employees was an Indian national who wasin Australia on a student visa.

The employees were allegedly underpaid their mini-mum hourly rate for some work performed and not paidat all for some work. Casual loadings and broken shiftallowances were allegedly also underpaid.

Ms Mahomet allegedly also breached pay slips lawsand failed to comply with a Notice to Produce issued byFair Work inspectors investigating underpayment com-plaints lodged by the employees.

Fair Work Ombudsman, Natalie James, said thesignificant amounts involved and failure to rectify the mat-ter were significant factors in the decision to commencelegal action.

The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges MsMahomet committed multiple breaches of workplacelaws. She faces maximum penalties of up to $3300 to$6600 per breach.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is also seeking aCourt Order for Ms Mahomet to back-pay the employ-ees the amounts that were allegedly underpaid.

A directions hearing is listed in the Federal CircuitCourt in Melbourne on Friday (Nov. 15).

BEAT at Collingwood

CHOPPER THE MUSICAL

Melbourne Observationswith Matt Bissett-Johnson

THE BARREL‘Never pick a

fight with a manwho buys inkby the barreland paper by

the ton.’

Arts Centre chief leaves

●●●●● Judith Isherwood

Horse case

dismissed■ Horse racing identities ConKarakatsanis and Tony Kara-katsanis have lost their Court ofAppeal bid to have a VCAT deci-sion overturned.

Supreme Court Judges Osbornand Beach heard that JudgeKaye dismissed an appeal overa decision by VCAT Senior Mem-ber John Nixon.

The case centred on an alle-gation that there was an attemptto stomach-tube a horse How-muchdoyouloveme prior toVictoria Derby Day in 2012.

The Court of Appeal dismissedthe application.

■ Victorian Arts Centre Trust Chief ExecutiveJudith Isherwood will step down as Chief Execu-tive of Arts Centre Melbourne.

Ms Isherwood has been Chief Executive sincelate 2009.

“On behalf of the Trust, I would like to expressthe considerable debt of gratitude that Victorians oweto Judith.

“In her four year tenure, she has overseen the in-credibly complex, challenging but successful rebuildof Hamer Hall and its reopening last year,” TrustPresident Tom Harley said.

“Judith has also been responsible for invigorat-ing the Centre with a comprehensive and diverse of-fering of programs.

“Through many programming activities, Arts Cen-tre Melbourne has attracted growing and broaderaudiences with many people experiencing theCentre’s rich offering for the first time.

“Her recent work in developing a number of ambi-tious, long term program initiatives focused on 2015and beyond, has been particularly valued and we arehopeful of Judith’s continuing involvement in theseplans.”

Mr Harley said Ms Isherwood had played a cen-tral role in driving innovative programming initiativesfocussed on 2015 and beyond, and that the Trust re-mains strongly committed to delivering on that visioninto the future.

Mr Harley indicated that the Trust will com-mence the search for a new Chief Executive immedi-ately. Jodie Bennett, Executive Corporate Servicesand CFO, will be acting Chief Executive from No-vember 20 until further notice.

Bryan Dawe at Eltham■ Bryan Dawe and Clare Wright will speak onThe Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, when they appear atMontsalvat, Eltham, on Thursday, November 28.

Bryan Dawe is one of Australia’s finest politi-cal satirists. He has enjoyed a long, successful careerwriting and performing on national radio, television,stage and film. Bryan received the Australian Cen-tenary Medal in the 2001 New Year’s Honour Listfor ‘Services to the acting profession’. He is est knownfor his collaboration with John Clarke on ABC TV.

■ Award-winning playwright FrankHowson and musical director War-ren Wills will announce details oftheir new collaboration, Chopper TheMusical on Tuesday (Nov. 19).

The Melbourne men say the pro-duction is a tale of violence, culture,ethics and redemption.

The media conference, at theRoyal Melbourne Hotel, will in-clude monologues read by master-of-ceremonies Simon Palomares.

There will be live performancesof three songs from the forthcomingproduction, performed by 70s Aussierock legend, Mick Pealing (TheMighty Rock ).

Les Twentyman will give aspeech at the launch.

Performing at the launch will beKim Valance, Georgina Ward,Kelly Auty, Elodie Adams, LucyGale, Emma Hill, Taylor Klasand Hollie James.

Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’Read was an Australian criminal,born in 1954. He died last month.

Read wrote a series of semi-au-tobiographical and fictional crime nov-els. The 2000 film Chopper is basedon his life.

Read spent only 13 months out-side prison between the ages of 20and 38, having been convicted ofcrimes including armed robbery, fire-arm offences, assault, arson, imper-sonating a police officer and kidnap-ping.

■ The vibrance of tap dancing will be showcased inB.E.A.T., presented by Isabelle’s Academy of Tapfor two performances on Sunday, December 8 at2.30pm and 7.30pm at the Collingwood CollegeTheatre, Corner Cromwell St and McCutcheonWay, Collingwood.

Enjoy routines presented by tappers of all ages,from beginners through to advanced levels, plus themuch-loved Golden Tappers troupe.

B.E.A.T. is devised and choreographed by IsabelleRyan and Megan Ellis.

Tickets: $35 or $30 concession (matinee only)Bookings: 9415 7157.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Crikey!

■ Publisher EricBeecher is in strife forrefusing to pay con-tributors to his newDaily Review websiteunless they attract aminimum 25,000 hitsper month.

