The Voice of the Maltese No. 129

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Sydney’s hidden stories on Customs House

Between May 27 and June 18, Sydney has been trans-formed into an orgy of lights as visitors experience theeighth edition of the Vivid Sydney Festival 2016 recog-nised as the largest event of its kind in the world com-

Vivid SydneyVivid Sydney

Festival 2016Festival 2016

bining light, music and ideas. But in the last fewdays, torrential rain and high winds that have pum-

melled NSW are dimming Australia's majorevent. (See page 3)

Storms leave three deadand many homes in danger.

(page 17)

2 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 7, 2016

Fr e e d o mof speech- the

right of the in-dividual tosay what theythink - is ar-guably thefoundation ofall other

rights. It is commonly regarded ashaving two components: freedomof opinion and freedom of expres-sion. The latter relates to anymedium, including written andoral communication, the media,public protest, broadcasting andartistic works.As an issue and an ideal, freedom

of speech goes back a very longway in western culture: from an-cient times through to the seven-teenth and eighteenth centuryrevolutionary struggles in England,France and America, and the Euro-pean Enlightenment. It is still rele-vant and sometimes controversialin today's democracies, and stillbeing fought for in many places.

Freedom of speech has had stren-uous opponents. In late feudaltimes when the new printingpresses were allowing a wider rangeof people to challenge the rulingclass, the monarchs, aristocrats andclergy stood against it.

The philosopher Thomas Hobbesgave expression to their view whenhe said, 'It is utterly essential to thecommon peace that certain opin-ions or doctrines not be put beforethe citizens'.

Free speech has also had coura-geous defenders, like the seven-teenth century poet, John Milton.After the English parliamentadopted the censorious LicensingOrder in 1643, Milton delivered aspeech that was published as Are-opagitica: A speech of Mr. JohnMilton for the liberty of unlicensedprinting to the Parliament of Eng-land.

In it, he made an impassionedplea for free speech. He argued:'(for) when complaints are freelyheard, deeply considered andspeedily reformed, then is the ut-most bound of civil liberty attained,that wise men look for.'

During the French Revolution of1789, when freedom of the press

was on the agenda,the clergy argued forthe suppression ofworks that 'offendedreligion, the generalorder of things, publicdecency and the hon-our of citizens'.

Notions of harmony- 'the common peace' - and opposi-tion to offensiveness are frequentlyused by those who seek limits tofree speech. A problem arises,though, when one considers whoshould be the arbitrator of such no-tions: the state or the people?In more recent times in Australia,

a similar view has been expressedby Tim Soutphommasane, Aus-tralian Race Discrimination Com-missioner, who has asserted: 'Freespeech is a fundamental humanright but it is not an absolute right'.To Soutphommasane, the protec-tion of minorities from offence andthe pain that may accompany it isa legitimate reason for restrictionon what individuals may say.

He has argued: “As for fightingbad speech with good speech, thatcan be an easy thing to prescribe ifone were an articulate and well-ed-ucated professional or someone ac-customed to enjoying the privilegeof social power. But the market-place of ideas can be distorted; it isnot an arena of perfect competi-tion, as economists might put it.We cannot realistically expect thatthe speech of the strong can becountered by the speech of theweak”.To Salman Rushdie, the author of

The Satanic Verses, 'Free speech isthe whole thing, the whole ballgame. Free speech is life itself'. Fur-ther, he asks, 'what is freedom ofexpression? Without the freedom tooffend, it ceases to exist.'In 2010 and 2011, the issue of free

speech became controversial whenconservative journalist, AndrewBolt, was subject to a complaint bya group of Indigenous Australiansover opinion pieces he wrote forThe Herald Sun newspaper.

Debate ensued about Section 18Cof the Racial Discrimination Actwhich allows for action on the basisof speech that is reasonably likelyto 'offend, insult, humiliate or in-timidate' someone on the grounds

of race. The Section carries no crim-inal penalty but was regarded bythe then Opposition Coalition par-ties as being too vague in its criteriaand therefore a danger to freespeech.

During the 2013 election cam-paign, the Coalition promised toamend Section 18C but the PrimeMinister Tony Abbott declined toimplement any change to it.

Australia is signatory to theUnited Nations' Universal Declara-tion of Human Rights of 1948which says that, 'Everyone has theright to freedom of opinion and ex-pression; this right includes free-dom to hold opinions withoutinterference and to seek, receiveand impart information and ideasthrough any media and regardlessof frontiers.'

To mark the 50th anniversary ofthe Declaration in 1998, the Aus-tralian Parliament reaffirmed itsprinciples.Australia is also a signatory to the

United Nations' InternationalCovenant on Civil and PoliticalRights which similarly asserts theright to free expression.

However, the reality is that Aus-tralia does not have free speech inany unrestricted sense and the Aus-tralian Constitution makes no spe-cial reference to freedom of speech.

In 2015, the Australian Govern-ment's Law Reform Commission is-sued its report Traditional Rightsand Freedoms-Encroachments byCommonwealth Laws that revealedthe many laws that interfere withfree speech.

These range from criminal lawsagainst treason and seditionthrough to defamation, secrecy, in-tellectual property and anti-terrorlaws.

Whether or not these are reason-able, or go too far, will undoubtedlycontinue to be debated.

Freedom of speech‘Life itself’

by BarryYork

Dr Barry York is a historian. For many years he worked atthe Museum of Australian Democracy at Old ParliamentHouse. He played a big part in the museum’s Oral HistoryProgramme. He was awarded a PhD in History by the Uni-versity of New South Wales in 1988. He has authored andco-authored several books of political history and immigra-tion history and was awarded the Order of Australia in 2005for his services to the recording of immigration history.

(Museum of Australian Democracy atOld Parliament House, Canberra

http//moadoph.gov.au/)

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Vivid Sydney Festival - the world'slargest festival of light and ideas

Vivid Sydney 2016: Laser-DragonWater-Theatre at Darling Harbour

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For 23 days and nights, May 27-June 18, visitors to Sydney areable to enjoy and experience

Vivid Sydney Festival as the city hasbeen transformed into an orgy oflights in what is Australia's majorevent in winter recognised as thelargest event of its kind in the worldcombining light, music and ideas.

Although inclement weather hasdimmed the spectacle in the last fewdays, one hopes that the weather im-proves so people could enjoy the fruitof the hard work by the organisers,

Vivid Sydney, in its eighth year,managed by Destination NSW, theNSW Government’s tourism and maj-or events agency, includes control-your-own digital fireworks, artworkprojected onto the walls of the Con-temporary Arts Museum, and a laser-fountain water theatre with 30-metrecoloured jets spurting into the sky.

During the world's largest festival oflight and ideas, Sydney’s most impor-tant landmarks are illuminated, andtransformed by 3D projections andover 60 light installations. They in-clude, Circular Quay, the Sydney Ope-ra House, The Rocks, Martin Place, Dar-ling Harbour, Walsh Bay, Central Park,Chatswood, Carriageworks, on SydneyHarbour the, Taronga Zoo, The RoyalBotanic Garden and The Galeries.

Vivid Sydney is where art, technol-ogy and commerce intersect. The pro-gramme features large-scale lightinstallations and projections (VividLight); music performances and col-laborations (Vivid Music includingVivid LIVE at the Sydney OperaHouse); and creative ideas, discussionand debate (Vivid Ideas). All threecelebrate Sydney as a creative hub of

the Asia-Pacific.Visitors to Sydney recognise that in

the daytime, Sydney is ravishing. Butwhen dusk descends and the installa-tions light up the skyline, visitors areeven more impressed, particularlyduring this festival that began in2009 as an idea to attract tourists toSydney in winter. Now the Vivid lightand music festival is attracting tou-rists from all over, including themuch-coveted Chinese to Australia.Traditionally, winter is a low tourist

season in Sydney. But, according tothe festival's organisers, the festival isfast becoming a key weapon in thebattle to attract the tourists and localrestaurants, cafes and bars report thattheir takings at festival time can in-crease anywhere from 100% to 500%.

Ben Baxter, one of the festival'sfounding artists, recalls that whenVivid was first launched no one knewhow big it would get, but ever since,this visual spechas become the largestfestival of its kind in the world andone of Australia's most importantevents on the tourism calendar.

According to Baxter part of the fes-tival's success is its unique mix oftechnological innovation, ideas andart. "When Vivid started, the LED(lighting) revolution also reallystarted to kick off. Although LEDshad been around for a while the ca-pabilities of programming and whatyou could do increased," he explains.

Last year, 1.4 million people at-tended Vivid, up 79% from the previ-ous year. It added an estimatedA$41.3m to the NSW economy.When this year’s is over, it shouldhave been even more successful.The Vivid Light Walk, this year fea-

tures installations from light artistsaround the world, ranging fromgiant Siamese fighting fish to "LightOrigami" and an enormous Geomet-ric Eye. Everybody can enjoy it as avisual spectacle.

Celebrating First Nations' spiritual-ity and culture through the songlinesof the land and sky, this year’s Light-ing the Sails is about painting andcelebrating country through a pat-tern of sharing systems, intercon-nected history lines and trade routes. Lighting the Sails Director and Head

of Indigenous Programming at Syd-ney Opera House Rhoda Roberts se-lected six artists of different clans,national estates and territories for animmersive projected artwork thatweaves through time and distance.

This year Vivid has been featuringiconic contemporary works fromKarla Dickens, Djon Mundine, Gab-riella Possum Nungurrayi, Reko Ren-nie, Donny Woolagoodja, and thelate Gulumbu Yunupingu.

To deal with the increased visitornumbers, during the event, 3,500extra trains, ferries and buses wouldhave been running with all grid-con-nected lighting installations poweredby renewable energy for the first time.


