Blackall trio set to claim Matilda Highway treble

Three of Blackalls horseracing identities are set to claim a treble on Saturday when the rescheduled Matilda Highway series race meeting at Barcaldine takes place. The meeting that was to have been held at McKinlay this Saturday has been cancelled, giving Barcaldine the chance to put on its abandoned meeting from the previous Saturday. With only the one race left to earn points in, the Craiglea/Raheen/ Droughtmaster/Palmaday/Marrs Matilda Highway open handicap, nal standings in the series are secured. The Paul Banks-owned gelding Gidyea Coals is a clearcut leader in the horse section of the series, currently sitting on 34 points, well clear of Try Some Magic on 18 points and Pankki on 17 points. Also with an unassailable lead is jockey Rhett Bellert on 37 points, 12 ahead of nearest rival Roy Mules. Trainer Charlie Prow, with 42 points, is the likely winner in the leading trainer section of the series, with Barcaldines Todd Austin next closest on 27 points. Gidyea Coals won three of the Matilda Highway races, at

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Augathella in April, at Charleville in May and at Tambo in June, and took two second placings, at Cunnamulla and Blackall, to clinch his win. He was ridden by Rhett in all his races and is trained by Charlie. The win will give his owner Paul Banks, Blackalls race club president, a $5000 bonus. Gidyea Coals is the grandson of Miss Petty, who made Australasian racing history in 1989 when she won 22 consecutive races. The young gelding, who is out of Golden Assay, raced by Pauls father Dick, had his rst start last year. I would have been happy if hed only won one of those races, Paul said. Its rare to have a horse that meets the right class criteria and can stay sound throughout the whole series, so everything came together. The plan now is, if everything works out, to take him to Birdsville. The winning trainer in the Matilda Highway series receives a $3000 bonus and the winning jockey claims a $2000 prize. Leading jockey in the Matilda Highway series, Rhett Bellert (centre) brings Gidyea Coals back to scale.

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Flight delayed by weather

Storms and heavy rain delayed a QantasLink ight to Blackall and Longreach and the return journey to Brisbane on June 6 by three and a half hours. The ight was 50 minutes late leaving Brisbane in the morning and then decided to stop in Roma when bad weather was encountered, according to a QantasLink spokesman, but the conditions were such that the ight had to return to Brisbane. After refuelling a decision was made to reroute via Charleville to get around the bad weather. The delay was felt most by people in Blackall and Longreach with southern connections, who missed their ights. The QantasLink spokesman said the delay was not connected with the lack of a refuelling truck

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Charlie Prow (left), pictured with John Wagstaff of Tambo, is poised to claim the trainers prize for the Matilda Highway racing series.

Good pairs game at bowls

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Sun shines on pistol club

The Blackall Pistol Club hosted the Cathy and Les Wheelhouse centre re and sports pistol events last Sunday, which ended up being a lovely day for shooting. Arthur Elmy and Bruce McPaul did battle for the centre re event with Arthur being the eventual winner on an off-handicap score of 589, ahead of Bruce on 557. The sports pistol event was won by Noelene Gleeson on 603, ahead of runner-up Bruce Coward on 596. Third place went to Spencer Astill on 595. Other scores were: Robyn Lound 573, Shelley Haughton 506, Doug Lane 481, Lloyd Marsh 463. Peter Molle was going well until he encountered some equipment problems and had to withdraw. Top rounds in precision were a 93 by Robyn Lound and a 92 by Bruce Coward. The Black Stump Open Shoot will be the next ofcial event, on July 7 and 8. All events will be shot and anyone wishing to nominate should contact Arthur Elmy or Peter Molle.

In a very good game of pairs played at the Blackall Bowls Club last Sunday, the game was poised on a knife-edge, 17-16 after 19 ends. Unfortunately for Mick Chapman and Marty Gray, they did a ve on the 20th end to be just beaten 22-17 by Ron Robinson and Lloyd Alexander. In handicap singles a very much in-form Col Pngst proved too good for Dave Carter, winning 24-11. There were two easy wins in the sets of nines, with Ross Browning beating Bill Malone 11-? and 10-3, and Dally Holden defeating Greg MacNamara 12-1 and 15-3. By contrast to Sundays ne sunny weather, the previous Sunday, June 17 was very bleak but saw three pairs games played.

at Blackall. Air BP removed its refuelling truck from Blackall on April 30, a move which sparked concern over possible passenger service disruptions when it was announced last November. QantasLink said that in this case, it was the weather that was to blame for the disruptions rather than any lack of fuel at Blackall. However, local Reliance Petroleum manager Joe Walker said there was no doubt in his mind that QantasLink would steer away from Blackall if they knew they couldnt get fuel there. They had to have fuel for the holding pattern at Longreach in the bad weather so if theres none to be had at Blackall it must be a worry for them, he said.

Blackalls deputy mayor Alan Lane took part in the anti-amalgamation letterbox campaign in Brisbane on the weeekend. The future of these local communities is too important to leave it to a faulty process of forced amalgamations. The brochures contained a tearoff section that people can use free of charge to send to their local MP. Meanwhile, Scottish website News.Scotsman.com has reported on Queenslands amalgamations, comparing the process of putting the Diamantina shire in with Boulia, Barcoo, Winton and Aramac to merging Hungary with Latvia, Croatia, BosniaHerzogovina and Israel. David Strang, owner of the North Gregory Hotel where the song Waltzing Matilda was rst performed, told the News Scotsman that amalgamation was a disaster waiting to happen. The history of Waltzing Matilda makes people feel warm and fuzzy when they come here. But we face oblivion - job losses, loss of local knowledge, lack of contact between local people and their council.

