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By The Plate Reviewed: February 24, 2022. Elwood's is here for those who enjoy their food southern USA style. Low and slow. The bar and diner on Lords Place serves up juicy burgers, corn dogs, Cajun squid and prawn, brisket, pulled meats, wings, jalapeno poppers, fish, tacos, pork belly and more. Smoking ovens are used for the meats and the sauces and spice rubs are made by the Elwood's team (Smoking Brothers catering is part of the operation and does functions, corporate catering, etc). I've had a handful of meals at Elwood's and each time they've done the business in terms of sweetness, smokiness and heat. On the last two visits I've gone for the Elwood's BBQ Snack Pack ($26.50). This provides an excellent overview of what Elwood's does best. On the rectangular plastic plate is a small mound of juicy maple barbecue pulled pork; lean slices of soft brisket; sticky barbecue wings with slightly blackened skin; crunchy haloumi cheese and chorizo skewers with a red sauce; coleslaw with what seems like a slightly acidic undertone; and pig tail fries. The portion size is fair, and the flavours deep. There is only one thing to wash this selection of goodies down, and that is Americano Lambrusco (Coca-Cola) over ice. I have two small gripes about Elwood's, and both relate to the music. I like to sit outside, and every time I do the music is blaring at a level that makes conversation, or thinking, or even daydreaming, all but impossible. Furthermore, the '80s hits don't really suit the food. When I'm eating ribs or wings or brisket, I don't want to hear Starship singing We Built This City (some of us had to live through it first time around). No, no, no. I'd rather my meaty feasts be backed by the likes of Sugar Pie DeSanto, Fontella Bass, Allen Toussaint, Booker T., Mavis Staples, Johnnie Taylor, Solomon Burke, Rufus & Carla Thomas, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin. The real deal. * The Orange News Examiner does not accept free meals and reviews anonymously.

By Peter Holmes Big smoke real estate agents have described Orange as an "important and wealthy city" as they launch a sales pitch to offload a prime piece of land on the edge of the CBD. The site itself, at 68 Molong Road, is a juicy 2,076 square metres, but it's what sits on top that makes it so valuable - a "state-of-the-art 7-Eleven" built in 2020. MORE NEWS: As young Orange tradie Joe slept this morning, he was robbed of his keys, wallet and neW $64,000 Hilux were stolen The land has a 48-metre street frontage. The site generates a net income of about $340,000 plus GST for the land owner, and it appears as if 7-Eleven is planning to stick around for a while. Perhaps even beyond the era of traditional fuel. "Booming Fuel & Convenience Trophy," states the listing for realtors Burgess Rawson. "15 Year Lease with 3% Rent Increases". MORE NEWS: We watched "Sunrise" talk about Orange public toilets, so you don't have to The current 15-year lease runs to 2035, with options to 2055. There are more than 700 7-Elevens in Australia. Aside from fuel, it is known for its Slurpees, $1 coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. It has also branched out into packaged sandwiches and sushi. MORE NEWS: Is a head-on collision on this stretch of road in Orange inevitable? There are two in Orange - on Bathurst Road and Molong Road. After a difficult passage through council due to complaints from locals, the 24-hour service station was approved in 2018 and opened in April 2020. The 7-Eleven website named the franchisees as Rashid Walayat and his wife Zara. The Molong Road site was in the news briefly in August 2021 when workers tested positive to coronavirus. MORE NEWS: If you spot a fox with a royal blue clog and two beige shoes, a woman in Molong would like them back The land goes to auction on May 10 in the Yallamundi Rooms at Sydney Opera House.

By staff writer A motorcyclist has died after a crash at Canowindra. Emergency services were called to Canowindra Road, near Cargo Road, just before 11.30am today (Friday April 15, 2022), after reports a motorcycle had left the road and crashed into a tree. The rider, a man believed the be aged in his 60s, died at the scene. Officers from Chifley Police District established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash. A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.