A. I agree that you should continue tosalary sacrifice up to the limits that arecurrently $35,000 each per annum.

Once you retire you can transfer someof the funds that are in superannuation inyour name to your wife’s name. Funds insuperannuation in accumulation are nottreated as assets by Centrelink for thoseindividuals under age pension age. In fiveyears’ time you will be 69 and your wife63 and therefore you will be able to qual-ify for a part age pension at least untilsuch time as your wife is age pension ageherself.

Q. I am 35 years old and recently lost myjob. I received a payout of $100,000 aftertax. Should I invest these funds into su-perannuation or should I invest else-where?

A. Investing in the superannuation envi-ronment is one option but at 35 years ofage investing this lump sum in superan-nuation may not be the most prudent. Youneed to be aware that you are unable totouch funds in superannuation unless youreach a condition of release, which inyour case is not before you are age 60and retired. You should therefore consider paying off

any debts, mortgages etc., and/or invest-

ing thesefunds in ei-ther managedfunds or di-rect shares,where if youneeded liq-uidity youcould sell andreceive thefunds within afew days. Alsobe aware thatif you havenot as yetfound another job, these funds may beuseful to subsidise your living expensesand therefore keeping some in accessibleaccounts may be very beneficial.

Q. I have a 7-year-old granddaughter. Iwish to commence a savings plan for herso that when she is 18 years of age andentering University, she can access thesefunds. Is there any particular investmentthat I should consider using to achievethis purpose?

A. Yes I believe insurance bonds shouldbe a consideration. If you are a pensionerthe maximum you can gift is $10,000 perannum with no more than $30,000 over a

five-year period. You should thereforeconsider investing say $10,000 in the firstyear and add to it annually. You can addup to a 125% per annum on the previousyear’s investment amount. As this investment does not pay any dis-

tributions your young granddaughter willnot be paying any tax on earnings. At theage of 18 this bond would have been run-ning for more than 10 years and thereforeif it is cashed in, in part or in full, therewill be no capital gains tax to pay. Thistype of investment pays 30% tax on earn-ings annually even though you would notbe receiving any distributions.

Q. My mother is moving into an agedcare facility. She has been asked to pay aRefundable Accommodation Deposit(RAD) of $350,000. She is happy to sellher home that has been valued at$700,000. She has very few other finan-cial assets. Will she lose her pension ifshe sold her home and had around$350,000 of surplus funds?

A. Once she enters the aged care facil-ity she will be treated by Centrelink as anon-homeowner and she will be able tohave $354,500 of assets prior to losingpart of her age pension. The RAD is notan asset. Her surplus funds however willbe deemed for the Income Test and if thedeemed income is higher than $162 perfortnight she will lose a small part of herage pension.

However what she loses on the pensionshe can more than make up for, by invest-ing her surplus funds wisely.

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Q. I am 64 years of age and my wife is 58. We are bothworking and our combined income is $150,000 per annum.We are currently salary sacrificing the maximum amount.We are planning to retire together in five years’ time. Ourcombined superannuation amounts to $630,000. Is thereanything that we should be considering in the meantime inorder to be able to retire and live comfortably?

This is a monthly service offered by The Voice of the Maltesein which Marie Louise Muscat from the Fiducian Finan-

cial Services helps our readers understand the complexitiesassociated with financial planning. If you need more advicesend an email to Marie Louise via: [email protected].


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Kull meta l-ko-editur ta’ The Voice of the Maltese,Lawrence Dimech, flimkien ma’ martu Marlene iΩuruMalta, b˙al ritwal, minbarra l-laqg˙at privati ma’

familjari u bieb, ikollhom ukoll ikla informali g˙all-a˙˙arma’ kontributuri u l-editur min-na˙a ta’ Malta, Joseph Cu-tajar.

Din id-darba din l-ikla li fiha l-ir©iel kienu akkumpanjatimin-nisa tag˙hom, qattg˙u sag˙tejn flimkien jifir˙u b’x-ulxin u jirrakkontaw dak li jkunu g˙addew minnu mill-a˙˙ar laqg˙a saret f’atmosfera rurali f’ristorant mag˙rufg˙all-ikel Malti f’Óad-Dingli.

Din is-sena attenda wkoll il-Kummissarju G˙oli ta’ Maltafl-Awstralja, Charles Muscat li flimkien ma’ martu Victoria

jinsabu Malta g˙al-laqg˙at tal-Ambaxxaturi Maltin ta’ barramsej˙a mill-Ministeru tal-Affarijiet Barranin li fiha ©ewdiskussi g˙add ta’ materji, partikolarment il-Presidenzata’ Malta tal-Kunsill tal-Unjoni Ewropeja s-sena d-die˙la.

Il-lejla Ωiedet issa˙˙a˙ il-˙biberija bejn persuni li ilhomjafu lil xulxin snin twal, ˙afna minnhom permezz tal-©ur-naliΩmu. Kienet ukoll okkaΩjoni li fiha, bejn gidma uo˙ra ta’ xi koxxa tal-fenek jew ta’ ti©iega, bra©oli, fwiedjew qarag˙abag˙li mimli wie˙ed seta’ jirrilaksja, jir-rakkonta u jg˙id xi çajta, sakemm jekk il-Bambin irid,ner©g˙u niltaqg˙u sen’o˙ra.Fuq: L-okkaΩjoni bejn il-˙bieb ta’ The Voice f’Óad-Dingli


Jiena wie˙ed minn dawk li nissa˙˙arbil-kobor u l-majjistrija tal-Konkatid-ral ta’ San Ìwann fil-kapitali Maltija

Valletta li dis-sena qed tfakkar l-450sena mill-bini tag˙ha. Kull min siefer jafbil-kobor u s-sbu˙ija ta’ diversi knejjesli seta’ ra, jew fl-Ewropa, inkella f’na˙ato˙ra tad-dinja, pereΩempju fejn g˙and-hom x’jaqsmu l-Maltin li jg˙ixu barra,Ωgur li jimprssjonaw ru˙hom bil-katidrali f’çerti stati fl-Awstralja, udawk ta’ Londra, biex insemmi bissΩew© pajjiΩi, imma fil-fehma tieg˙i, dakta’ San Ìwann huwa uniku.

Bih, il-Kavallieri ta’ San Ìwann˙allewlna ©ojjell kbir. Jidhirli li dan il-post, hu l-isba˙ ©ojjell ta arti u arkitet-tura Barokka tag˙hom f’pajjiΩnabil-Kavallieri isemmuh g˙all-qaddispatrun tag˙hom - San Ìwann l-G˙am-miedi (San Ìwann il-Battista) li l-festatieg˙u ssir fl-24 ta’ Ìunju.

Grazzi kbira lill-Gran Mastru Jean dela Cassière li kien il-mexxej tal-Ordnimill-1572 sal-1581 u li fi Ωmienu nbenal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ìwann.

Gran Mastri o˙ra u g˙add ta’ Kaval-lieri imlewhb’rigali artis-tiçi u ta’ val-ur u ˙admuferm biexi s e b b ˙ u hb’xog˙lijiettal-arti.

Sa daΩ-Ωmien danil-Konkati-dral g˙adupost impor-tanti, u min-barra li hu wie˙ed mill-aktar postijietimfittex mit-turisti f’Malta, matul is-sena ©ieli jsiru fih xi attivitajiet kultur-ali. Niççassa u nimmeravilja ru˙i li Knisja

Konventwali b˙al din damet tinbenabiss erba’ snin, u dan fi Ωmien meta l-g˙odod li jintuΩaw fil-bini kienu g˙ad-hom, nistg˙u ng˙idu, primittivi.

L-ewwel ©ebla tqieg˙det sena bisswara li La Cassière ng˙ata t-tmexxijatal-Ordni. Il-perit kien il-famuΩ MaltiÌlormu Cassar, imwieled f’Malta g˙all-˙abta tal-1520 lil familja minn Sqallija likienet tg˙ix f’Malta sa mill-1440. Min-barra San Ìwann kien ukoll l-arkitettta’ g˙add ta’ bini ie˙or fil-Belt.

Ta’ min jg˙id ukoll li fl-img˙oddi, il-festa ta’ San Ìwann Battista kienet im-˙arsa b˙ala btala pubblika li fihas-saçedoti kienu jqaddsu tlett quddisietu minn lejlet sa sbie˙ l-24 ta’ Ìunju, jumil-festa, kienu jsiru sig˙at twal ta’ talb.

Wie˙ed jista’ ja˙seb x’festa kienujag˙mlu l-Kavallieri u l-Maltin f’dan il-

jum li kien meqjus fost il-festi ewleninf’Malta. Skont il-kitba taΩ-Ωwie©, l-g˙arus kellu jie˙u l-g˙arusa g˙al dil-festa u jixtrilha xriek qubbajt millit˙obb hi. Meta wie˙ed jitkellem dwar il-festa ta’

San Ìwann, mill-ewwel ikollu f’mo˙˙uwkoll il-famuΩa purçissjoni bid-drieg˙ta’ dan il-qaddis li l-Kavallieri kienu©abu minn Rodi . Il-purçissjoni bid-drieg˙ kienet issir mill-Konkatidral uddur mat-toroq ewlenin.

Fil-fatt il-poeta Nazzjonali u Ûebbu©iDun Karm Psalia ˙allielna dehramist˙ajla imma ˙ajja ta’ din il-purçis-sjoni f’wie˙ed mis-sunetti tieg˙u li j©ibl-isem ‘Nhar San Ìwann’:

G˙addew mijiet ta’ snin u le˙nek baqa’Sabi˙ u qawwi nhar il-G˙id ewlieniTal-Kbir Battista jidwi kmieni kmieniFuq din il-belt li nbniet biex qatt ma taqa’.