Outback appeals to city for help

Families and supporters from outback communities in western Queensland spent the weekend in the suburbs of Brisbane distributing 100 000 brochures to the letterboxes of city cousins, appealing to them to help in the ght against forced council amalgamations. Shane Webcke appears in the brochure in a direct appeal to Queenslanders to send a message

-- by Sally Cripps

to the state government that its process of forcing council amalgamations will threaten the future of outback communities. James Blundell, also appearing in the brochure, asked Queenslanders to consider the ramications of making the wrong decisions. Forced amalgamations that create super shires is the wrong way to go, he said.

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Parking debate heats up

I am writing to respond to the article in the last Barcoo Independent asking whether we can lose any Shamrock Street parking spaces. I would like to commend Cr Barry Muir on his point that the wheelchair access ramps beside IGA and the newsagency, which supply a gentler slope onto the street than kerbing, should be signposted and kept clear, even if it means the loss of parking spaces before and after the ramps. An important point is that the ramps are not only used for people with gofers or wheelchairs but also pedestrians, especially the elderly. In reply to Crs Mac Allan and Tina Holdens objection, I would like to ask them if they have ever thought of what it would be like if they used mobility aids, or had a sight impairment or helped senior citizens across the street when these ramps are blocked by parked cars, or worse still, if they werent there at all? As for the whole gutter being a ramp, that is a joke! To expect any citizen who has a mobility problem to step down into the gutter from the footpath can be very daunting, especially for the elderly. I assume by the comment What we are talking about is a certain percentage of the population taking away access of others, this means that the citizens that use these

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ramps are not as important as the people who park their vehicles in these areas. I would make an estimation that about 95 per cent of those who park there are quite capable of walking if they were to park further down the street to do their shopping. I think it is a shame when councillors do not think of all the people in this community, only the able-bodied ones, or in this case the ones that are too lazy to walk a short distance to do their shopping. Empathy is a wonderful word maybe some council members should think about its meaning and think how they would feel if they or some of their family members were in the same situation of the people that use the ramps. They not only provide assistance, but also give condence to be that little bit more independent.

Magpies on the road

WEATHER PREDICTIONS FOR BLACKALL JULY 1st- 28th, 2007

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Players player for the Magpies at Winton was Errol Moller (right) Sixteen Blackall Magpies made the long road trip to Winton on Saturday, June 16 to play their away game against Wintons Diamantina Devils at the Eric Lenton Sportsground. The Devils were eager to avenge their loss to Blackall earlier in the season and came out strongly to put rst points on the board. Winton kept the pressure on and were able to score 64 points. Blackall was able to penetrate their defence only twice, with tries to Blake Carolan and Chris Williams and two conversions by Guy Elliot to take the score to 6412. All CW rugby league teams had a bye last weekend and Blackall has another bye this weekend. The next game for Blackall will be against Barcaldine at the Barcaldine Showgrounds on Saturday, July 7, which is the rst game of the third and nal round of xtures. The next home game in Blackall will be on Saturday, July 14 when we host the Ilfracombe Scorpions.

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Only 2 or 3 rain days are expected, and these in the last week of this outlook period. A ne run is expected from July 1st to the 20th. After the 21st the heavens may open for a downpour accompanied by cold gusty winds. The average for maximums may be around 19C and for minimums around 7C. Humidity may be about 74% on average. The barometer may average a fairly high 1020mbs. Winds may be mostly from south and east up till 10th, then from the north until 14th. In the second half of the month southerly and easterlies should again prevail. Allow 24 hour error for forecasts.

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International tennis honour for Anne Lloyd

Blackall Tennis Club patron Anne Lloyd has received advice that her nomination to join the International Tennis Club of Australia has been successful. This honour is only achieved by being accepted into the main draw of any of the Grand Slam events or by representing your country in Davis Cup or Federation Cup. Anne played in the main draw at the Australian Open in Adelaide in 1955, being beaten in the second round by a member of the Australian team. In 1954 she and Jenny Staley (later Jenny Hoad) were runnersup in the ladies doubles titles at the Australian hardcourt championships, at one stage holding title point. There are currently over 200 members of the Australian club. Membership will entitle Anne to wear the pink and grey colours of the club scarf and badge, often seen at international tournaments. Her induction will take place at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast in August. Anne said that she learnt from her years of playing tennis at an elite level that anything is possible. Once you reach that level in any sport, it is an amazing journey, she said. The celebrities we were asked to have a hit with in different cities were great, even Rockefellers and Hiltons. After the 1955 Australian Open she and other players were approached by world-renowned British designer Teddy Tingling to wear his creations. Anne began playing tennis at the age of eight, in Rockhampton where her father managed a stock and station agency after moving from country Roma. She met Rod Laver at a coaching clinic, beginning a lifetime friendship. When she was 14 Anne moved to Brisbane and was selected to captain the Queensland Schoolgirls tennis team against New South Wales in Sydney. Roy Emerson, who later won Wimbledon, captained the boys team. The years between 14 and 19, when Anne retired from competition, were her most successful. She represented Queensland each year and was a nalist in the under 19 years girls doubles and in the Australian under 19 doubles. While she was still at school she won the under 19 Queensland Sportswoman of the Year title and underwent rigorous physical testing at the University of Queensland by a panel of medicos for sporting achievement. Anne was selected for three consecutive years for Harry Hopman coaching clinics and at the age of 17, partnered Davis

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Ron Robinson and Lloyd Alexander were always in charge, beating Alf Cameron and Tina Holden 24-14. In another game Mick Chapman and Marty Gray were much too strong for Julie Blucher and Ron Daly, winning 25-9. In something of an upset Col Pngst and Dally Holden, after being 8-8 on 11 ends, defeated the three times pairs champions of John Bowyer and Ross Browning 22-11. This Sunday there will be a rinks game, with D Carter, J Bowyer, J Carter and R Browning playing R Schluter, R Doyle, L Kelly and G Whiteld. In B singles T Holden will come up against G MacNamara, spotter C Pngst, while in sets of nine, M Chapman will play D Holden, with M Gray doing duty as spotter.