By Peter Holmes Backing out of an advertorial segment, which probed what style of overnight face mask Sunrise host David Koch should wear, the breakfast TV program moved onto toilets. Specifically, public toilets. MORE NEWS: This is what happens when a truckie forgets to put the fuel cap back on "Coming up, Australia's greatest dunny hunter," teased Koch, who must surely sometimes wonder whether it's worth all the bother. Returning from advertisements and a breaking news report about climate activists clogging up the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Koch showed that he really does give a ... crap. "Well, we all know when you've got to go, believe me, you've got to go," Koch began. Whether he was pointing to possible personal issues related to maintaining under pressure, or merely stating the bleeding obvious, was unclear. MORE NEWS: “They were saying, ‘Keep it up, keep taking photos, we're going to beat the sh*t out of you'" "Australia's greatest dunny hunter has rounded up the best thrones in the country," said the other host, Monique Wright. She is a fill-in, I'm told. "This is just genius," added Koch, possibly over-egging the pudding. Sean Burford was then introduced as Australia's greatest dunny hunter. It's the sort of thing you'd put right at the top of your CV. MORE NEWS: Hands-on soul healer who remembers his past life as the disciple Judas is a regular in Orange "[He's] done all the work for us," said Koch, before asking the question on everyone's lips as they finished off breakfast: "What makes a good dunny?" Burford went on to explain that travellers often required "a dunny". He said he and others involved in this effort had tested a "surprising number of dunnies", but no total was forthcoming. A strap across the screen, however, suggested that number was 130. With lockdown, Burford said, he'd been reduced to researching public toilets online: "It was a great way to get out of the house without leaving the house." "Sean, I absolutely love this list," Wright chimed in, "because I'll actually do a deviation to go to places that have got a nice bathroom that's clean. But you've gone one further, you like one with views. Which are some of the best?" "It really depends on who you are, and what you need," replied Burford, neatly avoiding the question. "Some people are going to prioritise accessibility, other people are going to prioritise having things like a baby change table." "To Monique's point," Koch continued, unwilling to let the question go unanswered. "Where are the best views? I remember when the Regent Hotel was first built on Collins Street in Melbourne and everyone - well, blokes - used to go to the men's toilet because at the end of it was one big glass window, best view in Melbourne." MORE NEWS: Auction fizzer as 112-year-old house on massive block fails to attract one bid "Hmm, hmm," Wright agreed. "Still is, good tip," Koch added, "um, but it's pretty posh." Too posh even for Sunrise's audience? "What are some of the other best views?" Koch asked, determined to extract exact locations. Burford revealed that "the dunny hunt focused on rural toilets". And this was our moment, people of Orange. Breathe it in. MORE NEWS: REVIEW: Elwood's, 174 Lords Place, Orange "The Orange Botanic Gardens, it's not necessarily a great view, but it's a great dunny," Burford said. "It's one we found organically while we were out and about. We ran across this one and it wasn't on the map." Burford, standing in front of a mural in Faulconbridge and enduring what appeared to be an Albanese moment, struggled to name a second toilet, with or without great views. "There's also the ah, ah - could you call one out for me?" "Oh we need you for that," Wright chided gently. "But we're looking at some portaloos at the moment overlooking the water there." On screen was a photo of a row of orange portaloos near a beach. This was the money shot, but no-one could remember where it was. MORE NEWS: Workers warned off starting a fire in front yard of building site MORE NEWS: North Orange retailer heading downtown to larger premises "There's one at Coward Springs Campground," Wright went on. "What's that one like?" "That was a surprising find," said Burford, regaining his equilibrium. "It's out in the middle of nowhere. It's natural springs, about 30 degrees; travellers can jump in the springs and there's also a dunny out there that I found, so that's a nice little rest stop." Be sure to keep one's activities separated, nobody added. "And there's a border toilet between South Australia and NT," said Koch with a mild sense of urgency. "Ah yes, that was one of my first finds," explained Burford. MORE NEWS: LETTERS: Veteran Orange publisher Bob Holland has something to say about local media "It's probably a popular one at this time of year with all of the school holidays travellers. I'm surprised that one wasn't on the map, that was a find." "Yeah," said Koch. Hitting his stride now, Burford said confidently: "And there's also Boorabin Memorial, a roadside garden memorial to three truckers who died in a bushfire in 2007 in Western Australia, so that's the history you can discover when you're researching toilets around Australia." MORE NEWS: Letting Covid rip leaves Orange shops closing early or cutting trading days as staff shortages bite Digging deeper, Koch asked Burford casually: "Do you read anything on the toilet when you go?" "Probably the same as everybody - my phone." "Ah," said Wright in a tone that suggested she had just learned something new. "Sean probably just takes in the surrounds," she added. "He's done some big investigations." MORE NEWS: Orange is fast becoming a tale of two cities, and thousands will be left behind "Alright Sean, terrific," said Koch, winding up the segment. "Thank you for joining us. It's more a public service, isn't it?" Koch asked Wright. "Yep," said Wright. "News time now, here's Sally," said Koch.

By Peter Holmes Apparently the foxes are out and about in Molong, and they're in the frame when it comes to the theft of a pair of beige shoes and a royal blue gardening clog. MORE NEWS: Last Friday a school in Orange was forced to merge 15 classes into one; staff in "despair": Donato A Molong resident posted to social media recently seeking the whereabouts of the shoes and the clog. "My neighbour at the west end of Riddell Street has shoes going missing! Does anyone have a dog who might be collecting them from her verandah? Two beige shoes and a royal blue gardening clog so far. We can't think what else would be taking them." It's a stretch to say the responses came in thick and fast, however what the comments lacked in number they made up for in quality. MORE NEWS: Council apologises for "distress and anguish" caused by funeral refusal "I know it sounds strange, but if it’s not an unrestrained dog, it can also be a fox," suggested one commenter. "There are foxes in town [at the moment], have seen them on Molong Street Saturday at 5am. "Grant Denyer also caught a fox taking his daughter’s sandals from his front step even though he has working dogs around." It's true. Last month Denyer, the Central West-based showbizzer, revealed he had worked out who had nicked a new sandal left outside his home. The guilty party? A sly fox. "Found out who the shoe thief is!" Denyer wrote on social media. "Busted this little fox doing a snatch and grab of Sailor's new sandals. "And here I was thinking food is their priority, not comfortable yet fashionable footwear." Another commenter to the original post said she'd "had a fox take my and my kids' thongs before". MORE NEWS: Clive Palmer's UAP candidate in Orange publishes fringe theory about "global takeover" One said that it may not be a fox: "I had a German Shepherd that used to do this!" "Foxes will take your shoes," said another commenter, "happened to my brother." In an interview with National Public Radio in the US last year, wildlife rehabilitator Elise Able said that foxes are attracted to "anything that they can sink their teeth into that's a little firm but a little squishy". The national broadcaster was interviewing Able following thefts of sandals, work boots and other shoes in Japan, the UK and Germany - in the latter example a Berlin-based fox had collected about 100 shoes. MORE NEWS: Hands-on soul healer who remembers his past life as the disciple Judas is a regular in Orange "If they're going by on their rounds and there's something like a shoe sitting there, it might smell interesting and want to pick it up and take it home for the kids, take it home for the vixen that's watching those kids," said Able. "Depending if it's leather, it might actually be a tasty treat, or it might just be an interesting thing for everybody to play with."