Naturalment, meta wie˙ed jitkellemdwar il-festa ta’ San Ìwann il-Battista,jrid jiftakar ukoll fil-famuΩi ˙©ejje© ta’

San Ìwann: ˙afnahuma tal-fehma lidawn bdew bidrawwa paganameta fl-a˙˙ar jiemta’ Ìunju kienu jsi-ru l-festi ˙alli ifak-kru l-itwal jumtas-sajf.

IΩda, la qabel semmejtid-drieg˙ ta’ San Ìwannil-Battista li l-Kavallierikienu ©abu mag˙homminn Rodi, nixtieq li

ng˙id li jien personalment rajt drieg˙ta’ San Ìwann il-Battista f’wie˙ed mill-isba˙ muΩewijiet li g˙andhom f’Istan-bul, it-Turkija. Qed nirreferi g˙all-mu-Ωew ferm mag˙ruf, Topkapi, fejn wie-˙ed jara u j˙oss l-istorja tal-Ottomanifl-aqwa tag˙ha.

Meta kont hemm, f’wa˙da mis-swalirajt din il-relikwa jew a˙jar dan id-drieg˙ ta’ San Ìwann. Tistg˙u ta˙sbukif sirt!!!! B’rog˙da qbadt il-kamera tar-ritratti li kienet mo˙bija fil-but, u min-nufih ˙adtilha ritratt. Ìew ji©ru fuqib˙al ilpup feroçi xi membri tas-sigurtà,izda kont g˙amilt ta birru˙i li ma kontqed nifhem xejn u bqajt sejjer kutu kutug˙as-swali l-o˙ra. L-aqwa li r-ritrattkien merfug˙ fil-kamera di©itali.

Hawn nistaqsi jekk dan hux l-istessdrieg˙ ta’ San Ìwann il-Battista li kienhawn Malta u li ©abu mag˙hom il-Kavallieri. Kieku nixtieq li jkolli twe-©iba, imma jidher li din hija diffiçli g˙axma’ dan id-drieg˙ hemm marbutag˙add ta’ stejjer o˙ra.

PeterPaulCiantar

IL-Konkatidral ta’ San ÌwannGojjell mill-isba˙ f’pajjiΩna

bourg, that has no beaches, was rankedas having the cleanest bathing water,but as to beaches Cyprus classified firstfollowed by Malta.

Malta has been classified as havingEurope’s cleanest beaches, with all ofits sites rated very highly, 97.7 per cent.In the survey by Europe’s environmen-tal watchdog, the European Environ-ment Agency thatanalysis the beachwater quality andpublishes it annu-ally, Luxembourg,that has nobeaches, wasranked as havingthe cleanestbathing water, butas to beachesCyrus was firstfollowed by Malta.

The report ranksthe water qualityof Malta's bathingsites as 'excellent'.The remaining2.3% of beacheshave been gradedas 'good'. In compiling the study, Envi-ronmental health inspectors took sam-ples at swimming spots around theMaltese Islands each week.Across Europe, only 385 bathing sites

were assessed with poor bathing waterquality in 2015. The share of bathingwater sites rated ‘poor’ dropped to 1.6% in 2015 from 1.9 % in 2014.

According the study, topping the billis Luxembourg (all 11 reported bathingwater sites). Then come Cyprus (99.1 %of bathing water sites), Malta (97.7 %),Greece (97.2 %), Croatia (94.2 %), Italy(90.6 %), Germany (90.3 %) and Austria(90.2 %). Τhe highest numbers of bathing sites

with poor water quality were found inItaly (95 bathing sites, 1.7 %), France (95bathing sites, 2.8 %) and Spain (58bathing sites, 2.6 %). The share of bathing water with excel-

lent quality increased from 78 % in 2011to 84 % in 2015.

The report is complied after analysisof water sampled at more than 21 000coastal and inland bathing sites acrossthe EU, Switzerland and Albania indi-cating whether or not it has been con-taminated by faecal pollution fromsewage or livestock.

While 96 % of bathing sites met theminimum requirements, over 84 % met

the more stringent ‘excellent’ level. Karmenu Vella, European Commis-

sioner for the Environment, MaritimeAffairs and Fisheries, said: “Europeanbathing water is at 96% acceptable and84% excellent standards. That is the re-sult of 40 years investing in water andwastewater infrastructure.”

He went on to say, “It is a sign of EUlegislation working well. And it is aperfect testimony to the fact that ahighly evolved economic area such asours can produce equally high environ-mental standards.”More than 90% of bathing sites in eight

European Union Member States hadexcellent water quality in 2015.The news comes just weeks after Malta

won a record number of Blue Flags forbeach cleanliness. The top ones inMalta are St George's Bay, Riviera Bay,Mellie˙a Bay, Paradise Bay, GoldenBay and Ramla Bay. Fond G˙adir Bay,Westin Dragonara Resort, Qawra Point,

Bu©ibba Beach also recently won BlueFlags, while two other beaches in Gozo,Hondoq Bay and Marsalforn Bay,achieved a Beach of Quality status.

Malta is certainly small in size, but itcan boast of a number of beaches, thatcan satisfy a spectrum of tastes, fromwindsurfers to sunbathers who prefereither sandy or rocky ones. It has

beaches withgolden or redsand, rocks, bluelagoons and eveninland seas.

Some beachesand rocky shoresare off the beatentrack, but worthseeking out fortheir seclusion.With Malta's cli-mate, beach lifelasts fromApril/May to wellinto October.

The main coastalresorts and largersandy beaches arein the northern

part of Malta, the most popular being,Mellieħa Bay, G˙ajn Tuffie˙a andGolden Bay. For smaller, quieterbeaches, one should try those at the tipof Malta, overlooking Gozo - ParadiseBay and Armier.

In Gozo, perhaps the most beautifulsandy beach is at Ramla l-Óamra, alarge beach of unusual red sandnestling by countryside. MarsalfornBay, San Blas Bay, M©arr ix-Xini andXlendi are also quite popular. SantaMaria Bay and the Blue Lagoon inComino with their clear waters are outof this world. No wonder it always socrowded in the summer months.

The sister island, along with Cominoalso offer plenty of out-of-the-wayrocky inlets with clear waters and per-fect snorkelling.

Sports enthusiasts can enjoy watersports and activities like windsurfing,jet and water skiing, parakiting and funrides.


Malta with second cleanest beaches inEurope, survey finds

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Malta has been classified as having Europe’s cleanestbeaches, with all of its sites rated very highly, 97.7per cent. In the survey by Europe’s environmental

watchdog, the European Environment Agency that analysisthe beach water quality and publishes it annually, Luxem-

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Na˙seb li ma nkunx qed nesa©era metang˙id li l-a˙bar li qrajna fl-a˙˙ar ar©ata’ The Voice of the Maltese niΩlet

ferm tajjeb mal-Maltin li jg˙ixu fl-Awstralja.Qed ng˙id g˙all-artiklu fejn ©ejna mg˙arrfali l-President ta’ Malta mistennija ti©i g˙alΩjara fl-Awstralja.Din xi ˙a©a li a˙na fl-Awstralja ilna nisten-

new b’çerta ˙erqa sa minn meta sentejn ilu, l-Eççellenza tag˙ha Marie-Louise ColeiroPreca ng˙atat il-˙atra ta’ President, u l-aktaru l-aktar wara li kif issemma’ mill-ewwelqalet li minbarra li t˙ossha b˙ala l-Presidenttal-Maltin kollha, huma fejn huma, xtaqetiΩΩur dan il-pajjiΩ li fih laqg˙a l-akbar g˙addta’ Maltin b˙ala emigranti.

Nittama li kif qed nistenna, din iΩ-Ωjara liminnha Ωgur jista’ jo˙ro© afna ©id, il-Maltinituha l-mer˙ba li jixirqilha u kull g˙aqda tal-Maltin, u anke individwalment, kul˙addg˙andu jag˙mel minn kollox biex nuru lig˙alkemm barra minn art twelidna ng˙oΩΩul-pajjiΩ fejn twelidna u wkoll kapaçi linibqg˙u mag˙quda.IΩ-Ωjara tal-President g˙andha sservina biex

ukoll nuru lill-komunitajiet etniçi o˙ra lig˙alkemm barra l-pajjiΩ, g˙all-Maltin il-gΩiratag˙na tibqa’ ti©i l-ewwel u qabel kollox.

Kif stajt nara ma’ min tkellimt, dawk liilhom Ωmien twil fl-Awstralja g˙andhomçerta ˙erqa biex jiltaqg˙u mal-President um’g˙andix dubju li se ji©u organizzati laqg˙atmag˙ha biex ingawdu l-preΩenza tag˙ha.Imma rrid nissu©©erixxi wkoll biex dawk lig˙andhom ulied imwielda fl-Awstralja, u

forsi anke neputijiet, i˙e©©uhom ukoll biexjekk jista’ jkun huma wkoll jiltaqg˙u mag˙˙a.Çert li Ω-zg˙aΩag˙ li diga’ ltaqg˙u mal-Pres-

ident f’Malta u li wrew tant entuΩjaΩmu,g˙all-inqas fil-kitbiet tag˙hom u permezz tar-ritratti li mlew fuq il-facebook tag˙hom, metakienu ©ew lura l-Awstralja, se jkunu minn ta’quddiem biex jilqg˙uha.