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Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser is one of the members of a Winnebago Motorhome Safari soon to be in Blackall. The safari, which starts on July 11 in Charleville and ends in Karumba on July 30, includes 33 motorhomes embarking on the trip of a lifetime. The group will be staying at the Blackall Caravan Park on July 14 but Dawn will be at the Aquatic Centre from 3.30 pm on Friday, July 13 to get to know people from Blackall. She will be driving a 30 foot Winnebago Alpine along the route. I am looking forward to getting

Thank You Gaye, Vivienne and family would like to sincerely thank everyone who sent cards, owers and made phone calls during our sad time after losing Ned. It is very much appreciated and a great comfort. A big thank you to everyone at McLean House for all their kindness and compassion whilst Uncle Ned was there. Also to Dr Vinnie and the staff of the Blackall Hospital, and ambulance staff Wanted Person/persons to caretake live in at Arts & Crafts centre, accommodation and power free in return for cleaning/some admin duties/ight gardening/no mowing. Apply in writing with references to Blackall Cultural Assn Inc, president Mrs Lesley Heatley, PO Box 80, Blackall 4472. Enquiries contact 0428 574398

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out of the city and relaxing in my motorhome with my family I love the freedom, she said. Besides the club members discovering Australia, the biggest benet will be to the local townships and communities they visit. It is estimated that at any given time, there are 70,000 to 80,000 RVs travelling around Australia on extended trips. Recent surveys have found that RV travellers spend around $600 a week on food, fuel, entertainment and other essentials, or over $45 million spent each week, a massive $2.3 billion each year spent mainly in rural townships.

Sleet at Blackall
Sleet was reported on the streets of Blackall last Wednesday afternoon, June 20, on the same day which became the coldest June day on record for the town. IGA staff noticed the phenomenon at around 2 pm. It wasnt raining, there were just little bits of ice falling that you could pick up, Liz Harvey said. People in the shop from the other end of town said it happened a few times through the afternoon. A Longreach Meteorological Bureau spokesman said it was quite possible that sleet had fallen. Someone to the east of Barcaldine reported the same thing happening there that day. It was certainly cold enough for it to sleet. The daytime maximum recorded at the airport was 8.2 degrees. The previous coldest day on record was 12.9 degrees on June 30, 1957. The last time sleet or anything like it was seen in the district was in 1965. Charlie Gall recalled that it snowed at Yalleroi and Jericho that year. Wed started shearing at Eastwood (south of Blackall) that day and put all the shorn sheep into a paddock with a lot of scrub, he said. The station diary for July 19, 1965 records that shearing was stopped for the last run as it was feared the shorn sheep would die. Charlie said he and his father saw a few akes of snow that day, along with hail, but it didnt lie on the ground. According to Answers.com, sleet is a mixture of rain and snow or hail.

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Acting Inspector Gary Brayley recently presented a Police Service Medal to the family of Ned Kennelly, in honour of Neds years of dedication to the service. Ned was employed by the Queensland Police as a civilian for over 15 years and will be sadly missed by the staff at the Blackall police station. The medal was issued to Neds sister Judy on May 9 at the reception following his funeral service. According to local constable Richard Hill, Ned was working on the Sydney Opera House when he decided to have a break and see his mother at Blackall. Since that time in the 1950s, Ned never left Blackall, Constable Hill said. His family said nothing gave him more pleasure than a game of golf, to sing a song, and the love of his animals. I would describe him as one of natures gentlemen, said Constable Hill.

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5:00 Rage 6:30 Childrens Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacic Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Vinland: Viking Map Or Million Dollar Hoax 3.00 Quai Branly: The Other Museum 3:50 Mind The Gap 4:05 Art Museums Of The World 4:30 First Tuesday Book Club 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Robin Hood (Pg*,F) 8:15 Creature Comforts 8:25 News 8:30 Life On Mars (M*) 9:30 Compass 10:30 One Earth Many Voices 11:30 Netball: International Tests 2007 : Australia Vs Jamaica 2 1:15 Movie: Street Corner 1953 (Pg,R) 2:55 Alien Underworld 3:50 Songs Of Praise & The Stories Of Jesus 4:30 Movie: I Was A Spy 1933 (G,R) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 A Place In Spain 12:55 A Place In Slovakia 1:30 The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 More Than Enough Rope 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Pagans (M,R) 12:50 Hustle (M,R) 1:25 Movie: The Spider & The Fly 1949 (G,R) 2:55 Second Opinion 3:25 Bowls: World Cup 2007 (R) 4:30 Movie: The Black Tent 1957 (G) 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Naked Science 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Einstein Factor 1:30 Catalyst 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:10 Time Team 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Carbon Cops 8:30 The Bill 9:20 Foreign Correspondent 10:00 jtvs One Night Stand In Cowra 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Dynasty Of Terror 2:00 Movie: Sabotage 1937 (Pg,R) 3:20 Movie: A Night In Montmartre 1931 (Pg,R)