By Peter Holmes It almost happened on Saturday. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, a motorist in a ute was driving - like so many others on this busy urban thoroughfare - down the middle of the road. And actually drifting well onto the other side. MORE NEWS: Orange, we need to talk roundabouts … The stretch of road where Peisley Street becomes Heatherbrae Parade, as you head from the CBD towards north Orange, does not have dividing lines. In fairness, it's a reasonably wide road, and motorists shouldn't have a great deal of difficulty staying in their own half. Even when cars are parked on the road on both sides, there is plenty of room to give them a wide berth and still drive to the rules. I've watched plenty of drivers drift to the centre and beyond as soon as they turn from Anson Street into Heatherbrae Parade on the northern side of town, near Brendon Sturgeon Oval, and on Heatherbrae Parade after the roundabout at Dalton Street when heading north. The entire stretch of road is unmarked. These drivers sit in the centre and then, when a car approaches from the opposite direction, drift back to their side, then drift back to the middle - or beyond - as soon as they've passed. MORE NEWS: Summer Street madness as drivers forced to change lanes to avoid man on road Mostly, I suppose, there is no great danger, as most of the cars driving illegally can see others coming and adjust to avoid head-on collisions. And the speed limit is only 50km/h, though many exceed this. However there is a crest near the corner of Margaret Street where cars heading towards the city can't see what's coming the other way. And vice versa. On Saturday morning I was sat behind the aforementioned ute as it made its way south. I had an uneasy feeling as the driver approached the crest on the wrong side of the road. As it happened, a car was coming the other way. The ute driver suddenly and violently jagged his vehicle left after spotting the approaching vehicle at the last second and the two cars narrowly avoided a head-on collision. And do you know what happened next? The driver of the ute, seemingly not in the least bit chastened by the near accident, just drifted back to the wrong side of the road. Maybe it's time for dividing lines or those small white flappy things, just to let the spatially challenged know where they're at. According to Transport NSW: "In a head-on crash between two vehicles, there is a 95 percent chance that a driver or passenger will survive at 60km/h, 90 percent chance at 70km/h, and a 20 percent chance at 90 km/h." No statistics are given for head-on crashes at 50km/h. Have you seen this type of driving around Orange? Let us know at our Facebook page or email office@orangenewsexaminer.com.au