Hoges live

ALLEGATIONSTO BE TESTED

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●●●●● Paul Hogan■ Discounted ticketsare being offered forthe Paul Hoganshows to be held nextmonth at the PrincessTheatre, Mel-bourne. Front rowseats were put on salethis week by theMarriner Group.

Dog scam■ Police say aBendigo woman lost$300 in a scam.

Leading SeniorConstable JanMackay said thewoman bought a KingCharles spaniel puppyfor $250 from a website, but did not receive theanimal.

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■ Melbourne’s radio industry isabuzz with rumours that ChrissieSwan and Jane Hall will be axedfrom their Mix 101.1 breakfast ra-dio program ... to be replaced with arelayed program from Sydneyheaded by Kyle Sandilands andJackie O.

The Asutralian Radio Net-work, which runs Mix in both capi-tal cities, is rumoured to be negotiat-ing with the Sydney pair, at a priceof $1 million per year.

Big cash

Pay-as-you-go hotel

●●●●● Tune Hotel Melbourne general mangerNathan Copsey, Tune Hotels CEO MarkLankester, Victorian Premier Dr DenisNapthine, and Datuk Dr Rameez Yahaya, Con-sul-General of Malaysia to Victoria.

■ Victorian Premier Dr Denis Napthine con-ducted the oficial opening of Tune Hotels hasstamped its first operation in Australia. Melbournewill be its operational hub.

The 225-room property at 609 Swanston St,Carlton, was officially launched during a ceremonyattended by Dr Napthine, Malaysia’s Consul-Gen-eral in Melbourne Datuk Dr Mohamad RameezYahaya and Group CEO of Tune Hotels MarkLankester.

Dr Napthine said the decision to base inMelbourne will create more than 100 direct and in-direct local jobs.

“Tune Hotel Melbourne brings a new modelof accommodation to Australia, and I am very proudthat Melbourne is at the forefront of this new tour-ism concept.

Tune Hotel Melbourne had soft-opened forbusiness late last month, two weeks ahead of sched-uled, and celebrated that with a super low launch rateof just $50 a night - one of the most affordable roomrates seen in central Melbourne for years.

hotel features an indoor open air courtyard, a rec-reational lounge, a restaurant, café, luggage storage,self-service launderette and free Internet desks onthe ground floor. The hotel is equipped with basementcar parks. Melbourne will also be the location for TuneHotels’ operational headquarters overseeing Austra-lia and New Zealand operations, working in con-junction with the corporate office in Kuala Lumpur.

“We are very excited to have finally establishedour first hotel in Australia right here in Melbourne,giving business and leisure visitors to this amazingcity a truly compelling choice of accommodation al-ternative,” said Mr Lankester.

“We would like to thank the Victorian Govern-ment, Tourism Victoria, Tourism Australia aswell as the City of Melbourne for their invaluableand continued support of Tune Hotels.”

Tune Hotel Melbourne is the 34th property forTune Hotels, which has pioneered a “pay-as-you-use” concept that has become hugely popular amongsmart travellers from across the world.

Under the concept, guests only pay for room rateswith the option of adding on other amenities like tow-els and toiletries, in-room Wi-Fi and satellite TV ser-vice to keep costs down, reduce waste and save en-ergy.

■ Crown ResortsChairman JamesPacker yesterday(Tues.) announced aproposed $60 millionphilanthropic contri-bution to theSydney/WesternSydney arts com-munity, as part of ajoint 10-year commit-ment.

He pledged $30million from CrownResorts as part of itsCorporate Social Re-sponsibility programsand $30 million pri-vately from thePacker family.

To Court

●●●●● Derryn Hinch is fast losing his ‘pull’ in attracting crowds.About 100 people lined the steps of State Parliament Houseon Sunday to hear the ‘Human Headline’ speak on demandsfor changes to the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, Hinchfans who have asked the broadcaster for updates on theamount of public donations raised to pay his lawyer fees andCourt-ordered costs, seem to be still waiting for an answer.

■ The Australian Securities and InvestmentsCommission has banned Melbourne mortgage bro-ker Tony Quach for five years and cancelled the Aus-tralian credit licence of his company TQ SmartchoicePty Ltd after an investigation found failure to complywith credit laws.

ASIC found that between 2010 and 2011, Quach,through TQ Smartchoice Pty Ltd, submitted six home-loan applications to two lenders that contained false ormisleading information.

In all instances, Quach obtained information anddocuments from a source other than the applicants andfailed to verify that information with the applicants, ASICalleges.

During this period, Quach was the sole director ofTQ Smartchoice Pty Ltd, which held an Australiancredit licence.

Quach and TQ Smartchoice Pty Ltd can appealthe decision with the Administrative Appeals Tri-bunal.

The false and misleading information Quach wasalleged to have submitted related to applicants’ income,employment and savings.

Quach also made declarations to lenders that he hadmet and obtained all information from the applicants.

In some instances, it is alleged that Quach failed tomeet the applicant before submitting an application to alender. In other instances, Quach is said to have metthe applicant but still submitted applications includinginformation and documents obtained from a person otherthan the applicant.

ASIC’s investigation into the matter is continuing.Since taking over national responsibility for credit in

2010, ASIC has taken action over brokers submittingfraudulent loan applications and similar behaviour. Re-cent cases have seen individuals criminally charged orbanned. These include: Daniel Duy Anh Nguyen, Ed-ward Richard George, Eric Ying Ching Chu,Moustafa Dandachli and Daniel Nguyen. ASIC hasa further 20 loan-fraud investigations on foot.