Councillors and Electricity Council meet

Blackall shire councillors had an opportunity, along with the public, to meet with the Capricornia Regional Electricity Council when it held one of its rotational meetings in Blackall on June 13. Ergon Energys group manager for corporate communications, Tony Murray said that as the group acted in an advisory capacity it wasnt normal policy for the council to release its discussions publicly. The idea of the council is to provide another avenue for feedback to the Minister on

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6:50 Overseas News 10:30 A Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra 11:00 2007 Tour De Suisse 12:00 Speedweek 2:00 World Athletics 2:30 FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007: Brazil v USA 4:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 4:30 The World Game 5:30 2007 Tour De France Highlights - Prologue 6:00 Living Black Naidoc Week Special 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Strait Up: Stories From The Torres Strait 7:35 Lost Worlds: The Roman Empire 8:30 Big Love 9:30 The Circuit - Its a Long Way Home 10:30 2007 Tour De France Stage 1 1:05 The Storm Rages Twice (PG)

TV guide for these days

5:20 Overseas News 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia (R) 1:30 The Dark Side Of Democracy 2:30 Little Buggers 3:30 Dateline (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living Black - Naidoc Week Special 6:00 2007 Tour De France Highlights: Stage 1 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Top Gear 8:30 The Movie Show 8:35 South Park 9:00 Drawn Together 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Submariners 10:30 2007 Tour De

Capricornia Regional Electricity Council members: (back) Noel Barker, acting regional manager, Department of Mines and Energy, Gordon Bruigom, REC chair Keith Bettridge, Cary Challacombe, Ergon Energys acting area operations manager, Tony Murray, corporate communications, Ergon Energy, Steve Simpson, Ergon Energys manager of regional services, (front) Marg Ballinger, REC member, Karen Richardson, REC secretary, and Rena Young, REC deputy chair.

Family Day for Blue Light opening

The Blackall branch of the Blue Light Association has received its MERV trailer. On Tuesday, May 30 state Blue Light coordinator Sgt Paul Lincoln travelled from Brisbane to deliver the trailer, following a successful grant application of nearly $32 000 by Snr Constable Brent Gerber and a great deal of lobbying of politicians, business houses, health workers and outlying police divisions by committee members. The trailer has 3 playstations, TV, DVD, sound equipment, disco lights, laptop computer, generator, chairs, gazebo and an esky among other equipment. Senior Constable Gerber said

electricity issues, he said. Matters raised by the shire council were considered carefully and we thank them for attending and discussing local supply issues with us. Despite welcoming all community interests business, industry, town and country residents no other groups or individuals took the opportunity to put their views to the electricity council while it was in town. Blackall mayor Les Wheelhouse thanked the members for coming out to Blackall and giving local people the chance to voice their needs and thoughts. He said that council had raised a number of issues with the group, including voltage variations on SWERs and at peak times, and the waiting period for new connections. We were told the waiting period is now down to 178 days, from the time you make contact until construction, and this timeframe is being reduced all the time, he said.

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Business Report 1:00 Movie: Kamchatka 2002 (G,R) 3:00 Viva 3:30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4:00 A Fork In Asia (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 2007 Tour De France Highlights - Stage 2 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Strait Up - Stories From The Torres Strait: Mystical Mer 7:35 Four Weddings And An Execution 8:30 Traders Dreams 9:30 World News Australia 10:00

the trailer would allow the local committee to hold differing Blue Light events in the community. The committee is currently planning an open day. We are organising an afternoon at Banks Park with events such as ball games, sack races and egg and spoon races, followed by an ofcial opening, then a disco and a movie, Brent said. Like all Blue Light events, they will be alcohol and drug free but giving fun entertainment for kids and the whole family. We have been very busy with the help of committee member Neville Dolinski from Outback Sound again donating his time to show

us the ropes of the equipment, Snr Constable Gerber said. Keep Saturday, July 21 free as that is the day we have planned to hold our big day.

The Mackay and Gerber families admire the Blue Light trailer, soon to be launched at a family fun day.

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Blackall families with the Longreach School of Distance Education have been busy on the athletics eld recently, taking part in the Wally Rae sports day at Isisford. Declan Russell, Wilson Sprague, and Hamilton and Ainslie Walker took out age championships. *** The Pearson, Sprague and Russell families took part in year one and year two minischools at LSODE HQ in Longeach recently. Around 60 students, siblings, parents and home tutors took part in the year one event, creating an overow that was housed at the AACC Longreach campus. *** LSODE hosted the North West QCPCA conference in May, at the school. *** Term three at the state school looks packed, with the athletics carnival kicking things off on Friday, July 13. There is a pupil free day on Monday, July 9. *** Enrolment numbers at the state school have grown to the extent that the school has qualied to apply for an additional teacher in the junior school. Due to large numbers in the 2/3/4 class,

School News

Anthea Blackburn has been supported by Angela Strohmayr in class for three days a week. Should the application be successful, Miss Strohmayr will be retained on a full-time basis, which will enable the school to restructure the junior school classes to acceptable norms. Junior school parents will be notied in the event of a positive outcome. *** Middle school students Jesse Negus, Chelsea Hayward, Amy Blucher, Tiffany Waine, Kyle McPaul, Mitchell Pngst, Sara Aspinall, Kimberley Storey and Courtney Richardson are all off to the beach this holidays to participate in a free surf livesaving program. The Telstra Beach to Bush Surf Safety Program offers school-age children in regional areas an introduction to surf lifesaving. There is also much excitement among the students about the itinerary, which includes Sea World and a live rugby league game. *** Samantha Paton and Noralyn Jowett are off to university these holidays. They will travel to Central Queensland University to attend its CQ Connections Uni Experience.