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G˙andna nag˙tu laqg˙a kifjixraq lill-President ta’ Malta

Sandra Borg from St Albans, Victoria writes:

The Maltese community in Australia par-ticularly is thrilled with the news about

the possibility of a visit by Her Excellency thePresident of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro-Preca, and also the Minister for Foreign Af-fairs George Vella.

We all must make an effort to give them agreat welcome, not only because they repre-sent the government and our country of birth,Malta but for all the work they have beendoing to improve Malta’s stature and that ofits people, and that includes us who are notliving there anymore, or were not even bornthere, but also for the progress Malta has madein the international fora.We are so proud of Malta and whatever one’s

political affiliations we need to express ourthanks for what successive governments havedone for the people. Malta is small but it hasa big heart and we are part of it, so PresidentColeiro-Preca is also our President.

I feel so strongly about this and hope to beone of the first to give the Maltese represen-tatives a great welcome.

Let’s give OurPresident a

great welcome

Eugene Calleja from Harvey, WA writes:

Kont na˙seb li f’Malta spiçça Ω-Ωmien tal-konfrontazzjoni fil-politika, imma g˙ar-

rali bil-kbir. Bla ma nid˙ol fil-mertu ta’ minhu t-tajjeb jew il-˙aΩin, imma ddiΩgustajtru˙ek wara li qrajt l-a˙barijiet bil-Malti f’TheVoice, u l-item bit-titlu, “Iva issa anke fil-Eu-rovision?Possibbli g˙ad hemm (jew re©a’ hemm) min

hu daqstant mitluf fil-politika parti©-©jana lij˙amme© u jdeffes fin-nofs ukoll lil kantantali rrappreΩentat lil Malta quddiem id-dinjag˙all-finijiet ta’ mo˙˙u?

Imbag˙ad ng˙idu li a˙na l-Maltin mo˙˙namiftuh u mmaturajna fil-politika?

Tassew diΩgustanti

Community Radio 3ZZZ (Melbourne)recently moved from its old studiosin George Street, Fitzroy to new

premises in 309 Albert Street Brunswick thatboasts of five new state of the art studioswith new modern technology to meet theneeds of produce their programmes.Community Radio 3ZZZ broadcasts in over

60 different languages, including Maltese. Ithas 5000 members and an audience of400,000 listeners each week.

The Maltese Community produces threeone-hour weekly programmes , on Mondaysand Fridays (5-6 pm) and another on Satur-day (10-11am), apart from another one onthe last Wednesday of each month (1-2 pm)

The Maltese programmes include newsfrom Malta, the Gospel of the followingSunday, Maltese music, Maltese Literatureand other items of interest to the communityin general. Every second Saturday, the pro-gramme "Inservik" is dedicated to requestsfrom the listeners celebrating a birthday orspecial occasions.

At the moment there are four Maltesebroadcasters, namely, Convenor LewisStafrace, Mario Sammut, Paul Vella andEmanuel Brincat. Listeners from all overAustralia, the UK, USA, CANADA, Maltaand even France follow the Maltese pro-grammes.Over 250 people attended the official open-

ing celebration on Sunday May 22. Mr Vic-tor Borg, the president of the MalteseCommunity Council and Mrs Rosemary At-tard, Welfare Director of the same Councilwere among the guests from the MalteseCommunity.Mrs Rajdeep Kang, who acted as MC, in-

troduced the 3ZZZ President, Mr GeorgeSalloum who on his part welcomed the spe-cial guests and spoke about the work by3ZZZ over the years. He thanked the untir-ing, creative and selfless work by the 400volunteer broadcasters, their 60 communi-ties, and the wider multicultural community.

He said that the 3ZZZ story spanning over25 years is one of tremendous success. Fromthe humble beginnings in the basement ofthe Victorian Trades Hall in 1988 broadcast-ing in 30 languages to the modern premisesin George Street, Fitzroy, in 1992 to 2016, it

now broadcasts in over 60 languages in anew modern building. Its target is to do evenbetter and more.

Ms Jan Garrett, Minister for EmergencyServices and Member for Brunswick, repre-senting the Premier of Victoria who unveiledthe Commemorative Plaque wished all thebest to the station in its new premises. Other speakers included Mrs Inga Peulich,

MP, Shadow Minister of Multicultural Af-fairs representing the Leader of the Opposi-tion; Senator Mitch, Fifield, Minister forCommunication; Senator Kim Carr, ShadowMinister Higher Education, Research and In-

dustry representing; Hon. Jason Clare,Shadow Minister for Communications; CrLita Gillies, Deputy Mayor, City of More-land; Mr Eddie Micallef, Chair PersonECCV and Deputy Chair FECCA; Mr Rus-sell Anderson, Executive Officer NationEthnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Coun-cil; Mr Peter Batchelor, President Commu-nity Broadcasting Foundation; Ms LewWheeler, Deputy Chair, Fair Go for Pension-ers Coalition; and Mr Jim Remedio, Man-ager 3KND Indigenous BroadcastingStation, and Mr George Zangalis, the Secre-tary of 3ZZZ.


New studios for 3ZZZ Community radio

The new building housing the3ZZZ radio studios at Brunswick

Some of the guests on a tourof the new technical area

The passengers still living that travelled to Australia on the SS Arosa Kulm passengership from Malta to Australia in 1956, on May 16 organised a reunion (that was men-

tioned in The Voice two issues ago) to commemorate 60 years after their arrival in Mel-bourne at the Hylands Hotel, Craigieburn.Pictured are some of the Maltese passengers who made the long and arduous trip and at-

tended the reunion where they could reminisce about what could be described as an un-forgettable adventure From left: Lina Baldacchino nee Spiteri, Rosemary Attard neeSapiano, Connie Borg nee Calleja, Pauline Portelli nee Sapiano, Giovanna Sapiano, MaryScicluna nee Spiteri, Carmen Merrigan nee Sapiano, and Iris Sapiano.

The SS Arosa Kulm was launched at Hog Island, Pennsylvania in 1919 and ended asbeing sold for scrapping in 1959.

The ‘SS Arosa Kulm’ passengers’ reunion

PaulVella

Qed nirreferi g˙all-©rajja storika tal-1945 meta l-IstatiUniti kienet tefg˙et bomba nukleari fuq din il-beltÌappuniΩa, u o˙ra fuq Nagasaki tlett ijiem wara, likienu nqerdu u wkoll swew il-˙ajja ta’ mill-inqas140,000 ru˙ sa tmiem dik is-sena. Dan l-avveniment

huwa ma˙sub minn bosta storiçi (imma mhux minn kul˙add) likien ir-ra©uni ewlenija li wassal lill-Ìappun biex içedi, Ωviluppimportanti g˙at-tmiem tat-tieni gwerra dinjija.

Fl-a˙˙ar ta' Mejju ta’ din is-sena, waqt it-tifkira ta' kull senaf'Hiroshima, il-President Amerikan Barack Obama kien preΩentig˙all-ewwel darba. Fid-diskors tieg˙u, il-President Obama fakkarfil-qawwa mostruΩa u tal-biΩa' ta' dawn it-tip ta' armamenti, lis'issa ma re©g˙ux intuΩaw iktar f'xi gwerra. Huwa qal li jittamali d-dinja ssib il-kura©© biexisseddaq il-paçi u timxi fit-triq lejn dinja ming˙ajr ar-mamenti nukleari.1

Din il-viΩjoni ta' Obamamhix wa˙da ©dida, u hija r-ra©uni g˙alfejn ing˙ata l-premju Nobel g˙all-Paçifl-2009.2 Dan huwa g˙annobbli, imma kemm hu fat-tibbli, jew realistiku?Il-Ìnus Mag˙quda g˙and-

ha t-Trattat g˙an-Non-Pro-liferazzjoni tal-ArmamentiNukleari (NPT), li da˙alfis-se˙˙ fl-1970, li ©ie rati-fikat minn 191 stat (l-Aw-stralja u Malta nkluΩi), uffirmat imma mhux ratifikatminn 93 pajjiΩ ie˙or. 3 Danit-trattat kien immirat li jif-friΩa s-sitwazzjoni li kienetteΩisti fil-1967, permezzprinçipalment ta' dan li ©ej:* il-˙ames pajjiΩi li di©a` kellhom armamenti nukleari (l-IstatiUniti, ir-Renju Unit, Franza, iç-Çina u r-Russja, l-hekk imsej˙aStati Nukleari) jikkommettu li ma jg˙addux materjal jew it-teknolo©ija ta' armamenti nukleari tag˙hom lil ˙addie˙or, ˙liefg˙al skopijiet paçifiçi ta˙t prekawzjonijiet ta' verifika;* li l-istati l-o˙ra ma jfittxux li jkollhom din il-kapaçità ˙lief g˙alskopijiet paçifiçi ta˙t prekawzjonijiet ta' verifika.Dawn l-iskopijiet jista' jing˙ad li fallew, g˙ax pajjiΩi o˙ra llum

huma mag˙rufin li g˙andhom armamenti nukleari. L-Indja u l-Pakistan Ωviluppaw dawn b'seba' mitt g˙ajn fuq xulxin, il-Koreata' Fuq bil-politika belli©erenti tag˙ha tfittex li tippubblika l-pro-gramm nukleari tag˙ha biex tittie˙ed bis-serjetà fuq il-palk in-ternazzjonali, u fl-a˙˙ar irid jissemma l-IΩrael li j˙addan politikata' ambigwità deliberata f'dan il-qasam, li b'ipokrezija kbira mill-potenzi nukleari l-kbar qatt ma ©ie sfidat dwar dan is-su©©ett b˙alma ©ie sfidat l-Iran f'dan l-a˙˙ar Ωmien.L-NPT ukoll i˙e©©e© id-disarmament totali nukleari. Veru li sar

xi progress bl-iffirmar ta' trattat ©did (START) bejn l-Istati Unitiu r-Russja fil-2009, u b’inizjattivi o˙ra b˙al tal-amministrazzjonital-President Amerikan Obama li fil-2013 ipproponiet li tnaqqasl-ammont ta' armamenti nukleari Amerikani u Russi b'terz.