Hinch crowds dwindle

BROKER BANNEDFOR 5 YEARS

●●●●● James Packer

Another Director soon

■ There are chasnges afoot at the VictorianNewsagents’ Association. Ray Burgess has leftas a Director; a new appointment will be announcedsoon. The VANA elections see p;ositions confirmed:Gerard Munday, Chairman; Chris Pecora, Vice-Chairman; Ron Thorpe, Secretary / Treasurer; KateMcDonald, Executive Director; Luke Liu, Direc-tor

Sports goods to Fiji■ Not-for-profit organisation SOS Unleashed loksset to donate more than $100,000 of much-neededsporting equipment to rural Fijian schools as part ofAsia Pacific’s largest cultural exchange program.

Famous Fijian rugby star and Waratahs player,Ben VolaVola along with team mate Tala Gray andSydney Swans star Daniel Hannebery launchedthe program yesterday (Tues.). Students will be visit-ing Fijian communities.

■ The Trustees ofthe Marist Broth-ers have requested aHeidelberg Mag-istrates’ CourtRegistrars’ Hear-ing today (Wed.) at11am to hear a civilclaim allegationagainst Julie Beerfor “services ren-dered”.

3AW move

■ There arerumours of changesat Melbourne radiostation 3AW, to bepossibly announcedin the coming month.

Fined■ Seven food busi-nesses in theMonash municipal-ity, south-east ofMelbourne, havebeen fined for failingto meet food safetystandards.

One in 10 restau-rants in the areafailed their first in-spection.

Seven businesseswere fined between$700 and $1400, re-ports the Leader.

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or ’Like’ our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/freemasonsvic for the most up to date information.

●●●●● ‘Freemasons: The Inside Story’ airs every Monday night at 8.30pm on Channel 31, with replays throughout the week on Thursdays at

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●●●●● Movember Team Captain 2012, Ben

Quick is getting into the spirit again this

year and is encouraging all members to

log on to find out more.

■ Freemasons Victoria is participating inMovember this year by growing their mos forprostate and testicular cancer awareness.

Last year Freemasons Victoria raised morethan $38,000 for this cause, and hopes to betterthat figure this year.

If you are keen to support this charity and you'renot afraid of looking a little hairy for the month,join us by logging into the Freemasons VictoriaMovember page at http://au.movember.com/team/963693 to upload your photos, log yourprogress and join in supporting others.

During November each year, Movember isresponsible for the sprouting of millions of mous-taches around the world.

With their ‘MO's’ men raise vital funds andawareness for prostate and testicular cancer, andmental health.

As an independent global charity,Movember's vision is to have an everlasting im-pact on the face of men's health.

Freemasons Victoria supports Movember

●●●●● RWBro. Peter Henshall remembers.

■ The lawn out the front of the Dallas BrooksCentre is certainly not something easily ignored,now that it has been transformed into a Field ofRemembrance.

On walking past the Masonic Centre, you'llsee a sea of white crosses, all representing a fallenservice person.

Each cross has been personally tagged with amessage of remembrance from a Freemason,their friends or family.

Those who planted a cross donated towardsthe RSL Welfare Fund and the FreemasonsPublic Charitable Foundation.

Among those who participated, were mem-bers of the Vietnam Veterans MemorialLodge, the Army Lodge and the VictorianNaval and Military Lodge.

Gentlemen arrived on the planting day withtheir medals of service and spent time wander-ing through the field reading some of the touch-ing messages left by others.

On Friday, November 8, Grand Master Rob-ert Jones hosted one of the most significantevents in the Freemasons Victoria calendar,the Field of Remembrance Ceremony.

A number of high level dignitaries were in at-tendance including Jason Wood, MP of the Of-fice of Senator the Hon. Michael RonaldsonMinister for Veteran's Affairs; Garry Runge ofthe Office of the Minister for Veteran's Affairs;and President of the RAAF Association, JohnMcCrystal.

The event began with a recital of In FlandersFields by Commander Mike Lovell RFDRANR (Ret'd), followed by a very moving cer-emony performed by the Freemasons VictoriaGrand Masonic Team.

The ‘Ceremony of the Unknown Soldier’,pays respect to unknown soldiers who are nevergiven the proper burial they deserve having servedand paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Following a wreath laying service, RSL StateVice President Major George Logan RFD(Ret'd) gave the Ode of Remembrance, and bu-gler John Mansfield provided the Last Post.

After standing for the Australian National An-them, all retired for light refreshments, and achance to revisit the Masonic Centre's ownField of Remembrance to pay their respectsand remember those who fought for our country.

Freemasons Victoria remembers

●●●●● Grand Master Bob Jones with Richard Elkington District Co-Ordinator, Daniel (seated)

and Rod Lavin of Argyle Lodge.

■ Bob Jones, the Grand Master of Freema-sons Victoria, travelled to Traralgon onWednesday, November 6, to officially presentCooinda Hill with a made-for-purpose bus.

Argyle Lodge No. 105, in Traralgon, re-cently celebrated its 125th birthday, and in recog-nition of this milestone, decided it would embarkon a charitable campaign to purchase a muchneeded bus for Cooinda Hill, which is a dis-

ability service provider who provides day care ser-vices for more than 70 members of the LatrobeValley community.

"I was very proud to be able to assist CooindaHill on this occasion with this brand new, pur-pose-built bus.

“The bus will be beneficial for those in thiscommunity who have difficulty accessing suitabletransport", Bob Jones said.

Official Bus Handover to Cooinda Hill

■ The culmination of our final Think PinkFUNdraising event during the national breastcancer awareness campaign is one we are veryexcited about.