Junior B Science Fair

Yesterday we had our Science Fair. It was on Wednesday, 20th June. It was held at the library. Parents, children, teachers and Mr Harding were all at our Science Fair. We had our Science Fair so we could show people our inventions. When we got to the library we all had to stand behind our inventions. Then some parents came. They asked me questions like what it is, how much it costs, what it does, what it is called, what it can cook and where you can buy it. While people were asking questions, our slideshows were being shown. The parents and Mr Harding thought that our inventions were very good and that we did a very good job. Miss B (Anthea Blackburn) was very impressed with us and proud of how hard we had worked.

4:30 Movie: Guns Of Hate 1948 (Pg,R) 5:30 Head 2 Head 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:05 Auschwitz: The Nazis & The Final Solution 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Talking Heads 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 Atlantic Edge: Ireland 6:30 The Cook & The Chef 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 The New Inventors 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 The Chasers War On Repeats 9:30 Hyperdrive 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Blue Murder (M*,R) 12:45 Movie: Victim 1961 (Pg,R) 2:25 Movie: Gold Express 1955 (G,R) 3:25 National Press Club Address 5:30 Head 2 Head 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Outback House 12:00

Barcoo Independent TV Guide - July 1 - 7 ABC SEVEN Imparja SBS

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning 5:30 Creo 6:00 Today 9:00 5:25 Overseas Show 11:00 Raggs 12:00 Movie: Captain Ron 1992 (Pg,R) 2:00 All Category 6: Day Of Destruction Pt 3 3:00 Flipper & Lopaka 3:30 Tribe: The New Tomorrow 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Last Chance Learners 8:00 Police Files Unlocked 8:30 Movie: Wicker Park 2004 (M) 10:50 The Unit 11:50 Family Plots (M,R) 12:20 The First 48 1:30 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Raggs 12:00 Movie: Volcano: Fire On The Mountain 1997 (Pg,R) 2:00 Category 6: Day Of Destruction Pt 4 Flipper & Lopaka 3:30 Tribe: The New Tomorrow 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 How I Met Your Mother 8:00 That 70s Show 8:30 Heroes 9:30 Lost 10:30 Family Guy 11:00 Stargate SG-1 12:00 Criss Angel Mind Freak 12:30 Playing It Straight 1:30 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: Getting Even With Dad 1994 (Pg,R) 2:30 Reba Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters 11:00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Lockie Leonard 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 State Of Origin 10:30 Movie: Dirty Harry 1971 (AV,R) 5:30 Creo 6:00 11:00 Today 9:00 Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Lockie Leonard 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Getaway 9:00 House 10:00 NRL Footy Show 11:30 AFL Footy Show (M) 1:30 Wimbledon 2007 5:30 Creo 6:00 11:00 Today 9:00 Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 The Shak 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 NRL: West Tigers Vs Penrith Panthers 9:30 NRL: Broncos Vs Gold Coast Titans 11:30 Wimbledon 2007 Shows 11:30 5:30 Christian City TV 6:00 Barney & Friends (R) 6:30 Toasted TV 7:15 Kick2Kick 7:30 Wicked Science 8:00 Totally Wild 8:30 Dont Blame Me 9:00 Yambas Playtime 9:30 Rock It! 10:00 The Lost Children 10:30 Talk To The Animals 11:00 Joan Of Arcadia 12:00 Gilmore Girls 1:00 RPM 2:00 AFL: Collinwood Vs St Kilda 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 The Car Show 6:00 Temptation 6:30 News 7:00 Simpsons 7:30 AFL: Adelaide Vs Hawthorne 11:00 Wimbledon 2007

News

12:30

Business Report 1:00 Movie: The Way Home 2002 (G,R) 2:30 Tales From A Suitcase 3:00 Mums The Word 3:30 FIFA Fever 4:00 A Fork In The Road 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Snakeskin Shoes\Dance Against Poverty 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Vasilis Garden 8:00 Footprints In The Sand 8:30 Dateline 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Movie: Gilles Wife 2004 (M) 11:55 Movie: The Professional 2003 (MA) 1:35 Demon Fault 5:25 Overseas News 12:30 1:00 Business Report

Wednesday July 4 Thursday July 5

4:30 Movie: Stagecoach Kid 1949 (G,R)

Unconstitutional 2:30 Dateline 3:30 Nest 4:00 Food Lovers Guide To Australia 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Flavours Of Italy 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Homemade History 7:35 Inspector Rex 8:30 The Eagle (M) 9:40 World News Australia 10:10 Movie Show 10:20 Aussie Onslaught: 25 Years Of Le Tour 11:25 Movie: Belleville RendezVous 2003 (Pg,R) 12:505 Traces Of A Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family 5:25 Overseas News 12:30 Business Report 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1:30 Prescription For Survival 2:30 Birth Rites 3:30 Tales From A Suitcase 4:00 Wine Lovers Guide To Australia (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Flavours Of Italy 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Versailles Stories 8:00 Help 8:30 As It Happened 9:35 World News Australia 10:05 Three Of Hearts (M,R) 11:50 Movie: The Housekeeper 2002 (M,R) 1:25 Movie: Kops 2002 (M,R) 5:25 Overseas Report News 1:00 12:30 Three Business

Midday Report 12:30 Monarch Of The Glen 1:30 Strictly Dancing 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:05 Grand Designs 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Catalyst 8:35 Brat Camp 9:25 Gamer Revolution (M) 10:15 Lateline 10:50 Lateline Business 11:15 The Blues: A Musical Journey 12:40 Netball: International Tests 2007 : Australia Vs Jamaica 2:25 Movie: Madonna Of The Seven Moons 1944 (Pg,R) 4:10 Words 4:30 Movie: Storm Over Wyoming 5:30 Head 2 Head 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Wild Australasia 12:00 Midday