Dawn huma passi poΩittivi, u jistg˙u jitkomplew 'il quddiem,imma jien xettiku jekk qattx naslu g˙al sitwazzjoni fejn l-arma-menti nukleari jinqerdu g˙al kollox. Fl-a˙˙ar mill-a˙˙ar, ankebomba nukleari wa˙da g˙andha l-potenzjal ta' qirda g˙al mijietta' eluf ta' nies. L-iktar bomba b'sa˙˙itha li qatt ©iet sploduta

kienet wa˙da Russa, b'potenzjal qerriedi tlett elef darba dik ta'Hiroshima!

L-Istati Uniti qatt se jafdaw kompletament lir-Russja li qerdetl-armamenti nukleari tag˙ha? Ir-Russja li qabdet u invadiet lill-Krimea qisu ma ©ara xejn, u li tix˙et 'il ˙abs lil min jopponi lill-President tag˙ha? Jew liç-Çina, li bil-kwiet u minghajr fanfarraqed iΩΩid sostanzjalment l-infieq militari tag˙ha sena wara l-o˙ra,u li qed tniΩΩel saqajha fl-ib˙ra kontestati mill-©irien AΩjatiçitag˙ha?U dawn tal-a˙˙ar se jafdaw lill-Istati Uniti, li qatlet lil President

tag˙ha nofs seklu ilu f'attakk bi preçiΩjoni militari ming˙ajr re-sponsabbiltà sallum ti©i attribwita? Li nvadiet pajjiΩ abbaΩi ta'intelli©enza ffabbrikata, u kkonvinçiet lil pajjiΩi o˙ra jag˙mlu l-

istess? Li qeg˙da tikkun-sidra tibdel President kawtmilitarment b'wie˙ed limeta jitkellem qisu qed jis-para kanun wara l-ie˙or,f'kull su©©ett li jittratta?

L-Indja u l-Pakistan qattse jafdaw lil xulxin, bil-ferita g˙adha friska tal-miljun persuna li mietubil-qasma tal-Indja tal-antik, kapolavur tar-RenjuBrittanniku, u bil-©estiΩg˙ar u rari ta' ˙biberijabejn iΩ-Ωew© pajjiΩi malajrjg˙ibu mal-ewwelsparatura fil-Kashmir?

Xi ng˙idu g˙all-Korea ta'Fuq, bil-fta˙ir kontinwu upubbliku tag˙hom li se je-qirdu lill-Istati Uniti?

U fl-a˙˙ar, biextafda lil xi ˙add,tistenna li jkunmiftu˙ u traspar-enti. Min se jafdalill-IΩrael li l-am-bigwità f'dan il-qasam hijal-politika teig˙u?

Le, l-armamentinukleari hawn sejibqg˙u. L-affari-jiet veru li jistg˙ujinbidlu g˙all-a˙jar, imma jistg˙u

wkoll jinbidlu g˙all-ag˙ar. Jiddispjaçini ng˙id li d-deterrenza,ji©ifieri li int ma tfittixx li teqred lili g˙ax jien ukoll nista' neqredlilek, se tibqa'.L-unika ˙a©a poΩittiva li nara f'din l-istorja hija l-possibiltà fan-

taxjentifika li dawn l-armamenti jistg˙u jintuΩaw fil-futur biexjiddefendu lid-dinja minn xi impatt ta' xi asteroidi li tkun qedthedded lill-˙ajja ta' kull ˙lejqa. Nammetti li qed naqbad it-tentu-fiet biex infittex il-poΩittiv.

kitba ta’

IVAN

CAUCHI

Referenzi1. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/obama hiroshima -japan/index.html, retrieved 30/5/20162.http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html, retrieved 30/5/20163. http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/npt#, retrieved 30/5/2016

X'tg˙allimna minn Hiroshima?


PerspettivaA version of this series inEnglish may be found inthe author's blog at: http://ivancauchi.blogspot.com

L-effett tal-bomba atomikamitfug˙a fuq Hiroshima fis-6ta’ Awwissu tal-1945

Il-President BarackObama jpo©©i ku-runa fil-HiroshimaPeace Park.


Lexi Clark, a 19-year-oldsoul and R&B singer ofMaltese descent (left) who

started out as a classical andmusical theatre performerwowed the Madden Brotherswhen she appeared in the firstepisode of Channel Nine’s ‘TheVoice’ on May 1 and renderedRebecca Ferguson’s hit ‘Noth-ing’s Real But Love’

Lexi’s appearance on the Aus-tralian TV screens during theblind audition stage, had co-aches Delta Goodrem, RonanKeating and the Madden Broth-ers all turn around to see hersing. But she did not notice that,she told the Weekender newspa-per. “I didn’t want to look be-cause it would freak me out so Ijust focused firmly on my familywho were in the audience.”At the end of her performance

the Madden Brothers calledher, “fantastic” and “special”.No wonder she chose theirteam, their idols.

Her performance attractedraving reports on the May 12edition of Penrith’s the westernWeekender that splashed herphoto under a front-page head-ing: “Lexi finds her Voice” anddirecting readers to the actualreport on the inside pages witha catchy caption of: “Meet ourlatest reality show queen”.

Lexi, who has Maltese grand-parents, Jerome (from Msida)and Catherine Pace (fromÛebbu©), whom she affection-ately calls “Nunna” and consid-ers as the most importantperson in her life, has alwaysenjoyed her family’s support.They are her biggest supporters.She has been singing from a

young age and likened herselfto musical theatre, however itall changed when she sufferedfrom tonsillitis and her voicechanged, forcing her to retrainher voice and get to know hernew grittier sound.

She made a remarkable recovery,after a routine tonsillectomy left herwithout her classically trained sing-ing voice. Despite seeking specialisthelp and advice from speech thera-pists, the Northmead PerformingArts High graduate, had to teachherself to sing all over again.The husky result drew comparisons

with British soul singer, Amy Wine-house who along with Lauryn Hill,Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder andAdele is Lexi’s musical laneway. Itearned Clark a place on Team Mad-den. It was easy for her to choose tobe on the Madden Brothers’ team,as she has been in awe of their al-bums for years.

“The have managed to stay rele-vant for so long, whether it’s pro-ducing or writing music or findingbands; if you can stick around in themusic industry for that long (a fewmonths ago they celebrated their20th anniversary), you must bedoing something right,” she told theWeekender.

“Good Charlotte was the firstalbum I ever bought, so I am stokedto be on their team. They are liter-ally idols of mine. It’s a dream.”

It wasn’t easy for Lexi to find hervoice again. “It was hard after I hadmy surgery for tonsillitis because Ididn’t talk for about three or fourweeks and then when I did, Isounded like I do now which wasn’tright.

She went on to say that it was afrustrating time for her. For aboutsix months she was pretty depressedbecause she felt like there was noth-ing else she was passionate about.

Look where she is now. Indeed ahappy ending after years of hardtimes.

The current inclement weather in NSW has wreaked havoc withthe commemoration of the annual Sette Giugno event in Sydney

organised by the Maltese Community Council of NSW, in as much asit had to be cancelled. In the area of the Maltese bi Bi-CentennialMonument at Pendle Hill, it has rained continuously from Fridaynight till the time we went to press. Through this medium the organ-isers would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Lexi wows Madden Brothers after “fantastic, special” performance on Ch 9’s ‘The Voice’

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The Government is toappeal the Constitu-tional Court’s deci-

sion that ruled that theNationalist Party should begranted two additional seatsin Parliament.

The court decided infavour of the NP that hadbeen asking for the addi-tional seats because of mis-takes made during the vot-ing procedure in the lastgeneral election three yearsago. It stated that two moreMPs should be elected irre-spective of which district

they had contested.In a statement, while not-

ing that the 2013 electionwas held under a National-ist government, the PrimeMinister said that while re-specting the judge’s ruling,the Government does notagree with it because ofconstitutional implicationsand as has its right and dutyto do, was therefore filingan appeal. The Leader of the Opposi-

tion and the NationalistParty, Simon Busuttil, wel-comed the Court’s decision.

The NP had filed the caserequesting an additionaltwo seats in the House ofRepresentatives because ofa vote-counting mistake.The court held that the re-sult had given an incorrectinterpretation of the will ofthe electorate and shouldhave given 38 seats to thePL and 31 to the PN.

The court ordered theElectoral Commissioner tocorrect the error and declaretwo more PN candidates tohave been elected within amonth.

Addressing the first WorldHumanitarian Summit inIstanbul, Turkey, organ-

ised by the United Nations, Mal-tese Prime Minister JosephMuscat said that by accepting mi-grants from Greece and ItalyMalta has become an example toother countries in the way it ishelping in the humanitarian crisis.

The summit was organised withthe aim of changing the systemfor the distribution of humanitar-ian aid and to encourage the worldto better react in times of crisis.During the meeting in which po-

litical leaders from 120 countriesdiscussed how humanitarian aidshould be sent in a more efficientway in the affected areas, it wasrevealed that each day conflicts,crisis or natural disasters affected100 million people leading themto leave everything behind to es-cape as refugees.

Dr. Muscat said that with itspresence at the summit Malta wasconfirming that from words it waspassing to facts.