By Peter Holmes More than 200 people piled into the Canobolas Hotel this week to hear former ABC journalist and host Kerry O'Brien, former independent federal MP, Cathy McGowan, and independent candidate for Calare, Kate Hook, speak about the state of democracy in Australia. Ashley Bland was the moderator. We have collected some of the best bits from the 90-minute forum, where topics ranged from Clive Palmer's fancy biscuits, saving trees on Anson Street, young people returning to the regions and compulsory voting to plastic bags, flooding the internet with lies, Australia's shift to the right over the past 40 years and Bob Katter's deli meat platters. The comments have been lightly edited for clarity and flow. Kerry O'Brien - Australian democracy "We are enormously privileged with the democracy we have, believe it or not. Even with the state it's in. We are part of a very small percentage of the global population who actually have this kind of democracy. MORE NEWS: Hands-on soul healer who remembers his past life as the disciple Judas is a regular in Orange "We still have some real anchors in the people's voice. We have the rule of law. We have the Westminster system of parliament. We have separation of powers where the judiciary by and large, even though judges are appointed by governments, there is a fairly rigorous process. There is a level of integrity we can have confidence in broadly speaking in the judiciary and the separation of those powers." Kerry O'Brien - the media "We have, believe it or not, a free press. Whether it's a vigorous free press, whether it's a healthy free press, is another issue." Cathy McGowan - young people "We have terrific engagement from young people - in Indi the deputy mayor is a social worker, 28-year-old, unmarried, three kids. Major issue? Child care. Get young people involved so they are participants in society. "I don't know about your young people, but they were the biggest export from Indi. And now they're coming back. They're bringing their creativity, their music and their art. "Yackandandah is the town nearest to me: it was old, it was lost, it was dead, and now it's the funkiest place you'd ever want to go to. They're creating their own sense of what rural Australia looks like for that generation. As an older person, you actually want to hang around. MORE NEWS: Clive Palmer's UAP candidate in Orange publishes fringe theory about "global takeover" "The reason I put my hand up was a group of young people who lived in north eastern Victoria said the phones don't work, the trains don't work, there's no jobs, we're not going to come home and live in the country unless you guys do something. They called us out." Kerry O'Brien - compulsory voting "You actually have to front up, or you pay a fine. There is an acknowledgement that that is a responsibility you have. Every now and then on one side of politics someone sticks their head up and tests the waters to see if there's a possibility they might be able to persuade the nation to jettison compulsory voting. Don't you ever let that happen." Kate Hook - plastic bags "I feel very deeply when something is intrinsically wrong. A friend of mine reminded me recently of a time when we were teenagers, about 15, and I was saying to her how terrible it was that Australians use 6.3 billion plastic shopping bags every year and discarded them into landfill. "She was looking at me and she said, 'You feel the actual pain about this, don't you?' And it's true. I described to her this whole strategy in my head - supermarkets simply create cloth bags and pay for them by having advertising on the side and we launder them and reuse them and we never have to use plastic bags again. MORE NEWS: We spotted Andrew Gee in town and asked his minder for a two-minute interview... "I thought - the grownups have got this, surely? Twenty years later, nothing had changed and I very much regretted not translating that pain into action." Kerry O'Brien - Steve Bannon and the damage to democracy. "One of the reasons I'm here, and have been going to these forums - not to endorse any representative, not to try and persuade people how to vote, but to talk about what I see as a worrying decline in our democracy, which is being matched by a decline in the quality and capacity of our media, which is in parallel with this kind of separate universe of the internet, where powerful people are actively engaged for all the wrong reasons in nobbling our capacity to distinguish the truth from falsehood. "Steve Bannon, who for about two years sat at the right hand of Donald Trump, actually said in a candid interview in early 2018 - boastfully - 'We flood the zone with shit. We start the lie, we put it out there on the 'net, we follow it with another lie'. You flood the zone with lies. "As the mainstream of media in America and here and in Britain and in Europe, struggles in a climate where all those traditional media models have gone out the window, with weakened newsrooms, they are unable to keep up with those lies and do their job to expose them. "This is a deliberate subversion of our democracy." Ashley Bland - responding "Well, that's a rosy picture." MORE NEWS: Orange is fast becoming a tale of two cities, and thousands will be left behind Cathy McGowan - no bludging "Democracy ... is participatory. If you're a spectator, you get what you deserve. Perhaps deserve is too hard. But if you're not an active participant, the fact that the ship's off course is ownership on us. "I come from north-east Victoria. We were a very, very safe [LNP] seat. What we were able to do in Indi was to say to the people, 'If you participate, you can make a difference. And hopefully a big enough difference to get me elected'." Cathy McGowan - electing an independent "[After I was elected] we started getting things. Things like better mobile phone coverage. It's not perfect in Indi, but it's much, much better than it was. But do you know what we really got? We got a community that actually got a sense of its own power. We'd never won things before. We were always forgotten. "I believe [our democracy is] off course. I asked someone why they were here and they said they don't recognise Australia anymore, it's moved that far. That's a feeling lots and lots of us have." Kerry O'Brien - two-party system "We gradually settled into a two-party democracy, with occasional surprises here and there. Then there was the DLP, the Democrats and the Greens. And not to denigrate smaller parties, but it was fundamentally a two-party system. Very rarely [post WWII] did we find ourselves close to, or in a minority government, until quite recently. MORE NEWS: Donato left on sidelines, as next phase of sporting stadium works get underway "The nature of the way politics is practiced has changed. I've been a journalist for more than 50 years and I've been watching politics particularly closely for 40. The two major parties, it's not that they've become complacent, but they certainly have in seats like Indi. "Broadly speaking, they don't take power for granted so much, as they just settle into a kind of routine internally in their parties. And as much of their energy goes into what happens inside their party as goes into what happens in the parliament and their interface with the broader community. "Where once upon a time even within a reasonably organised party - let's just say in government - nonetheless there was some room for individual expression. There was some room for genuine debate and discussion around policy. "You might still get a bit of that now, but I don't believe it's anywhere near as vigorous or real or healthy as it once was." MORE NEWS: Letting Covid rip leaves Orange shops closing early or cutting trading days as staff shortages bite Kerry O'Brien - a shift to the right "The Labor party has moved from a centre-left party to a centre-right party, and the Liberal party has moved from a centre-right party to a right/far-right party. And I suspect a lot of people are here tonight because they might see themselves as traditional conservative voters who feel as though ... they're no longer being represented. "The moderates in the Howard government often were marginalised. And I know any number of them who certainly felt that way. A number of them paid a harsh price. You get the sense sometimes of the tail - that far (right edge) - wagging the dog." Cathy McGowan - the Nationals "I think the National Party have failed us. They don't represent the issues. Imagine if Albury-Wodonga, Orange-Bathurst, a few others, imagine if we had that strong voice for regional Australia in parliament. Independent voice. It would turn the economics, the whole social environment, the optimism of the community changes. It's as simple as winning an election." Kerry O'Brien - low quality of leaders "The quality of leadership has declined. The chances that from leader to leader you'll get something somewhere within a reasonable band of quality, I don't believe that's the case anymore. "I think the parties struggle to find decent leaders at the state level and the federal level. And even if you do stumble into a decent leader, the chances of that leader being followed by another good leader are pretty remote. That's the sad fact of it." MORE NEWS: "A few of our riders are cooked. Not just emotionally, but medically": Orange cyclist's diary Kerry O'Brien - factions "The factions in both major parties are atrophied. Their role has changed. I remember the factions of the Labor party in the Hawke-Keating years: there was three factions - the right, the centre-left and the left. "And they used to have quite rigorous policy debates within their factional group, they would then take their three different positions into their party rooms, they had another discussion about it, then it would go to the Cabinet. So there was some element of democratic discussion going on. For a long time they ran a pretty efficient government. "What's happened with their factions, and this is true of the other side as well, those factions are much more focused on grabbing the dominant position inside the party ... on fostering your mate's careers. "The price we see being paid and that we pay as citizens, we see the failure in the capacity to actually attack the most challenging policies that confront us, and the most obvious is climate change. There are many others. The failure of policy stares us in the face." Kate Hook - community politics "I feel that change is possible. Now that we have all this information [about climate change] and we're feeling what we're feeling, we need to ask ourselves: 'What are we going to do with it?' "Cathy's given us quite a lot of clues ... We're going to decide to not vote for the same old things, the same old dissatisfaction, the same old cynicism. Together, we can make politics work for people and for communities. We can make it something that is available for people to participate in. MORE NEWS: “They were saying, ‘Keep it up, keep taking photos, we're going to beat the sh*t out of you'" "We can make it something that is transparent so people know what is going on with the political decisions that will impact their lives. "We've seen [people power] here in Orange. Not long ago one beautiful street in Orange, Anson Street, stood to lose all the shady trees that had been there for years and years, and created this cool, shaded street. Sanity prevailed. "In Rylstone the community came together to protect their area from a coal development. There was a room full of people impassioned about a development that was on the table there. It was another example of people being stronger together. What we're doing here is important. We know that politics in Australia needs an overhaul. "You might have noticed there is a wave of independents in the federal election. We've seen community-based politics work in Indi over successive elections. [A] highly engaged, highly aware community that we can all be part of. I believe we can change the Australian landscape electorate by electorate." Cathy McGowan - Peter Andren "You've had such a good example of it. So why wouldn't you want it again? {And] do the work to make sure you keep getting it. MORE NEWS: "We fell silent": Orange SES volunteer relives flood mission in Ballina "When Peter Andren died, it just reverted [to the National Party]. We all watched it around Australia, and we saw with great sorrow that change." Kerry O'Brien - Peter Andren "My memories of Peter Andren, what caught my attention in the first place was he kind of came from nowhere. He was a newsreader in the electorate, I'm not even sure what motivated him to run, but he did. And he won. The next election he increased his vote, and the next election he increased his vote again. "The really remarkable thing about him for me went to the integrity of this man. On an issue like refugees where, without leadership you ... I believe, and I've seen the evidence of this, that it is in most of us to do the decent thing. Compassion is a natural attribute. "Peter Andren took a stand there, he eyeballed his electorate. Keating said the two things you need to be a leader are courage and imagination. Peter Andren certainly had the courage, and he had the integrity. "Peter Andren proved them wrong. Peter Andren found the better selves of a great number of people in this electorate, and they rewarded him for it. That says a great deal." Kerry O'Brien - independents "I wrote in a book more than four years ago talking about the failures of the two-party system, and that if they could not get their houses in order we would see an increasing number of independents. I explored some of the options of multi-party systems that work elsewhere in the world. And they can. There is no reason it can't work here. MORE NEWS: MEET THE LOCALS: Serenity Clarke "We are in a process of change, and unless the two parties pull their socks up and get real then we will see the landscape change. I don't think there's a doubt about that." Cathy McGowan - learning to lead "I was very enthusiastic, but ... certainly wasn't strategic. [In the Australian Rural Leadership Program] I discovered there are skills to leadership that you can learn. Not just public speaking, but you can learn how to engage with the community. Facilitation skills. Organisation skills. Lobbying and advocacy skills. How to build networks. "The first thing you have to do is agree on your values. If you don't have a values agreement you're going to have big arguments. So we spent months arguing on what were our five key values that we would commit to. "When we ran the [first] campaign [in Indi] we'd done the hard grunt work. And then the rule was you couldn't sign up to become a volunteer unless you actually signed up to the values. What it did was, it brought the tribe together. We had a huge amount of difference between us, but we had the values." MORE NEWS: "The size of a chicken": Huntsman almost ruins holiday Kerry O'Brien - independents winning Indi and Warringah "These are the crown jewels, these seats. Warringah in Sydney was part of the inset of the crown jewels for the Liberal party. That was a really serious moment in the changing face of politics in Australia." Ashley Bland - quality of politicians "I look at some of these people who come up through the ranks and think 'what sort of community spat you out? How did you get there?' Is the default that we spit out sociopaths?" Kerry O'Brien - in response "I don't think it's as clear cut as that at all ... The pattern that I have seen with politics, relatively recent, in Labor you had, after Keating lost in '96 ... we had on the Labor side Beazley, Latham, Crean, Beazley, Rudd, Gillard, Rudd, Shorten, Albanese. That's an average of less than three years per leader. "On the Liberal side after Howard went we had Brendan Nelson - do you remember Brendan? Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison. In a far shorter time. "[Post war a] leader used to be in their jobs for at least two elections, sometimes three ... even in opposition, to give them a chance to develop into the job, to prove themselves." Kerry O'Brien - decency "There is a place for decency in politics. Many people arrive in politics with the right motives but they very quickly fall for the culture. The very first lesson before they even walk through the door is learning to do what you're told. "Learning to only speak when you're spoken to. Learning to only say what they tell you to say. Not saying what they tell you not to say. Learning to avoid questions [from the] media. It's a corporatist approach. This is not politics. It is not democracy as it is meant to be." Cathy McGowan - parliamentary culture "I was terrified of the reputation of politics. I really didn't want the job. I'm very happy in my own life. I didn't want to win. I hoped we would, but then I hoped we wouldn't. "I wasn't in a good frame of mind when I got to Canberra. I was scared. Quite frankly terrified of how I would do the job, and then I'd said we were going to do all these things like engage the community - how was I going to do that? And then I'd heard how bad it was. MORE NEWS: "Valuable recipes" up for grabs as famed Orange restaurant seeks new owner for next phase "I was totally surprised how it wasn't like that. My boss was my community. As long as they cared for me, and they did, I was safe. As long as I made sure they were my priority, I didn't have to pay attention to what was happening in the [major] parties. "My background is community building ... [something] most country people are really good at doing. When I got to parliament, I looked around for how was I going to make my way. Like a newcomer in a town. It was potentially very lonely, not much socialising, huge corridors. "I thought OK, first thing I've got to do is find some friends. So I held a morning tea and I invited five or six people. I put on homemade cake, and said 'How does parliament work?'. We didn't talk politics. It worked so well. They said they'd never had a member of parliament have a morning tea. In June 2014 we thought we'd have a mid-winter soiree between 6 and 8 and invite more people to come. "We had 50 people. My next door neighbour was Adam Bandt and I said 'Adam, you can come'. He's from Melbourne, so he brought some vegan-type [food]. The next person down the corridor was Clive Palmer. We found what we had in common ..." Kerry O'Brien - in response "... Lamingtons." Cathy McGowan - continued "... And we did some incredibly good work. He ended up coming with a big box of those macarons. Bob Katter came with platters of prosciutto and platters and platters of meat. It was the weirdest party you could have. "I got to meet all these people I never would've. I had to find another way of finding out what goes on. Because of our friendly nature, the cleaners would come in and say, 'Cathy, we've just heard this and this and this'. The person who delivers the mail: 'Cath ... have you heard there's going to be an announcement of such and such'. We were gossip central. "I'd get my hair done every Monday morning, all fluffed up, and the hairdresser would chat like hairdressers do." MORE NEWS: This is what happens when a truckie forgets to put the fuel cap back on Cathy McGowan - the downside "There is a lot of bad things that happen in parliament house, and a lot of bad people. I don't want to take away from how incredibly abusive that workplace is for a lot of people. But on the cross bench, it is not like that. All of us were clear that our job was about communities." Kerry O'Brien - ABC funding "Public broadcasting has been under the most appalling attack, on and off, going back to the time of Fraser. In 1976, when I was a journalist, Malcolm Fraser had come to power, he had been elected after the coup and that was the first of the budget cuts I experienced. "The first Howard budget, despite the most stark pledge that there wouldn't be any cuts, cuts to the ABC. The first Abbott budget - an even starker pledge, no cuts to the ABC. Cuts to the ABC. Over the nine years of conservative government this time we have had recurring cuts." Kate Hook - the potential in Calare "It seems to have been squandered. While governments have been having debates about climate and technology, Calare is extraordinarily positioned for the uncertain times we have ahead of us, because we have such a diverse region. One of the best sets of conditions in Australia for the transition to renewable energy, which is already underway." MORE NEWS: Orange, we need to talk roundabouts …