-- by Elise Leek, year 3, Blackall State School

Friday July 6

Report 12:30 Fireies 1:30 Parkinson 2:30 Spicks & Specks (G,R) 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 No Job For A Lady 6:30 Can We Help? 7:00 News 7:30 Stateline 8:00 Collectors 8:30 Taggart (M) 9:40 Ghost Squad (M*) 10:30 Lateline 11:10 The Chasers War On Repeats 11:40 jtv 12:10 Rage

Flipper & Lopaka 3:30 Tribe: The New Tomorrow 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Better Homes & Gardens 8:30 AFL: Essendon Vs Geelong 11:30 TBA 3:00 Guthy-Renky Australia 4:00 NBC Today 6:30 Childrens

Logan Hauff (left) displayed his R2 Grabber for picking up bad army men at the state school science fair while Tahlia Gerber (right) shows off her invention.

UNIVERSAL GARDEN CENTRE & GALLERY

Seeds, Seedlings, Plants,Trees, Fruit trees, Palms. X-Large, Large & Medium Terracotta Pots, Terracotta Roosters, Hens & Chickens, Wall Fountains ~ Garden Statues. And remember to let Peter Beattie know NO AMALGAMATION Were serious about that!

Dwarfed by her invention, Elise Leek stands beside her creation, ready to answer any questions. Carly Thomson talks to students attending the fair.

(M) 5:00 Rage 8:00 rage: Guest Programmer: Invade rage Special 9:00 jtv Saturday 11:10 Falcon Beach 12:00 Stateline 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Foreign Correspondent 1:50 Human Contraptions 2:00 RL: Redcliffe Vs Easts 4:00 Netball: International Tests 2007 : Australia Vs Jamaica 1: Highlights 5:00 Bowls: World Team Cup 2007 : Womens Pairs: Australia Vs New Zealand 6:00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 News 7:30 Dr Who 8:15 Mr Bean With Rowan Atkinson: Missing Teddy 8:30 The Bill 9:20 ABC News 9:25 New Tricks (R) 10:15 Parkinson 11:05 rage

Infomercials 12:00 Eclipse 1:00 V8 Xtra 1:30 Sevens Motorsport: V8 Utes 2:30 Broome & Beyond With Malcolm Douglas 3:30 According To Jim 4:00 Ugly Betty Special 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Hook Line & Sinker 6:00 News 6:30 The Great Outdoors 7:30 Seven Rugby Tri-Nations: Australia Vs South Africa 10:00 Movie: Bad Company 2002 (M,R) 12:30 Movie: The 13th Warrior 1999 (AV,R) 2:30 Killer Instincts 3:30 It Is Written 4:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 5:00 Dateline NBC

Sisters 2:50 J.S. Bach: The 48 Preludes and Fugues 3:05 Jumba Jimba 3:30 Frida Kahlo: Between Passion and Pain 4:30 Newshour 5:30 The Lost Gods 6:00 Heat In The Kitchen 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Nerds FC 8:00 Kick 8:30 Movie Show 8:40 Iron Chef 9:30 Movie: The Demon Stirs 2005 (M) 11:05 Shameless (MA,R) 11:50 2007 Tour De France Prologue

Saturday July 7

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5:00 Rage 6:30 Childrens Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacic

Barcoo Independent TV Guide - July 1 - 7 ABC SEVEN Imparja

6:00 One 6:30 Childrens Shows 8:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Up Close Music 10:30 8 Simple Rules 11:00 Studio Portraits

5:30 A New Way Of Life 6:00 Mass For You At Home 6:30 Childrens Programs 8:30 Business Success 9:00 Sunday 11:00 AFL Footy Show 12:00 Australias Funniest Home Videos 1:00 Speed Machine 1:30 4x4 Show 3:00 Sunday Roast 4:00 NRL: St George Dragons Vs Manly Sea Eagles 6:00 Do It 6:30 News 7:00 Backyard Blitz 8:00 60 Minutes 9:00 Dianas Last Day 10:00 CSI Miami 11:00 Rove (M) 12:10 Formula 1 Grand Prix 5:30 Creo 6:00 Today 9:00

7:00

Overseas

SBS

Council News
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News

Harmonies Of The Hemispheres 11:00 Basque Cycling Cup 20007 12:00 Speedweek 2:00 World Of Athletics 2:30 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 Final 4:30 FA Premier League Classic Matches 5:00 The World Game 6:00 Thalassa (G) 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: The Roman Empire 8:30 Big Love 9:30 R.A.N: Remote Area Nurse 10:30 Movie: Yolngu Boy 2000 (M) 12:05 John Safran Vs God 12:35 Life Support (M,R) 1:05 The Storm Rages Twice (PG) 5:25 Overseas News 1:00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia (R) 1:30 Super Flu 2:30 Insight (R) 2:30 Little Buggers 3:30 Dateline (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 The Crew 5:30 The Drovers Dilemma 6:00 Global Village 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Top Gear 8:30 The Movie Show 8:35 South Park (M) 9:00 Drawn Together 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 If The Dead Could Speak (M) 10:55 Oz 12:00 Movie: Vinci 2004 (M,R)

Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick 2:00 Quest For The Lost Pharaoh 3.00 Stolen Treasures 3:50 62 Sleeps 4:05 Art Museums Of The World 4:30 Art In Reverse 5:00 Sunday Arts 6:00 At The Movies 6:30 The Einstein Factor 7:00 News 7:30 Robin Hood (Pg) 8:15 Creature Comforts 8:25 News 8:30 Life On Mars (M*) 9:30 Compass 10:00 Leonardo: The Man Behind The Shroud 10:55 The Remarkable Mr Kaye 11:45 Shes Gone 1:20 Movie: One Night With You 1943 (G,R) 4:30 Movie: Desert Passage 1952 (PG,R) 5:30 Head 2 Head 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 A Place In Spain 12:55 A Place In Slovakia 1:20 Celebrating 50 Years Of ABC TV 1:30 The Cook & The Chef 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens Shows 6:00 Message Stick (G*) 6:30 Talking Heads 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 More Than Enough Rope 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 Pagans (M*,R) 12:30 Hustle (M,R) 1:25 Movie: Oliver Twist 1948 (G,R) 3:25 Bowls: World Team Cup 2007 : Womens Seminal: 1 4:30 Movie: Rider From Tucson 1950 (Pg,R) 5:30 Head 2 Head 6:00 Childrens Shows 11:00 Naked Science 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Einstein Factor 1:00 The New

1:00 Runaway Train 2:00 AFL: Kangaroos Vs Western Bulldogs 5:00 Destination New Zealand 5:30 Great South East 6:00 News 6:30 Where Are They Now 7:30 Ugly Betty 8:30 Greys Anatomy (M) 9:30 What About Brian (Pg) 10:30 Alias 11:30 Movie: Resident Evil 2002 (AV,R) 1:30 Killer Instincts 2:30 Criss Angel Mind Freak 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 NBC Meet the Press 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Raggs 11:30 News 12:00 Movie: One Special Night 1999 (Pg,R) 2:00 Category 6: Day Of Destruction Pt 1 3:00 Flipper & Lopaka 3:30 Tribe: The New Tomorrow 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Border Security - Australias Front Line 8:30 Desperate Housewives (M) 9:30 Brothers & Sisters (M) 10:30 Boston Legal 11:30 Scrubs (Pg) 12:00 Last Comic Standing (M) 1:00 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 Raggs 12:00 Movie: A Rumor Of Angels 2000 (Pg,R) 2:00 All Saints 3:00 Infomercial 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 News 5:00 MASH 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 It Takes Two 9:00 All Saints 10:00 Crossing Jordan 11:00 The Inside (M) 12:00 1st To Die (M,R) 1:00 Infomercial 2:00 Passions 3:00 Guthy-Renker Australia 4:00 NBC Today
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Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters 11:00 Antiques

Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With The AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Scope 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons (R) 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 Whats Good For You (Pg) 9:00 Concert For Diana 12:00 Battlestar Gallactica 5:30 Creo 6:00 11:00 Today 9:00 Childrens Shows 10:00 McLeods Daughters Antiques Roadshow (R) 11:30 News 12:00 Fresh Cooking With The AWW 12:30 The Bold & The Beautiful 1:00 Dr Phil 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4:00 Hueys Cooking Adventures 4:30 Lockie Leonard 5:00 Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons (R) 6:00 Neighbours 6:30 News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Temptation 8:00 20 to 1 9:00 Survivor Fiji 10:00 RPA Where Are They Now 10:55 Law & Order (M) 11:45 NCIS 12:10 Nightline
General Classication PG

Bikeway Construction A number of new bikeways (footpaths) are being constructed along streets in Blackall. Council is spending a little over $100,000 on bikeway construction this nancial year with funding assistance of $50,000 being sourced from the Department of Main Roads. Bikeways are being construction along the following streets: Hawthorn Street (eastern side) between Shamrock and Thistle St Hawthorn Street (eastern side) between Shamrock and Garden Thistle Street (northern side) between Myrtle and St Andrew St St Andrew Street (western side) between Thistle Street and the School entrance Coronation Drive (western side) between Thistle and Rose Streets Amalgamation ght goes on Sunday 22 July has been nominated as rally day in Brisbane. The Boonah Shire Council is the lead council in organising this and they are calling on everyone to

attend. Further information will be made available regarding this rally as it comes to hand. Wild Dog Control Council assistance for wild dog baiting is available on the rst Wednesday of every month. Landholders who wish to bait their properties must provide their own meat and notify Phillip Hayward and their neighbours a minimum 72 hours before the day of baiting. Phillip can be contacted on 0428 507024. Landholders wishing to take advantage of this scheme are to meet at the council depot at 7.30am. Westpac In-Store Reminding customers the hours for the Westpac In-Store are Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.30pm. Blackall Saleyards Dates for next cattle sales are 5 July, 19 July, 2 August. Water Restriction Hours From 01 May to 30 September sprinklers are banned between the hours of 12.00 noon to 3.00

pm Monday to Friday. No water restrictions are in force over the weekends. Be WaterWise save money, energy and the environment Next Meeting The next ordinary meeting of council is scheduled for Wednesday, 11 July, 2007 at the council chambers commencing at 9.15am. Meetings are open to the public.

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Sunday July 1 Monday July 2 Tuesday July 3

Rain cancels third cattle sale in a row

Rain has brought about the cancellation of the third cattle sale in a row in Blackall. The Combined Agents prime and store sale which was scheduled for yesterday was called off on Monday when rain began falling throughout most of the region. It was a similar story for cattle sales set down for June 21 and June 7. At this stage, the next sale is set to go ahead in Blackall on July 5. A special weaner and store sale is set down for August 2.