We are proudly partnered with the Women'sNational Basketball League - DandenongRangers.

Collectively we are continuing to raise funds,and awareness, by decking out the stadium, thecrowd, and the team in PINK.

Funds raised will help support the ThinkPink Living Centre and Epworth Freema-sons Oncology Department. Come along inyour most outrageous PINK outfit and join inthe fun and games.

There are plenty of prizes and surprises toentertain you throughout the night. Don't missyour chance to support this wonderful partner-ship with the Jayco Rangers. Tip-off is at7.30pm at Dandenong Basketball Stadiumon Friday, November 15.

Think Pink Fundraising with the Rangers

●●●●● Leilani Mitchell from WNBL

Dandenong Rangers riding the Pink

Quad bike which is 1st Prize in the Think

Pink with Freemasons Victoria Raffle.

●●●●● The Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team performs a seamless Ceremony of the Un-

known Soldier.

LA’S OWN MELBOURNE CUP

ObserverMelbourne

West Hollywood

From my suite at theRamada Plaza Hotel andSuites comes this week'snews.

Largest prize

money in US

www.gavinwood.us

■ Breeders Cup Week atSanta Anita Race Track isLos Angeles's ‘MelbourneCup’.

Some $25 million is up forgrabs over the carnival offeringthe largest prize money in horseracing in the USA.

The VRCworks closely withSanta Anita Race Track toencourage North Americanhorses to compete in theMelbourne Cup.

The American AustralianAssociation and Australiansin L.A. hosted an evening forthe live screening of the 2013Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Gai

Waterhouse

movie star

■ Gai Waterhouse, trainer ofthe Melbourne Cup winnerFiorente, is not only highly re-garded in the USA. asAustralia's most glamorousand successful trainer but also,'Gai Smith' made a name forherself as a model and actor inAustralia, USA and UK hav-ing appeared in the Young Doc-tors, Doctor Who and the Inva-sion Of Time.

When Gai returned to Aus-tralia she served an apprentice-ship under her father, the great‘T.J.’ Smith before obtainingher own training licence.

Gavin Wood

From my Suite at the

Ramada Plaza Complex

on Santa Monica Blvd

Do see ‘Last Vegas’

■ My business partner in Countdown Motion Pictures, AdamHoward worked on Last Vegas with visual effects on the famousroller coaster on the 'Stratosphere' ride in Las Vegas.

I actually saw the movie last weekend with Adam and the in-side stories were fascinating.

This movie is a hit with superstar actors Morgan Freeman,Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline playingoff each other in this comedy about a late-in-life bachelor party inSin City. I would describe it as "hangover for seniors".

Like The Hangover this movie is one of the funniest ones I haveseen in a long while.

Michael Douglas plays Billy, one of four childhood friendsabout to turn 70 and get married for the first time to a woman morethan half his age.

Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline playhis childhood friends, reuniting for a last fling on the strip.

"This may be the first bachelor party covered by Medicare,"quips Mary Steenburgen, who plays Diana, a lounge singer thefellows meet downtown.

The men defy age and have a multi-generational blast in what isan entertaining and funny romp.

When it comes to Melbourne make sure you go and see LastVegas.

Janis gets her star

■ Janis Joplin will posthumously receive the 2510th star on theHollywood Walk of Fame with her long time friend KrisKristofferson performing a special acoustic version of Me AndBobby McGee.

Joplin's siblings, Michael and Laura Joplin, will accepther star.

Janis Joplin has been called "the greatest white urban bluesand soul singer of her generation". She was inducted into the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Sadly, Janis was found dead of a heroin overdose in a Holly-wood hotel room on October 4, 1970 at the age of 27.

Jonas Brothers disband

■ Breaking News, stop the presses this is huge ... well not really.Nick, Joe and Kevin are no more.

I am sure you are crying in your coffee right now. The brotherscited "creative differences on the music".

They have finally grown up and moved on with their individualcareers.

The boys had been working on their fifth album, V but they wereunable to agree on their musical direction.

It will be good, as now we will see what each brother comes upwith, musically.

Movies, movies, movies

■ The 8-day Hollywood Movie festival is happening right now allover Los Angeles. If you are finding it hard to get a hotel room thisis why. Movie buffs, producers, directors and fans are here to cel-ebrate Global Cinema among icons and emerging artists and toexperience the best festival films of the year and red carpet events.www.afi.com

Another award for Barbra

■ In five decades of dominating the entertainment world checkout this impressive list of major awards for Barbra Streisand:

2 Oscars, 5 Emmys, 8 Grammys, 1 Tony, 4 Golden Globes, 1Kennedy Center Honour, 1 American Film Institute Award., 2Peabodys.

And now she will pick up her latest award at Carnegie Hall inNew York.

Barbra Streisand, aged 71, is the winner of the GlamourWomen of the Year, lifetime achievement award.

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Leanne

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new album

■ Home grown, Mel-bourne rocker LeanneKingwell is releasing anamazing album produced bylegendary Hollywood pro-ducer David J. Holman.

David was responsiblefor hits with No Doubt,Everclear, King Bees,Olivia Newton-John andmany more.

This album is truly one ofthe greatest albums released.

The songs are amazingand Leanne's depth ofsongwriting is inspiring.

The return to real musicproduced in a studio with thebest musicians.

If you buy one album forChristmas make it this one.Choking On Halos is avail-able on iTunes, Amazonand CD Baby.