He went on to say that in the past fewyears, at the beginning of 2000 Malta wasmainly alone as it started facing the migra-tion crisis. It does not have this crisis any-more but the situation could change bytomorrow as everyday hundreds of peopleare crossing the Mediterranean. They arenot headed to Malta but to other countries. “While this is happening, in order to show

that we don’t just speak on solidarity butalso implement it, we are accepting people

from Greece and Italy,” he said. While hoping for a more just and humane

world, he pointed out that Malta has a nat-ural vocation to assist in humanitarian cri-sis, so it supports every effort in order foraid to be distributed to those in need in amore effective way.“My dream and my hope is that every sin-

gle displaced person, refugee, or anybodywho is going through hardship, would begiven the capability to prove themselves tobe human,” he said.

Backed by solid consumer spending andinvestment, Malta is expected to see

economic growth of 4.1%, Moody's In-vestors Service has said in its latest creditrating report, entitled ‘Government of Malta- A3 Stable: Annual Credit Analysis’.

The report confirms Malta’s A3 Govern-ment bond rating and re-affirms Malta’s out-look as stable, supported by the healthyeconomic outlook and the Govt’s access to alarge and reliable domestic funding pool.

Moody’s considers Malta’s institutionalstrength as very high due to its favourablescores in the Worldwide Governance Indica-tors with Malta’s ranking outperforming itsrating peers and its robust policy framework.

It describes the economic growth recordedin 2015 as “impressive”, with private con-sumption and investment being the maingrowth drivers. It also confirms the declinein the manufacturing sector to around 10%in 2015 from 24% in 2000, but highlights adiversified services-based economy.

The credit rating agency attributes the in-crease in private consumption to variousGovernment initiatives, including incometax cuts, reduced electricity tariffs and theaffirmative performance in the labour mar-ket such as the low unemployment levelsand associated wage increases.“While we expect economic growth to

moderate this year, our forecast remainsstrong compared to its peers in Europe. Keydrivers of Malta's economy are domesticconsumer demand and investment, withtourism rising 6% in 2015,” Moody’s ana-lyst Evan Wohlmann, said.Moody’s reports that Malta's energy sector

reform has moved ahead, which shouldallow the government's material contingentliability risks to public utilities to decline inthe coming years.With regard to investment, it notes that cap-

ital expenditure has been supported by large-scale energy projects such as the building ofa re-gasification plant, the conversion of anoil-powered plant to gas power, and the com-pletion of the interconnector.

It acknowledges the progress made in thelabour market as the labour participationrate, particularly that of females and youthshas increased.

It said that this reflects the progress on anumber of measures including free child-care centres, in-work benefits, tax rebates,the establishment of a maternity leave fund,and the promotion of flexible hours ar-rangements.

Malta expectsto see economicgrowth of 4.1%

Roundup of News About Malta


Govt. to appeal Court decision givingNP two more parliamentary seats

Malta is an example to othersin humanitarian crisis, PM says

Confirming Malta A3 stable

Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat addressing the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul

The Government defeated a motion of no confidence directed againstthe Prime Minister filed by independent MP Marlene Farrugia. The

motion had originally requested Parliament to set up a parliamentarycommittee to discuss a no confidence mo-tion against the Prime Minister’s Chief ofStaff over his ownership of an offshore com-pany as revealed in the Panama Papers.

The no confidence motion was directedagainst Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, ashe is the person who employed Schembrion a position of trust basis on the advice ofthe Speaker, Anglu Farrugia who ruled thatSchembri was not answerable to parlia-ment.

After a six-hour long debate the Motionwas defeated by 30 votes to 35 with Farru-gia voting with the Opposition.

This is the third “no confidence” motionsupported by the Opposition that the Gov-ernment has won in just over a month.

Malta’s ambassadors from abroadwere last week hosted by theMinister for Foreign Affairs,

George W. Vella to a two-day conference atFort St Angelo to discuss various topics,particularly Malta’s Presidency of theCouncil of the European Union next year.It was the last Ambassadors’ meeting priorto that Presidency.After welcoming and thanking the ambas-

sadors for their work in their respectivecountries in maintaining bilateral relationsand attracting investments, commerce andtrade to Malta, the Minister said he wantedto share with them his ministry’s vision forthe coming months.

He explained the ministry’s active in-volvement and preparations for the comingPresidency and said he is confident that,working hand in hand with the team of de-dicated people at the Ministry for ForeignAffairs, the Ministry, together with the Mis-sions, would be able to sail through thisPresidency with the best possible outcomesand results.

Minister Vella said that it is understandablethat the Ministry’s policy priorities for themonths to come would be directly, but notnecessarily exclusively, linked to Malta’sroles as President of the Council of the EUduring which, the ministry intends to organ-ise fifteen informal meetings at various lev-els, from Ministerial to Working Parties.

He encouraged the Ambassadors to keepon making suggestions and constructivecriticism, which, he said, “would only helpus do a better job and identify issues that

we may have otherwiseoverlooked, zealous aswe are to make a goodjob out of this challeng-ing but auspiciousevent.”

He also spoke aboutthe current political sit-uation in the Mediter-ranean, migration, thesituation in Libya, rela-tions between Europeand Africa, securitychallenges in the MiddleEast, and developmentsin the East.

The International Centre for MigrationPolicy Development (ICMPD) has open-

ed a Mediterranean Cooperation Centre inMalta. It was inaugurated by Malta’s ForeignAffairs Minister, George Vella, and ICMPD,Dir. General Dr Michael Spindelegger.

Minister Vella said that the initiative high-lighted Malta’s international credentials onmigration, and would build upon the ach-ievements made at the Valletta Summit onMigration in November 2015. He also high-lighted the importance of this developmentin the light of a possible reactivation of theCentral Mediterranean migration route. He emphasised the importance of the active

involvement of ICMPD in helping to dealwith one of the most pressing issues facingthe European Union today, migration andforced displacement. Michael Spindelegger said that the new of-

fice would benefit from the experience andcontacts Malta has built over the past years.


Roundup of News About Malta

In 2018 Malta would be hosting the nexthigh-level global conference on the aboli-

tion of corporal punishment to be held underthe auspices of the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. Austrian Minister forFamily and Youth, Sophie Karmasin made theannouncement at the end of a two-day confer-ence held in Vienna, entitled ‘Towards Child-hoods Free from Corporal Punishment’.

President Coleiro Preca, who attended onthe invitation of the Austrian government,also addressed the conference and spokeabout one’s collective duty in safeguarding achild’s right to a childhood free from corpo-

ral punishment, saying that today, “we cancelebrate that 48 countries have enacted lawsthat prohibit corporal punishment”.In her reaction to Malta’s choice as the next

venue for 2018 high-level global conference,President Coleiro-Preca said that, Maltabeing in such a geostrategic position in theMediterranean, is the perfect country to hostsuch an important conference, as it will seekto bring together representatives from allover to world, so that together, “We canmake this the last generation which perpetu-ates the lie that violence inflicted on childrenis ever acceptable,” she said.

Malta to host conference about abolition of corporal punishment

Government defeats third“no confidence” motion

Malta’s Ambassadors meet at Fort St Angelo

Centre for Migrationin the Mediterraneanestablished in Malta

President of Malta, Marie-LouiseColeiro Preca (left) with AustrianMinister Sophie Karmasin at theend of the conference

Minister Dr GeogeVella (inset) addressingthe Ambassadors at theAdmiral’s Hall at FortSt Angelo, in Birgu

Smajna u qrajna. Mhix storja jew tnejn ta’ plejers tal-futbolli l-kowç tag˙hom ˙a passi kontrihom - tnaqqis fis-salarju,sospensjoni – g˙ax fil-fehma tieg˙u dawn il-plejers ma

jag˙mlux l-almu kollu tag˙hom waqt xi partita. IΩda qatt masmajna li kowç ©ieg˙el lill-plejers tieg˙u jpattu g˙an-nuqqastag˙hom billi jg˙idilhom imorru jag˙mlu xi ©irja ming˙ajr˙wejje©.

Imma hekk g˙amel propju l-kowç tat-tim tar-rugby Francis,Essen meta deherlu li tnejn mill-plejers tieg˙u tant lag˙bu ˙aΩinli qalilhom jag˙mlu ©irja bil-libsa li twieldu biha fit-triqat tal-belt silenzjuΩa tal-Imdina.

U billi dawn ftit li xejn jafu l-Imdina ma qag˙dux attenti minnliema triqat jg˙addu... u spiççaw biex g˙addew mit-Triq fejnjoqg˙od l-eks-Ambaxxatur Malti g˙all-Unjoni Ewropea RichardCachia Caruana li d-dar tieg˙u hija mg˙assa mill-Pulzija. Metal-pulizija lema˙hom g˙addejjin ˙adilhom xi ritratti u g˙addihomlis-superjuri tieg˙u, li malajr individwaw lil dawn il-plejers utellg˙uhom il-Qorti.

Il-plejers, flimkien mar-ritratti tag˙hom spiççaw quddiem il-Ma©istrat (mara), li minkejja l-ispjega li tawha dehrilha li kellhaΩΩidilhom kastigie˙or ma’ li kell-hom, billi mmulta-hom €250 kullwie˙ed u llibe-rathom bil-kundiz-zjoni li ma jag˙mluxreatt ie˙or fi Ωmiensitt xhur.

Na˙seb li kiekuminflok f’idejn il-pulizija dawk ir-ri-tratti spiççaw f’idejnxi ˙add li g˙addi-hom lil xi ©urnalFrançiΩ kien ida˙˙alferm aktar mill-€250li mmultathom il-Ma©istrat!!!!