Blackall State School P & C Trivia Night At the Blackall Cultural Centre
Friday 13th July 2007 6.30pm for a 7pm start BAR & FINGER FOOD AVAILABLE Teams of 8 at $10.00 per player Prizes include BEST THEMED TEAM and LUCKY DOOR Nomination forms available at the school ofce phone 4657 7333 (OR Melissa McKay 4657 6349 during school holidays) Early to nominate guarantees a fabulous night out!!

BLACKALL IGA
Hans Middle Bacon Rashers $7.98kg Large Bananas Cavendish $4.47 Premium Y-Bone Steak $6.97kg Hass Avocados 97c each Fresh Chicken thigh llets $9.47kg
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Business Report 1:00 Movie: Turn Left, Turn Right 2003 (Pg,R) 3:00 Viva 3:30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4:00 A Fork In the Road (R) 4:30 The Journal 5:00 Newshour 6:00 Excentriiks (R) 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Desperately Keeping Sheila 8:30 Years Of Blood Pt 1 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Years

Inventors 1:30 Catalyst 2:00 The Bill 3:00 Childrens 6:05 Time Team 7:00 News 7:30 The 7.30 Report 8:00 Carbon Cops 8:30 The Bill 9:20 Foreign Correspondent 10:00 First Tuesday Book Club 10:30 Lateline 11:05

Lateline Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 A Wedding In Ramallah (M*,R) 2:10 Movie: The Guvnor 1935 (G,R) 3:40 Movie: To The Public Danger 1945(G,R)

Of Blood Pt 2 11:00 Bahais In My Backyard 12:00 Movie: The Overture 2004 (M)

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LETS GO SURFING, HOLIDAY PROGRAM THE HOLIDAY PROGRAM IS HERE AGAIN. YIPPEE!!
If you are aged ve to twelve and dont want to get bored and want to have some fun in the second week of the school holidays then this is the answer for you. Lets go Surng, here in Blackall, an action packed Surn Holiday Program from Monday, 2nd of July to Friday, 6th of July. The Leaders of this great adventure are Wes and Di Fittel from Brisbane, who have returned to Blackall again for some new fun with our local kids. They come accompanied by a great team and their lovable puppets, skits, songs, games and many new and wonderful crafts. The Fittels are from a Christian interdenominational organisation called OAC Ministries and they run many youth and school programs in the Brisbane and South East corner. This years theme is Lets Go Surng so lets get started and hop on board for the ride of your life. From beginning to end its going to be fun, fun ,fun. The Holiday Program will be held in the State School Library. Cost is $3.00/child/day or $ 7/family/day For more information contact Ricki Walker, Lisa Kings, Marg Lehmann

TUES 24 JULY BLACKALL CULTURAL CENTRE 7.30PM

Book at Seymours Department Store Ph: 4657 4889

WARNING: Miss Davis does use occasional coarse language

The Coalition government and the Labor Party have recently released broadband policies. Leaving aside the various technology preferences (Fibre to the Node, WiMax), what are the implications for Blackall users? The Barcoo Independent asked local rural telecommunications advocate and former Networking the Nation board member Lindsay MacDonald to explain what the policies would mean for our district. The Coalition policy provides much faster broadband for 99 per cent of the population within two years, leaving about 200,000 people through the inland of Australia on current speeds. Most western Queensland towns and their surrounding districts will come into this category in the short term. The exceptions are Birdsville, Bedourie and Windorah, the only towns in the west which will benet in this initial stage. The government is likely to bring forward its review into how best to use the accumulated income from the Telecommunications Fund, set up specically to provide parity in pricing and speeds between the city and the bush. Approximately $400 million is now available to help address the deciencies for the 1 per cent who currently miss out. How far this money will go remains to be seen. My guess is that some sort of solution will be found for these western towns, but that most of the families outside of towns may well be left behind, on a vague promise of inclusion in the future. Under Coalition policy, the Communications Fund will be there for further funding decisions when the accumulated income is next available in another three years time. The Coalition government has also maintained and updated its Australian Broadband Guarantee, to address black holes in service for the 1 per cent not covered in its mainstream policy. A subsidy of $2750 per household is provided to enable a service provider to install a service which is otherwise not viable. The Labor Party has promised to take the entire Communications Fund, together with some billions from the Future Fund (set aside by the Commonwealth for future superannuation liabilities), to subsidise provision of much faster broadband for 98 per cent of the population, leaving about 400,000 to have some other solution found. Naturally, towns like Blackall are in the 2 per cent, not the 98 per cent. Labor claims that the more than $4 billion it, as a government, would contribute, together with what the telecommunications companies would provide, will be enough to cover the 98 per cent as well as nd some other solutions for the other 400,000. It says it will do this over a ve year time frame, to be completed by 2013. Labor has not provided any costings to show that its plan will achieve 100 per cent coverage by 2013. If it runs out of funds before completion, it is obvious who will be left without they will all be in the 2 per cent for whom Labor has no current solution. Since they will have already spent the entire Communications Fund, there will be no obvious stream of funding for the remaining population.

Uncrossing the wires on broadband

Barcoo River bridge replacement - week by week

A project to replace the old timber bridge crossing the Barcoo River on the southern outskirts of Blackall has been steadily progressing over the last couple of months. The $3 million project is replacing the 50 year old structure with a two lane concrete bridge which will be half a metre higher. The photos below, supplied by the Department of Main Roads, provide a record of the work carried out to date. According to project engineer Richard Smith, it is on track to be completed by late July or early August. This includes roadworks on the approaches.

The old timber bridge in February 2007 Demolition began mid-April A special machine w a s brought in to drive new concrete bridge piles into the ground

Pouring concrete, mid-May

The Roadtek crew spraying concrete onto abutments

Deck units being lowered into position, above. Right, the new bridge begins to take shape by mid-June
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