Music guru and critic IanMolly Meldrum says "itsa breath of fresh air".

Music producer David J.Holman says "Exciting …incredible artist."

Billy Pinnell, musicjournalist says "Perfect … aquantum leap."

Wendy Squires, colum-nist, The Age, says "Memo-rable. So damn good."

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●●●●● Managing Director of Ramada Plaza, Alan Johnson, with

winning Melbourne Cup trainer Gai Waterhouse.

●●●●● Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and

Kevin Kline in Last Vegas

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Victoria Pictorial Historic Photo Collection

●●●●● Collins St, with Town Hall and Manchester Unity building. 1956.●●●●● Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville. 1956.

●●●●● Collins Street, from West End. 1956.

●●●●● Bourke Street, looking west ●●●●● Front view of Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. 1956.

●●●●● Looking to Princes’ Bridge, from near boat sheds. 1956 ●●●●● Town Hall, St Kilda, where Olympc fencing events were decided.

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Deep into the world of espionage and spying

WHICH TABLETS ARE GOOD FOR YOU?


ObserverMelbourne

Life & Style

Yvonne’s Column

with Yvonne Lawrence

[email protected]

■ Reading newspapers, particularly those pub-lished on the weekend confuse me so much, thatwhen it comes to health issues and food, I nowskip those pages.

Every week there is another story conflictingwith the story from last week about what we shoulddo to stay healthy.

And what worries me is some of the issuesare really quite serious and not for the reader whowill blindly follow the advice without consultingtheir doctor.

I’ve seen some of the craziest diets known toman that assure the reader that they will look likeTwiggy in a matter of weeks.

Pass with flying colours■ Take vitamin D for instance, My doctor gaveme loads of instructions on how to increase myvitamin D level for strong bones. And I was tosit in the sun for at least half an hour a day toincrease the level.

Following his instructions to the letter, I feltthat the next time he took a blood sample I wouldwin a gold star.

As a matter of fact I did pass with flyingcolours. But, now I read that it was because I’vehad an enforced rest and was eating regular meals.

It pleased me because with summer approach-ing and hating the heat as I do, I’d have to missout on the daylight bit.

My bone density level would have to wait. Soof course, if I followed it to the letter, by the timesummer was over I’d be ready to be carted aroundin a bucket.

But then I read in the health supplement thatthe latest study found that vitamin D doesn’t im-prove bone density at all.

And that … targeting low-dose vitamin Dsupplements only to individuals who are likely tobe deficient could free up substantial resourcesthat could be better used elsewhere in health care.

On the wonky list■ So where does that leave me? Do I now havetoo much vitamin D racing around my body? Andwhat about my bone density?

Reading the morning newspapers is taken veryseriously in our house.

And since Peter and I are both on the ‘wonkylist’ reading the papers in bed puts us both in apeaceful frame of mind and ready to face the day.I have to admit that we still have lively discus-sions from time to time. And I still do the cross-words.

But, not any more.Depending on which newspaper you buy, the

same stories could be completely different, or atbest, contradict one another.

No wonder parents are worried about their chil-

dren being overweight. The recipes are endless,and it’s sometimes more about the chef than therecipe.

Handy rcipe■ Actually while I’m thinking about the foodpages, here is a recipe for a slimming, and sim-ply delicious snack that Peter has been makingbefore ‘ des boot’ became part of his sartorialuniform.

It’s easy, quick and very economical. Just thedish to make when the garden is full of zucchini’s.

Zucchini Patties.1.5 cups grated zucchiniHalf an onion, finely chopped2 tablespoons of flour1 eggPepper and salt.

Mix it all together and spoon the mixture intoan oiled pan over medium heat. Press the moundsof mixture to flatten the patties.

Cook each side for a few minutes until brown,and serve hot or cold with a dab of mayonnaise ora slice of lemon.

These are just the thing for a snack, a quicklunch or to accompany a barbeque.

No snacks at home■ Snacks were not permitted when I was grow-ing up. I could have a piece of fruit, but I was sobusy playing outside I didn’t think of anything else.

Must say though that by the time it wasdinnertime I was hungry and ate everything onmy plate, except rissoles and brussels sprouts. Butthat’s another story and I was punished for not

eating them. It’s strange, but rissoles are one ofmy favourites now. Perhaps it was the way Mummade them, but nothing short of her taking awaymy books, would get me to eat them.

There’s nothing like a game of hide and seek,skippy or even cricket in the back garden to keepkids fit and well, and looking forward to meal-times.

I’m sure it’s everyone not sitting down at atable together that destroys the eating pattern of afamily.

Talking to a young girl who came with hermother to visit us ‘sickies’ I asked her who setsthe table in her house.

Mum looked embarrassed, and the girl saidthat no one set the table because they had theirmeal on their laps while watching the television.Sadly, this kid wouldn’t know how to set a table.

Squabbling at table■ It’s most probably ringing around in some read-ers heads about the squabbling that went on as towho set the table and who did the washing up. Imissed out on that because I had no brothers andsisters to argue whose turn it was, but I still hadto take my turn with mum.

My grandfather was extremely strict and wouldnot allow any talking from the children during ourvisits for Sunday roast dinner.It was a ritual that grandpa carved the roast joint.

Standing at the head of the table he sharpenedthe carving knife using a matching steel, then pro-ceeded to carve. I don’t know if I think it wouldbe a good thing for children today. I’m all infavour of animated talk from children about theirschool activities that day.

Going to grandpa’s we knew it was always acase of ‘children should be seen and not heard’.Fortunately my mother didn’t think like this andour meal times were happy times.