By David Fitzsimons A front yard bidding war has seen a house on one of the smallest blocks of land in Orange sell above its expected price on Saturday. Three parties placed a total of 19 bids to see the property sell after the auction started with an opening bid of $400,000. The three-bedroom house is on a block measuring just 236 square metres. The Summer Street house near the Five Ways intersection just a few minutes walk from the CBD had a price guide of $570,000. However, eight bids above that price saw it sell for $604,000. MORE NEWS: LETTERS: Veteran Orange publisher Bob Holland has something to say about local media Selling agent Alistair Miller of Professionals Orange said he was delighted with the result. “This is top dollar,” he said. “The price guide is just that. You never know where you are going to end up.” Miller said it showed the Orange market was still strong. He said the winning bidders, who were not present but instead gave their bids over the phone to a woman acting as their bidding agent, were local investors. Miller said he expected they would undertake a renovation on the property before a future use. MORE NEWS: Donato left on sidelines, as next phase of sporting stadium works get underway When asked if the house could become an airbnb short-term rental property, he said it was possible. Miller said one of the other two bidding parties had planned to live in the home. He said the property, while small, was in a great location and offered low maintenance to the buyer. The property, 373 Summer Street, is right by the former Five Ways Congregational Church, for which a development application has been lodged with Orange City Council for conversion into a restaurant/bar. MORE NEWS: Orange is fast becoming a tale of two cities, and thousands will be left behind Auctioneer Michael Corcoran told the crowd of about 25 people on site the property was in a “highly sought after location” and offered “easy-care living.”