Kultant Ωmien in˙obb niffoka fuq dak lijg˙id l-Isqof ta’ G˙awdex, Mons Mario

Grech. Propju fi ftu˙ l-ista©un tal-Festif’G˙awdex - nhar il-Festa ta’ San PawlNawfragu li ssir fil-Parroçç tal-Munxar, il-Mons. Grech, g˙amel dan l-appell:"Nappella lill-komunitajiet parrokkjali biex

fl-organizzazzjoni tal-Festa jag˙tu wideng˙al dak li jg˙id il-Kappillan. Nuqqas ta’rispett lejn il-Kappillan huwa nuqqas ta’rispett lejn l- Isqof. Jekk tin˙oloq din l-at-mosfera, nikkunsidra nibqax nie˙u sehemf’dawn il-festi. L- antiki jg˙idu li l-festi humatempesti; nevitaw li l-Festa issir tempesta litaf t˙alli ˙erba umana, spiritwali u soçjali.

“Nirrakkomandalkom biex ma t˙alluxgruppi Ωg˙ar “ja˙tfu” l- Festa patrunali uminn çelebrazzjoni ta’ fer˙ u g˙aqda jirren-duha okkaΩjoni ta’ tg˙ajir, tinbix, offiΩi ufirda. I˙assibni ˙afna l-fatt li l-kappillani qedikollhom ja˙lu ˙afna ener©ija fuq ˙wejjeg

sekondarji u xidrabi bla sens,meta j˙ossu lig˙andhom japp-likaw il-ministerupastorali tag˙hom f’˙idma aktar me˙tie©a uur©enti.Jekk jirriΩulta li fil-festa esterna jkun hemm

elementi b˙al dawn, il-Festa ssir çelebraz-zjoni anti-evan©elika u jkollna nirrevedu˙afna affarijiet. Dan jg˙odd g˙all-komunita-jiet parrokkjali kollha tad-Djoçesi."Na˙seb li ftit hawn li ma jaqblux ma’ dak li

qal l-Isqof Grech. Tassew ta stampa çara ta’dak li kultant ji©ri f’xi parroççi bir-riΩultat liminn rit reli©juΩ nispiççaw b’festa pagana,jekk mhux b’xi abbuΩi wkoll.Biss na˙seb li l-Isqof tajjeb li ji©bed l-atten-

zjoni tal-kappillani wkoll, g˙ax xi kultantikun hemm minnhom min jag˙laq g˙ajnwa˙da wkoll.

Is-Segretarju Ìenerali tal-KummissjoniEwropeja, Alexander Italianer, u l-kap

tal-Kabinett tal-President tal-KummissjoniEwropeja, Martin Selmayr huma im-pressjonati bit-t˙ejjijiet tal-Gvern Maltig˙al meta fl-1 ta’ Jannar li ©ej jie˙u l-Pres-idenza tal-Kunsill tal-Unjoni.

F’laqg˙a li Italianer u Selmayr kellhommal-Prim Ministru Malti, Joseph Muscatqalu li hemm rieda politika qawwija ˙alli l-Presidenza Maltija til˙aq l-g˙anijiet tag˙ha.

Min-na˙a tieg˙u, Italianer qal li jinsabfiduçjuΩ li Malta se tmexxi l-Presidenzab’suççess, u wieg˙ed l-impenn u l-appo©©tal-Kummissjoni Ewropeja lil Malta li, l-Presidenza tag˙ha, qal, se sservi biex ikunhemm nifs ©did lill-pro©ett Ewropew u liç-çittadini.


Meta po©©a fuq il-mejda tal-Kamra tad-Deputati l-Memo-randum of Understanding(MoU) li l-Gvern iffirma mal-Alitalia biex din tikseb 49%tal-ishma fl-AirMalta, il-Min-istru tat-TuriΩmu Edward Za-mmit Lewis iddikjara lil-viΩjoni tal-gvern g˙al-linjanazzjonali hi li tikber u ΩΩid ir-rotot u l-ajruplani. Waqt li spjega l-vanta©©i li li

tikseb l-Air Malta bi s˙ubijastrate©ika, qal li n-negzjatig˙ad mhumiex konkluΩi uaççerta li l-Gvern mhux sejag˙mel ftehim li ma jkunx fl-a˙jar interess tal-Air Malta. Il-Gvern irid jassigura li l-Air

Malta tibqa’ ttir lejn destinaz-zjonijiet differenti u mhux is-servi ta’ feeder airline lijwassal il-passi©©ieri g˙al ajru-port wie˙ed minn fejn jaqbdutitjiera g˙ad-destinazzjonia˙˙arija tag˙hom.

Il-Ministru Ωied jispjega lifilwaqt li l-Gvern se jibqa’ l-azzjonist ma©©oritarju b’51 fil-mija tal-ishma, is-s˙ubijag˙andha twassal biex l-AirMalta tkabbar is-sehem tag˙hafis-suq, li tkun kummerçjal-ment vijabbli u ΩΩid il-passi©©ieri li ©©or lejn Malta. Il-Gvern irid li l-ftehim iwas-

sal biex l-Air Malta tag˙melxiri bi prezzijiet or˙osmin˙abba li tkun parti mill-

familja tal-Etihad Airways (lig˙andha 49% tal-ishma tal-Al-italia) biex jor˙su l-prezzijietwaqt li l-˙addiema jkollhomopportunitajiet ta’ tkabbir fil-karriera.

Qal li l-Gvern irid ukoll li l-AirMalta sservi rotot o˙rajnwaqt li toffri benefiççji o˙ralill-konsumaturi Malti.In-negozjati g˙adhim fi stadju

bikri.

Dak Kastig! Il-Gvern jippubblika l-baΩital-ftehim Air Malta-Alitalia

Kliem ir-Rag˙aj

Permezz tal-iffirmar ta’ fte-him li sar fi tmiem il-

Ìimg˙a g˙as-Servizz Pubblikubit-tema “Ninvestu fin-Nies”,id-dipartimenti tal-Gvern u enti-tajiet pubbliçi ntrabtu li jiffaçil-itaw il-proçess biex wie˙ed ikunjista’ jifta˙ negozju f’Malta.

Dan ifisser li f’çerti kaΩi, id-dewmien ka©un tal-burokrazijaΩejda se ji©i mnaqqas minn˙ames ©img˙at g˙al ©img˙a. Il-Prim Ministru talab lis-Segre-tarju Permanenti Ewlieni ulill-Malta Enterprise biexjo˙or©u b’rapport ˙alli f’sentejnis-sitwazzjoni tmur g˙all-a˙jar.Is-Servizz Pubbliku se jkompli

ji©©edded biex joffri servizz ta’kwalità a˙jar kemm g˙all-uffiç-jali pubbliçi nfushom kif ukollg˙all-pubbliku.

Il-KE kuntenta tara t-t˙ejjijiet ta’ Maltag˙all-Presidenza

Se titnaqqasil-burokrazija

L-Isqof Mario Grech

Óarsa lejn l-andament tal-figuri fl-in-dustrija tat-turiΩmu f’Malta matul l-ewwel erba’ xhur ta’ din is-sena turi

li Ωaru Malti kwaΩi 450,000 turist, tkabbirta’ 11.2% fuq l-istess xhur tas-sena l-o˙ra,u s-37% fuq tal-2012. Dan l-g˙add rekord ta’ turisti rre©istrat fl-

ewwel terz ta’ din is-sena jirriΩulta li kienl-akbar tkabbir fl-g˙add ta’ turisti rre©istratbejn ix-xhur ta’ Jannar u April mill-2011 ‘lhawn, tassew impressjonanti.

L-iljieli mqatta’ f’Malta ammontaw g˙al3.1 miljun lejl, Ωieda ta’ 9.3% fuq l-2015filwaqt li l-infieq turistiku la˙aq it-€332.5miljun, ji©ifieri tkabbir ta’ 7% fuq is-senal-o˙ra, li ssarraf f’€21.7 miljun aktar fi d˙uldirett fl-ekonomija Maltija.

Rajna tkabbir notevoli mis-swieq ta’Franza, l-Iskandinavja u Spanja, appartidawk tradizzjonali tal-Italja u r-Renju Unit.

Tissokta Ω-Ωiedaimpressjonantifit-TuriΩmu

Is-Sabi˙ u l-ikreh ....


Im˙abbar PartitPolitiku ©didMarlene Farrugia (fuq), li bdiet il-le©is-

latura ta’ b˙alissa b˙ala Membru Par-lamentari fil-Gvern Laburista u li ftittax-xhur ilu ddeçidiet li t˙alli l-partit immatibqa’ Parlamentari b˙ala Indipendenti, fitmiem il-©img˙a li g˙addiet ˙abbret partitpolitiku ©did bl-isem ta’ Partit Demokratikuu li tieg˙u se tkun il-mexxej temporanju.

Flimkien ma’ Marlene, li g˙al xi Ωmienkienet anke timmilita fil-Partit Nazzjonalista,hemm Anthony Butti©ie© b˙ala deputatmexxej, Marco Cremona b˙ala segretarju©enerali, Duncan Bonnici li se jaqdi l-karigata’ kaxxier u Monique Agius, b˙ala uffiçjalg˙ar-relazzjonijiet pubbliçi.

Fi stqarrija ng˙ad li l-partit il-©did se jkunhemm biex jag˙ti u mhux jie˙u lill-poplu, is-ervi u mhux jisserva u fuq kollox biexiΩomm l-interess nazzjonali fuq quddiem.