Not missing kids■ It has been rather good in one way not beingout and about, but I am missing it, because Peterwould take me for coffee and cake at a favouritepatisserie.

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But I’m not missing the little children whoseparents stand them in front of the display casefull of delicious cakes and ask them what cakethey would like to have with their babychino’s.

The children, utterly bewildered at the varietyof the beautifully iced cakes in glorious colourscan’t decide what they want much to the chagrinof the staff and the customers silently fumingwhilst waiting to be served.

Common sense would dictate that after thechild has made its first choice the parents shouldstep in and that’s it.

It would seem that we have gone from oneextreme to another. Once children were not givena choice, and had what the parents chose and nodiscussion.

But now, toddlers are allowed to choose forthemselves, when they really don’t know whatthey want, and then complain loudly that they don’tlike it and then whinge and want something thatsomebody else has been served.

And in doing so, annoy the heck out of peoplewho have gone in for a quiet chat with a friend,and to enjoy coffee and cake.

One big paradox■ I can’t help but think that catering to everychilds whim doesn’t work, and it may be time togo back a bit and parents take responsibility fortheir kids behaviour in public.

And remember, they are their parents and nottheir friends.

It’s a paradox that half the weekend’s maga-zines are devoted to getting fit, healthy eating andstriving for that perfect figure, and the other halfare all about dining out and preparing food that issure to defeat the purpose.

And please tell me that I’m not the only onethat can’t understand what on earth the people whowrite the horoscopes are on about.

Perhaps life is one big paradox, but when youthink of the alternative, I’ll take it as it comes.

- YvonneContact: Editor,

Melbourne ObserverP.O. Box 1278, Research, 3095.

ObserverMelbourne

Book Reviews

■ There is National outrage, there isPolitical outrage, there is also Diplo-matic outrage...

Currently, countries such as Ger-many and Indonesia are outwardlyastounded by America and Austra-lia and other nations, for their covertsurveillance activities.

These bastions of the West whohave been 'outed' as spying on theirFriends and who, on diplomatic levelshave stated that their only comment is'No Comment,' and make no apologiesfor their own national security mea-sures, have had the world blowtorchfocused upon them publicly.

And those who claim to have beenbetrayed by their very best friends aremaking hay while the solar heat pre-vails.

Peter Wright's informative andcontroversial book, black-balled by the

English/British Thatcher Gov-ernment, and championed in Austra-lia by the then lawyer MalcolmTurnbull, takes us deep into a secretworld of espionage, spy and counter-spy, agent, runner of agents, illegals anddouble agents.

And the 11th Commandment: ThouShalt Not Get Caught.

Some didn't, some did. Some paidwith their lives.

In Wright's book names and hu-man beings live again: romantic, dis-dained, shunned and revered, depend-

ing on whose side they worked for:Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, DonaldMaclean and Sir Anthony Blunt.All of them Russian spies. The firstthree, defectors to Russia, the forth,run to ground in England and givenimmunity from prosecution on condi-tion of co-operation.

And there were also suspicions of afifth spy.

If there really had been a fifth, thereis no conclusive proof. Though suspi-cion, levelled by Peter Wright andothers, pointed directly at Sir RogerHollis, the top man, Director of MI5.

Wright could never pin this mandown, could never gain the exact proofthat might have closed the net.

Hollis retired, divorced his wife of40 years and married his secretary. Helived a further seven years, before dy-ing aged 67 in 1973.

I have not been able to find the causeof death, but presume it not to have beensuspicious.

As for Peter Wright, (retired fromMI5, 1976 aged 60) he and his wifecame to Australia, to Tasmania,where the book was written and pub-lished. Wright died in 1995 aged 78.

Later MI5 engaged an independentto write an authorized history of MI5,commemorating its 100th anniversary.Professor Christopher Andrew ofCambridge University produced hisbook, The Defence of the Realm. TheAuthorised History of MI5. Publishedin 2009 by Allen Lane.

So an outside historian is given ac-cess to its archives. Not given the rightto publish all of them, but enough tobuild up a work celebrating

MI5's first hundred years. It isAndrew's opinion that Peter Wright

was inclined to come up with con-spiracy theories and bend the facts tofit them, that he was in some ways un-hinged or perhaps bore a grudge thathe was never given the top position atMI5.

Be that as it may, there is no way toerase the names of Guy Burgess,Donald Maclean, Harold 'Kim'Philby and Anthony Blunt, to thegreat and everlasting embarrassmentof MI5, MI6 and the British Gov-ernment then and of successive gov-ernments to follow.

At the time of publication ofSpycatcher the British Governmentlaunched various actions to stop it en-tering England. At that time, younglawyer, now politician, MalcolmTurnbull (aged 31) v. Sir RobertArmstrong; who, given an impossiblebrief, had it torn apart by his adversary.

By Kenneth Mulholland

Read: 'Spycatcher.' The Candid Au-tobiography of a Senior IntelligenceOfficer. Author, Peter Wright,Former Assistant Director of MI5.

Published in Scotland and inAustralia by WilliamHeinemann Australia. 1987.


■ I was watching an old film titled ObjectiveBurma on cable television a few weeks ago.

It was made in 1945 and starred Errol Flynn.I wondered if any of the cast were still around soI checked out the details on IMDB to find thatRichard Erdman was not only still alive buthe was still working and starring in a televisionseries on Foxtel titled Community.