By Special Correspondent Kids are getting creative with textas and pencils, putting them in the running for more than $300 worth of Easter chocolate giveaways courtesy Orange Credit Union. Some of the entries have a real taste for vivid colours, while others are producing more subtle works. Entries are open until April 21, with winners announced April 22. More information on entering here. We hope you enjoy some of the early entries.

By Peter Holmes Motorists who park too far from the kerb on Summer Street are risking serious injury or worse by opening their doors to oncoming traffic. Cars were forced to swerve around a man on Summer Street recently after he alighted his vehicle onto the road, near Loc Sing Chinese restaurant. The man stood on the road for a number of seconds as cars changed lanes to avoid hitting him. He then walked slowly across four lanes to get to the other side of Summer Street. "I have noticed this [happening]," said road safety officer for Cabonne and Orange councils, Andrea Hamilton-Vaughan. "Fancy getting out of a car into oncoming traffic on Summer Street. "You’re required to park close to the kerb." Hamilton-Vaughan said she had seen people parking well away from the kerb, before alighting their vehicle to take children from the car. "What this tells me is that these people can’t parallel park, and there are a lot of people in Orange who are challenged by parallel parking because there is not enough of it." The road laws in NSW require that "before opening your door, you must check your mirrors and blind spots for pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles". They state that "unless a sign says otherwise" you must park: * In the same direction as traffic; * Parallel and as close as possible to the kerb; * Within any line markings and; * At least 1m in front of and back from any other parked vehicle. On a one-way street, you can also park on the right side of the road. More information here.

Dear Editor, I write as an experienced and passionate media person, and the former owner of Orange City Life magazine. I believe that genuinely owned and operated local media is always considerably superior to the national or corporate alternatives; it also provides far greater value for both readers, listeners, and advertisers, and does a far superior job overall for the community it serves. That is my professional and heartfelt judgement and anyone who takes the time to compare the various products in detail, will soon discover I am right. On that note, I have been following your Orange News Examiner site for some time and I want to congratulate you on the progress you’ve made so far. I have found the news stories you have covered to be well researched, well written, relevant and of genuine interest to me, and I’m sure others, who are interested in local issues. I’m sure that as more readers discover the quality and value of what you provide, your audience will continue to grow and more businesses will come on board as advertisers, after all, an enthusiastic audience is what advertisers need to be sure that any media outlet they advertise with has. Orange City Life, Community Radio FM 107.5 and your Orange News Examiner site all offer advertisers enthusiastic audiences and superior value for money. Orange therefore has three credible and value friendly local options for local news and community information. Orange City Life covers print, the Community Radio FM 107.5 covers radio across the region, and your Orange News Examiner provides what I’d call a serious online news service, not just trivial news or press releases which others camouflage as news, but real news and real issues. All three are available at no cost to readers or listeners, and all rely on advertising or sponsorship to survive. Orange needs genuine local media, and such outlets need and deserve strong local support. Let me encourage all local business owners and advertisers to at least consider these three for any future advertising. The more you support them, the better they will be able to serve you, and our community. Bob Holland Send your letters to office@orangenewsexaminer.com.au Let us know what we're doing well, and what we can improve on. We also welcome well-considered opinion pieces of up to 500 words. Let our readers know about your products and services by supporting The Orange News Examiner through advertising. Phone 0408 427 786 today to discuss how we can help.

By Peter Holmes A council staff member was called to a building site in Orange on Friday morning following complaints from neighbours about a fire in the front yard of the property. The small fire, next to a mound of dirt and within metres of a house, appeared to have been deliberately lit. MORE NEWS: School issues warning after students try to make themselves faint MORE NEWS: Help on its way for Orange business owners struggling psychologically after two years of stress A pile of wood and other rubbish was near the fire, however it was unclear whether the junk was bound for the flames or the tip. Two men were standing in the front yard. A worker in an Orange City Council bucket hat spoke to the men, and the fire was then extinguished. The worker told The Orange News Examiner that his appearance on the scene was triggered following complaints from neighbours. The bushfire danger period ends March 31.

By staff reporter Orange City Council will host its first Welcome to Orange lunch of the year on Sunday (March 27) at the Orange Ex-Services Club. The event is an official welcome to people who have made Orange their home over the last few years. MORE NEWS: Life-saving equipment stolen from Orange community group MORE NEWS: UPDATED: Dangling branch removed MORE NEWS: Orange council to fly Ukrainian flag in solidarity The free lunch is from 11am to 1pm, with lawn games provided for children. “Moving to a new city can be daunting and this is an excellent opportunity to learn what our community has to offer,” mayor Jason Hamling said. “Some people might not have been able to make those important social connections due to the various restrictions we’ve had to live with over the past couple of years ... it’s a great chance to speak with other people who have moved to the area about their experiences, as well as learn from the locals." Orange City Council staff and representatives from local community groups will be there to answer questions and help put people in touch with a range of local services. Book by 11pm Sunday March 26 at www.trybooking.com/BXQSX.