I mentioned to my interview producer at96.5FM that I would love to speak to Richardand can you imagine my surprise a week laterwhen David Miller told me that he had ap-proached Richard and he would be happy to havea chat.

The interview with Richard Erdman willbe on 96.5FM at 12 noon during That's Enter-tainment this Sunday (Nov. 17)

John Richard Erdman was born in Enidin Northern Oklahoma in 1925 and grew up inColorado.

He lived with his mother and they moved toHollywood when Richard was15, after hisdrama teacher suggested that he should try hisluck in films.

Richard found work as a sports reporter forthe Los Angeles Examiner before being cast inhis first film Janie at Warner Brothers Stu-dios in 1944.

He played Private ‘Nebraska’ Hooper inthe war film Operation Burma and the exteriorscenes were filmed at a ranch in Los Angeles.

Richard was very impressed with Errol

WhateverHappened

To ...RichardErdman

By Kevin Traskof 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM


●●●●● Richard Erdman

good friend of Dean Martin. In 1953 Richardmarried Sharon Randall and they had onedaughter Erica who sadly died in her sleep threeyears ago.

My favourite film starring Richard Erdmanwas Stalag 17 which was directed by BillyWilder and the leading role was played by Wil-liam Holden.

Some of Richard's film credits include WildHarvest, The Time Of Your Life, The Blue Gar-denia and Mission Over Korea.

Richard has worked in television shows mostof his career and his credits include The GeorgeBurns and Gracie Allen Show, Where's Raymond(with Ray Bolger), The Tab Hunter Show andmany guest roles in series such as The TwilightZone, Mr Ed, Gomer Pyle, Here's Lucy, The DickVan Dyke Show, Cheers and many others.

Richard has played the character of Leonardin the hit series Community since 2009 and is wait-ing to hear if the series will be renewed for 2014.

I hope you can tune into the interview with thislegendary Hollywood character actor on Sun-day (Nov. 17) - Richard Erdman.

Kevin TraskThe Time Tunnel - with Bruce & Phil-

Sundays at 8.20pm on 3AWThat's Entertainment - 96.5FM

Sundays at 12 Noon96.5FM is streaming on the internet. To

listen, go to www.innerfm.org.au andfollow the prompts.

CAMEL IS ON THE MENU AT ALICE■ One of my favourite dining estab-lishments in Alice was always theOverlanders' Steakhouse, operatedby the ebullient and effervescentKrafty.

I often squired Keith and AngelaMcGowan through his doors - in factI introduced them both to the delightsof the camel - only Angie, however,was a convert; Keith, nuh!

Lightning Ridge Opals175 Flinders Lane,

MelbournePhone 9654 4444www.opals.net.au

TheOutbackLegend

with Nick Le Souef

colourful opal ring for her 10th birth-day, so she saw my sign, and wanted tofind out its value.

Apparently, at age 10, she wasn't toointerested in jewellery values, and thiscontinued until she was about 16, whena girlfriend also had a birthday. So shepassed on the opal ring.

"Well, come over to this tray of opalsand see which one looks like yours."

Her finger stabbed towards onesparkling gem.

"Just like that one," she said. Shevisibly paled when I turned it over toshow her the price -$21,000.

As she had initially feared, I didn'tmake her day!

I had a visit from my mate Kerryfew days ago. At one stage, when I wasconversing with Keith on a weekly ba-sis from Alice Springs, I was away,and rang Kerry to see if anything wor-thy of reporting was happening on thehome front.

"I haven't heard of anything unusual- I'll just check the paper," he said.

"Nah - nothing." So I spoke to Keiththat night on Coober Pedy matters,but later checked on any Alice eventswhich had actually occurred in my ab-

"Better still," he said, "I'll be downin a few weeks so I'll bring them withme.”

And so it came to pass. I awoke tohear his dulcet tones enthusing about hisculinary delights - camel, buffalo,crocodile, and kangaroo.

My tastebuds began to quiver at thevery thought.

■ There's always a denizen or twolurking about in the Centre.

This time it is swarms of bees. TheAlice Springs Hospital has been in-undated by sting victims, and they're re-ported to be buzzing around every-where.

When I lived in my shed on my fiveacres, I always left my porch light onto attract whatever winged creaturesmay be fluttering about in the vicinity.Being of an entomological bent, theywere always of interest.

This nightly attracted armies of suchmini-beasts. From the minute gnats andthrips through to the giant cossid moths,the larvae of which are the infamousWitchetty Grubs.

And then, of course, such creaturesaren't very intelligent or aggressive -they just mindlessly and aimlessly flut-tered around the light, and ended up ly-ing about on the slab.

But, of course, there were othercreatures which weren't so unintelligentor unaggressive, constantly lurkingabout, awaiting an opportunity to pounceon their hapless prey.

There was a bevy of arachnids, fromintrepid little jumping spiders, throughto the gigantic barking spider.

And further, scorpions and centi-pedes scuttling to and fro, literallyarmed to the teeth, carting their dinneroff for a quiet degustation.

A nightly massacre.

■ Every so often a visitor will wanderin to my Flinders Lane establishment- not a customer, but just wishing to en-quire about the value of opals.

It's usually the case that they've justhad a robbery, and want to get an ideaof the value of a recently stolen opalfor insurance purposes, or sometimesit's uninsured and they want to knowwhat they have lost out on.

Then last week a pretty 20-some-thing wandered in.

"I have a feeling," she wistfully ob-served, "that you're not going to makemy day."

She had an auntie living in Light-ning Ridge, who had given her a

■ Whilst I would never aware of anysuch competition, it seems there wasone - and a remote community south-west of Alice has just won it.Titjikala has been named the NT'sTidiest Town. Good on 'em.

I've been to a few communities andtowns, remote and otherwise, whichhaven't been so tidy. Even the famousOoodnadatta isn't a pretty sight!

In fact, in both Victoria and SAthere are always signs up at the en-trance to each little town, declaring thatit was the winner of the Tidy Townsaward, Category 2, in 1987.

However, there are a couple of es-tablishments which, if there was evera prize for the town "which most re-sembled a tip", would win hands down.It would be a tie between Andamookaand Pimba.

There is a cardinal rule in all opalfields in Australia - you never throwanything away.

Most residents are bush mechanicsand need to keep their machinery go-ing, so they know where any spare partsare available.

There is many an old vehicle, andplenty of other junk, languishing in ev-ery backyard in Andamooka.

However, Pimba isn't a miningtown - it's just a total mess.

- Nick Le Souef‘The Outback Legend’

Flynn who took action over the lousy food theactors were given whilst filming in very hot con-ditions.

Errol threatened to walk off the set if the castwere not given decent food and Jack Warner,the studio boss, finally gave in to Errol's de-mands.

Richard married for the first time in 1948but the marriage only lasted for two years. As hiscareer continued Richard worked with variousfilm studios.

He co-starred with Marlon Brando inBrando's first feature, The Men, and theyshared a flat during the filming.

In 1950 he made Cry Danger which he consid-ers to be his favourite film role.

sence. There was a riot at Yuendumu,Tom Sellick was on a visit, a firebugwas roaming around and half the bushwas ablaze, several drivers breathtested in excess of 0.20, and the townwas crawling with snakes.

This was Kerry's "nothing".The norm in Alice is often what

could be deemed the bizarre and ec-centric elsewhere.

In fact, that could be said of Kerryhimself.

One of my mates from Brightonwas visiting me once, and stated: "Ithought I'd been around and met a fewcharacters, but compared to you andyour mates, I'm just a babe in thewoods."

Kerry was once the boss ofQANTAS at the Alice Springs Air-port - then helped to fly hot air bal-loons.

And he's a chef par excellence.And spends half his life sailing

around the world, juxtaposed withcamping in the bush in his swag.

Indeed Kerry is quite an Outbackcharacter.

In fact it was mooted that he mayeven do an Overnighters show or twofrom there. However, as with many abest laid plan, 'twas not to be.

I was listening to Ross and Johnon 3AW a few weeks ago when acamel-burger vendor crossed their path.

I immediately rang Krafty and sug-gested he send a few Camel Mignonsdown for their gastronomic approval.

Melbourne ArtsEducation Program launched

■ Arts Centre Melbourne has launched its 2014 Education Program forperforming arts, music and learning workshops.

Arts Centre Melbourne Chief Executive Judith Isherwood said, “Thiseducation program a particularly important part of our organisation because itis through engaging young people today that a vibrant arts culture will beensured for the future – creating audiences, artists, supporters and donors,with the aim of keeping the performing arts relevant and an important part ofpeople’s everyday lives,” she said.

“In 2014, the program for primary and secondary students contains a kalei-doscope of activities that celebrate reinvention, from live performance andworkshops to an online learning program and programs based on arts andtechnology. There is also a specific program aimed at teacher professionallearning,” she said.

With performances, digital learning tools and workshops for primary andsecondary students, Arts Centre Melbourne Education Program is de-signed to facilitate quality learning and lasting engagement with the perform-ing arts.

In 2014, highlights include productions such as Andy Griffiths and TerryDenton’s best-selling book reimagined in a stage show The 13-Storey Treehouseand direct from Sweden Aston’s Stones.

Other highlights include, direct from Ireland’s Theatre Lovett a seasonof The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly and direct from Denmark a Gruppe38 production of Hans Christian, You Must Be An Angel.

Workshops include an acting and storytelling workshop called Stories ThatSing: Performance Making and a Circus Oz Workshop by acclaimed Cir-cus Oz trainers and performers. There are also workshops in the purpose-built Digital Learning Hub teaching video editing, script writing, music com-position and arrangement.

There will also be arts access funds available including the First CallFund as well as ArtsConnect9, of which their own program will be launchedearly next year.

Supported by Arts Centre Melbourne donors, the First Call Fundprovides a subsidy towards the cost of participation in programs for schools.

Established in 2008 by Arts Centre Melbourne supporters and gener-ously supported by Victoria’s art lovers, the First Call Fund provides sub-sidy to primary and secondary schools facing barriers of access to live perfor-mance and related programs owing to distance, disadvantage or special cir-cumstances.

Since it began in 1997, ArtsConnect9 has introduced regional Year 9 stu-dents to Melbourne’s cultural treasures – its theatres, galleries, museums andlibraries – and the outstanding local, national and international events theypresent. Arts Centre Melbourne Education Program takes place onsite,in schools and online and are designed to develop key competencies, criticalthinking and creativity. It supports teachers by aligning to the VictorianEssential Learning Standards (VELS) and AusVELS, and has beenthematically curated to align with curriculum learning areas such assustainability, identity and theatre arts.

When he walked onto the set on the very firstday of shooting Dick Powell came over and said," You know you have the best part in this film?",Richard nodded and Dick Powell added, "Letme know if there is anything I can do to help you."

Richard was in two Martin and Lewisfilms The Stooge and Jumping Jacks.

During the making of these films he became a

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