By David Fitzsimons While petrol prices have soared in the past week there is "good" news for Orange motorists today. The city’s drivers have been spared the worst of the price hikes. A study of the state government’s Fuel Check NSW website, which provides live fuel prices for all service stations across NSW, reveals Orange drivers are generally paying less than the average price for the whole state right now. And they’re paying well below the most expensive, which are in Sydney. The biggest winners are people who use E10 or U91 unleaded fuel in their cars. MORE NEWS: Tree change required for Orange's dangerous dangling branch MORE NEWS: Auto parts chain named as major tenant in $3.8 million Orange development At 12.45pm today (Wednesday) the state average price for E10 was 210.4 cents per litre. All bar one of the 12 service stations in Orange and Lucknow were selling this fuel below the state average price. Orange area prices ranged from 199.9-210.9 cents per litre. The state average for U91 unleaded was 211.1 cents per litre. In Orange all 13 sites selling this fuel were below or equal to the average with prices ranging from 201.9-210.9 cents per litre. Diesel and premium fuel (95 and 98) were still seeing cheaper prices but shopping around was important as not all were below the state average. The diesel average was 221.6 cents per litre. In Orange prices were 216.7-229.9 at the time of comparison. MORE NEWS: Harry is having a beer, please form an orderly queue MORE NEWS: "The most modern supermarket complex of its kind" in Central West pitched for Orange The 95 average was 225.3 cents per litre. In Orange it's 212.9-225.9. The 98 average was 232.9 while the Orange prices ranged from 221.9-234.9. So where was the best place around Orange for cheap fuel? According to Fuel Check NSW at lunchtime on Wednesday the Metro at Lucknow had the lowest prices across most categories.

By staff writer Orange City Council will no longer require residents to sort their bulky waste collection into three piles for the imminent pick-up. Originally, council was asking residents to sort their bulky waste into three piles so that materials such as mattresses and e-waste could be collected separately by three trucks. However because of a driver shortage all the bulky waste - except fridges - will now be collected at the one time by a single truck. MORE NEWS: Top of Mount Canobolas no-go zone for months; penalties for non-compliance MORE NEWS: Badly parked ute possibly the result of sloppy circle work: police MORE NEWS: Fast food restaurant on Orange’s Golden Mile up for grabs MORE NEWS: People in 2800 postcode have $750,000 in kitty of owed money - are you one of them? Mayor Jason Hamling said there may be delays in the collections taking place. “JR Richards will be doing the best they can but it may take longer than expected to collect the bulky waste this year,” Hamling said. “The important thing is to remember that once it’s collected, please don’t put out any more waste.” Bulky waste will now be sorted at the Ophir Road Resource Recovery Centre. The bulky waste collection begins next Monday. Residents west of Anson Street should have bulky waste out by Sunday January 30. Residents east of Anson Street should have bulky waste out by Sunday February 13. For more detail see www.orange.nsw.gov.au/news/bulky-waste-collection-qa/

By Peter Holmes Glenn Taylor and Jeff Whitton became mates in the 1970s. It was a friendship that would span about 45 years. A former deputy mayor and long-serving Orange City councillor, Taylor died at home in Orange on Saturday after succumbing to cancer. He was 60 years old. Taylor was a De La Salle College Orange boy; Whitton went to school at Canobolas Rural Technology High School. Both emerged from hardscrabble working class families, in a city that back then had a solid manufacturing base and plenty of abattoir work. “I worked in delivery and he worked in spare parts, that’s where we first crossed paths,” Whitton told The Orange News Examiner. They were teenagers, fresh out of high school. Both became staunch Labor men, settling into the party’s right faction. Over the decades Taylor became very well connected in the Labor movement. He stood unsuccessfully for Labor for the state seat of Orange, but once came within an inch of winning, Whitton recalled. Life got in the way and the friendship drifted, but it was rekindled when Whitton joined the Australian Labor Party in 1995. Then, in 2004, Taylor asked Whitton to run as second on his ticket for the Orange City Council elections. They both spent many years on council - Whitton was recently reelected - and had hoped to run together again last December. “Glenn was Labor to his bootstraps - he and I are old school Hawke and Keating boys,” Whitton said. “We both grew up in families where our parents went without to make sure we had a good start.” Taylor was president of the Orange branch of the ALP and attended state conferences as a delegate. Whitton said Taylor was good friends with former NSW premier Bob Carr. “Glenn called a spade a spade, and the left (of the Labor Party) hated us with a passion.” OCTEC founder Andrew McDougall saw Taylor for the final time two days ago. “Glenn had been very, very ill for a time,” McDougall said. Taylor was a board member of OCTEC for 25 years. McDougall said Taylor had wanted, and was able, to remain at home. “In the last fortnight family were there, and friends were coming and going,” he said. McDougall described Taylor as “a very loyal friend, and a gregarious man”. He paid tribute to Taylor’s time on council, where he was seen by supporters as a champion of the underdog. “He was really passionate about the community, and about helping people he considered may be more disadvantaged. “He was very astute. You could always talk to him about issues and then he would make up his own mind. “There were no vested interests with Glenn. He was prepared to cross any [political] boundary and support a particular cause if he thought it was good for the city.” ... In August last year Whitton, his brother Mark and Taylor were sinking a few jars at the Vic, their favourite watering hole. Along with the public bar at the Royal, it’s probably the most no-nonsense and “Labor” of all pubs in the city. “Not long after that he wasn’t feeling himself,” Whitton recalled. Taylor, who ran a gardening business, was diagnosed with cancer and was put on a new, ultimately unsuccessful treatment. Whitton last saw his mate on Friday afternoon. “He knew I was there; he was close to resting, and was unable to speak. “The last time we spoke was on Monday. The doctor had given him the [final] diagnosis and said they would make him comfortable. “He grabbed my hand and said, ‘You’ve been a good mate, I’ll save a spot for you at the bar’, and I said ‘I appreciate that mate, but it won’t be for another 50 or 60 years’. We had a chuckle about that.” Glenn Taylor’s funeral arrangements will be announced in coming days.

By Peter Holmes There were detours in place in Orange on Tuesday, with road and footpath works underway in at least three locations in the east of the city. The main action was on McLachlan Street outside Bills Beans, where heavy machinery ripped up roadway before sending the broken bits up a chute and then into a truck. When the truck was full, it was driven away and replaced by a second truck. People hoping to hear themselves think over a leisurely coffee at Bills were out of luck. Cars were unable to access Summer Street from McLachlan Street. A little down the way, outside the Alpine Shopping Centre, another detour was in place, on the corner of McLachlan and Dalton streets. Some cars seemed determined to move through this detour to head east along Dalton Street, despite the road being blocked and "detour" signs. One worker, with no small amount of enthusiasm, urged a motorist who seemed unwilling to acknowledge the detour to "read the sign!". UPDATE "I’m pleased to see a major upgrade of a block of McLachlan Street begin this week, one of two projects to happen in the coming fortnight," mayor Jason Hamling told The Orange News Examiner. The section of McLachlan Street to be re-surfaced is between Summer Street, south to Mazoudier Place, the laneway alongside the Charred restaurant. The other job is in Moulder Street between Lords Place and Anson Street. "In both projects council’s contractors will be removing the damaged surface, and stabilising the underlying gravel pavement," Hamling said. "Then a seal of bitumen will be added before a deeper layer of hot mix asphalt." Work is planned in McLachlan Street from Tuesday to Thursday, before the crew moves to Lords Place on Friday. All this is dependent on weather. "The seal and hot mix will be added at both locations next week," the mayor said. "Crews will be aiming to minimise disruption by keeping one lane of the road to traffic. "To avoid delays, drivers are encouraged to plan ahead and avoid the areas if possible." A separate project work started this week will see the installation of a new water main in Dalton Street. "The new pipe replaces an old main and the upgrade will avoid potential breaks into the future," Hamling said. "Once the new pipe is installed council staff will be in touch with each household about when each house will be connected to the new main." SECOND UPDATE Due to the rain, the crew will move to Moulder St on Wednesday for one day and then come back to McLachlan St.

The Southern Feeder Road was closed briefly on Monday afternoon after a truck leaked diesel onto the road. Officers from Orange Fire Station and council workers attended the scene at about 12:15pm. Cars were stopped from entering the area while an absorbent was spread over the leaked diesel. Orange Fire Station told The Orange News Examiner that a truck driver had forgotten to put the fuel cap on. An incident of this type occurs every month or two, an officer said. MORE NEWS: $3.7 million housing development in Orange open for comment MORE NEWS: "It must measure up or it won't go ahead": New mayor on bike track MORE NEWS: Orange chemist to move on, leaving large CBD site available at $150,000 a year EVEN MORE NEWS: REWIND 1995: Australia Sends Its Good Wishes To O.J. Simpson (Part 1)

By Peter Holmes It's time to dig out the sparkles, heels, Madonna bras, leather vests and outrageous feathers - and the women will need to find something to wear, too - as a little bit of Eurovision is coming to Orange. For the uninitiated, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual event that throws romance; cheese; dramatic key changes; more cheese; lavish, over-the-top sets and props; absurd costumes; music often created on computers; unspeakably awful ballads; and lots more gorgonzola into a big sequined blender. MORE NEWS: "The size of a chicken": Huntsman almost ruins holiday What is disgorged can be quite enjoyable, when taken with quantities of alcohol. Orange's The Pinnacle Players are returning from a pandemic hiatus with a new production - SONG CONTEST - The Almost Eurovision Experience. It's the type of news that will send some running to the hills, while others will be getting their groups together and booking tickets before they get to the end of this article. MORE NEWS: Little Quirks live review Bloomfield Hall This is what Eurovision does to people. SONG CONTEST - The Almost Eurovision Experience was co-written by veteran theatre and comedy entertainer and actor Glynn Nicholas (Here's Humphrey, The Big Gig, The Glynn Nicholas Show). MORE NEWS: These signs are definitely there, but have you ever seen them? It's not the first time he's dabbled with this kitsch entertainment icon - he co-wrote a show titled Eurobeat - almost Eurovision that played from 2006 to 2009. The show is described as being a cross between a musical comedy, concert and sporting event. During each performance the audience gets to vote via smartphone to crown their own winner. The Pinnacle Players' production of SONG CONTEST - The Almost Eurovision Experience is directed by Peter Young and choreographed by Monique Haigh. Glynn Nicholas told The Orange News Examiner on Thursday afternoon that smaller community theatres can afford to have more performers play the roles of the Eurovision contestants, whereas touring versions of the show are more likely to have 12-14 professional musical actors playing a number of roles each. THE DETAILS SONG CONTEST - The Almost Eurovision Experience March 4 - 19 Heritage Hall, Orange Public School Tickets on sale now via www.pinnacleplayers.com.au

By Peter Holmes Organisers are confident of topping last year's attendance of 14,000 at the Central West Caravan Camping & Outdoor Expo this weekend at the National Field Days site in Borenore. "It's looking great," organiser Tiffany Weyman told The Orange News Examiner on Thursday afternoon. "Nearly all the exhibitors are in, a few more are coming in the morning, and the entertainment is all here." Weyman said they had booked extra attractions this year. The lineup includes the Canobolas 4WD Club demo track, jumping castles, the Australian Travelling Fishing Show and, for the first time, the expo will be hosting entertainment from Rooftop Express - which blends "Australiana comedy, awe-inspiring horsemanship and thrilling stunts" - over the weekend. 'We just wanted to shake it up a little and have some new things for people to see," Weyman said. The expo offered pre-sale tickets for the first time this year and hundreds of tickets have already been sold. 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