Manahattan f’Malta

Iva Malta jista’ jkollha l-Manhattan tag˙ha jekk çertipro©etti g˙all-bajja ta’ San Ìorg (f’San Ìiljan) isiru fir-realta’ (Ara Ritratt)

• Is-sena li g˙addiet kien hemm 58 maraMaltija li telg˙et l-Ingilterra biex twettaqabort. Dan huwa 1.1% mit-total tal-abort lisar fir-Renju Unit minn persuni li m’hu-miex çittadini ta’ dan il-pajjiΩ.• Komunikat li n˙are© mid-Direttorat g˙all-Promozzjoni tas-Sa˙˙a ntqal li kwaΩi 12%tas-subien ta' 11-il sena u 11% tal-bniet ta'din l-istess età ammettew li xi darba jewo˙ra pejpu s-sigaretti. Fejn jid˙lu studentita' 13-il sena hemm rata ta' tipjip ta' 11%g˙as-subien u 13% g˙all-bniet. • Malta g˙al darba o˙ra hija fost dawk il-pajjizi tal-Ewropa li g˙andhom l-inqas niesbla xog˙ol. B'4.3% Malta tinsab bit-tieletl-inqas rata ta' qg˙ad fost il-pajjiΩi kollhatal-Unjoni Ewropea. JaqbΩu lil Malta b'liv-elli aktar baxxi ta' qg˙ad hemm biss ir-Re-pubblika Çeka u l-Ìermanja b'4.1% u 4.2%rispettivament. L-istess çifri juru wkoll kif pajjiΩna g˙an-

du l-aktar rata ta' qg˙ad baxxa fost il-pajjiΩikollha fiΩ-Ωona tal-Mediterran. Il-pajjiΩi©irien tag˙na kollha g˙andhom rata ˙afnaog˙la ta' qg˙ad, bil-Greçja tkun fuq qud-diem tal-lista b'rata li tla˙˙aq l-24.2%.Mhux wisq a˙jar mill-Greçja hija Spanjafejn ir-rata ta' qg˙ad hija wa˙da pjuttostg˙olja u tla˙˙aq l-20.1% u anke l-Italja fejnir-rata ta' persuni li qed jirre©istraw g˙ax-xog˙ol tla˙˙aq il-11.7%.

Skont il-Eurostat, f'April li g˙adda r-ratamedja tal-qg˙ad fiΩ-Ωona Ewro kienet ta’10.2% filwaqt li fl-Unjoni Ewropea kienet

ta’ 8.7%. Dawn huma l-inqas rati rre©istratiminn Awwissu 2011 u April 2009 rispetti-vament.• Malta kklassifikat fit-23 post fid-dinja fl-indiçi tal-prosperità, biex b'hekk Ωammet il-post tas-sena l-o˙ra. Dan ir-riΩultat ifisserukoll li Malta kklassifikat fil-15-il post mill-pajjiΩi Ewropej f'dan l-indiçi.

L-ewwel post fl-indiçi kklassifikat in-Nover©ja. Fit-tieni post iklassifikat l-Isvizzera u fit-tielet id-Danimarka. Maltaiklassifikat bejn Franza u Spanja. • Statistika ppubblikata mill-Eurostat tik-konferma wkoll li, fit-tieni nofs tal-2015, il-prezz tal-elettriku li kienu qed i˙allsul-konsumaturi Ewropej kien ta’ 2.4% og˙lamill-livell ta’ sena qabel, bil-prezz tal-elet-triku jiΩdied minn €20.6 g˙al €21.1 kull 100kilowatt.Imqabbel ma’ dan, b˙ala medja, il-familji

Maltin u G˙awdxin i˙allsu €12.7 g˙al kull100 kilowatt ta’ ener©ija li jikkunsmaw,ji©ifieri 66% anqas mir-rata li j˙allsu iç-çit-tadin l-o˙ra Ewropej.

L-istatistika tal-Eurostat, turi li l-familjitag˙na qed i˙allsu r-raba` l-or˙os prezz tal-elettriku fl-Ewropa, bid-differenza li bejnMalta u l-medja Ewropeja tiΩdied b’madwar30ç kull 100 kilowatt is-sena li g˙addiet

Forsi jkun hemm minn jg˙id dan kif mamexiex mat-titlu – Is-Sabi˙ u mbag˙ad l-ikrah?Sempliçi, g˙ax b’hekk in˙oss li jkun a˙jar

biex hekk nispiçça fuq tog˙ma tajba.

New South Waleshas the highest

rate of adults livingwith signs of chronickidney disease, anew report has fo-und. Kidney He- althAustralia's annualState of the Nationreport said the

Illawarra and Shoalhaven region in Sydney'ssouth ranked number one on the list ofworst-affected areas.

The report said 45,000 people (19.5%) ofthe adult population in that area were livingwith signs of the disease. Sydney's InnerWest was second on the list, with about

16.7% showing signs of the chronic disease.Kidney Health Australia CEO Anne Wilson

said Australia had 1.7 million Australianadults living with signs of kidney failure.“We have 60 Australians dying every dayfrom kidney-related disease - that's one per-son every 25 minutes,” she said.

Ms Wilson said the report's results couldhelp build a greater insight into the areas thatneeded the most education, awareness andhealth services. Treatment of kidney diseaseis costs the nation more than $4 billion everyyear, according to the report.

The State of the Nation report also foundthe gap in Indigenous kidney health re-mained critical, with 59,000 Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islanders living with signs ofchronic kidney disease — making Indige-nous Australians more than twice as likelyto have signs of kidney failure than non-In-digenous people.“We need a national taskforce to tackle the

devastating rate of kidney disease in Aborig-inal and Torres Strait Islander communities,"Ms Wilson said.

Outgoing Labor senator Nova Perisannounced she would not recon-test her Northern Territory Senate

seat. She has given an emotional defenceof her decision to quit politics, declaring:"Until you are an Indigenous person, donot criticise me for the decisions I'vemade".

The Coalition has criticised the Olympicgold medallist for leaving politics afteronly a few years and accused her of aban-

doning her constituents.Speaking alongside Opposition Leader

Bill Shorten on National Sorry Day inDarwin, she said no one should “judge”her for making that decision. “Three yearsago I walked into Parliament as the firstAboriginal woman,” Senator Peris said.Senator Peris pointed out that she was

leaving on her own terms afterCoalition claims she had beenpushed. She hit back at criti-cism of the timing of her an-nouncement during an electioncampaign and said she “didn'tcall the election”. “I'm a politi-cian, but also a human,” shesaid.

Senator Peris reflected on theStolen Generations whenspeaking about her reasons forleaving. “This decision I havemade has been on family and Ihave to look after my chil-dren,” she said. “Aboriginalpeople haven't had to share truemoments with their childrenand I hold that dear to myheart.”

She also defended herselfagainst suggestions Territori-ans deserved a better explana-tion of her reasons for quitting."I'm a 45-year-old woman andI'm sure you don't go around

every single day time of your life justify-ing the things you have to do,” she said.

Senator Peris said there was still a long

way to go until Aboriginal people weretreated as equals in Australia. “It's not easyto wake up every morning and bounce outof bed and pretend life is fantastic, becauseit isn't,” she said. “Aboriginal people haveno inherited wealth, they have inheritedpain, but we have a vision.”

Former Northern Territory MLAMalarndirri McCarthy an Aboriginalwoman from Borroloola has been namedby the Labor Party to replace retiring sen-ator Nova Peris as their number one Sen-ate candidate in July's federal election.Ms McCarthy, who received strong sup-

port from the ALP's left faction, is a for-mer NT Government minister and hasworked as a journalist at the ABC, SBSand NITV.

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An Auditor-General'sreport says that in thefour years up to 2014-

2015, the government spent$350m. less than was bud-geted for early childhood ed-ucation, including holdingback $227m in funds receivedfrom the federal government.

NSW childcare and pre-school fees are the highest inthe country, where the gov-ernment invests less in earlychildhood education than anyother state: $202 per child,compared to $357 in Victoria,$598 in Tasmania and $644in South Australia, accordingto the Productivity Commis-sion.Labor's early childhood educa-

tion spokeswoman Kate Wash-ington, said the Auditor-Gene-ral's report was “damning”.

“Seeing that 77 per cent ofkids only in NSW are access-ing 15 hours or more of pre-school each week, which iswell below every other stateand territory in Australia, andfar below the benchmark. Weknow it comes down to thebasic thing that preschool andlong-day-care fees are thehighest of any other state orterritory, and that's due to thelack of government invest-ment in early childhood edu-cation.”Minister for Early Childhood

Education Leslie Williamssaid early childhood sectorspending had increased overthe past three years by 14.5 per

cent, and blamed federal gov-ernment funding uncertaintyfor the unspent allocation.

“Differences between thebudget and forecast are due tothe timing and variations ofCommonwealth NationalPartnership funding paid tothe state," she said in a state-ment.“The Auditor-General's report

confirms that reforms deliv-ered by the NSW Govern-menthave resulted in improvements– however we recognise thereis still more to do.”

States are responsible forpreschools funding and thefederal government for fund-ing long day care and otherchildcare through family andcentre subsidies. In 2015, 62per cent of early childhoodeducation enrolments inNSW were in long day care.The report slammed the fed-

eral government for acting asan “impediment” to improv-ing the system, given its fund-ing “has been short-term,often received late, and diffi-cult to predict in advance”.

The five-man bench of the court ruled the de-tention breached the right to personal libertyin the Papua New Guinea constitution.

There are 850 men in the detention centre onManus Island, about half of whom have been foundto be refugees. The Supreme Court has ordered thePNG and Australian Governments to immediatelytake steps to end the detention of asylum seekers in

PNG.“Both the Australian and Papua New Guinea gov-

ernments shall forthwith take all steps necessary tocease and prevent the continued unconstitutionaland illegal detention of the asylum seekers or trans-ferees at the relocation centre on Manus Island andthe continued breach of the asylum seekers or trans-ferees constitutional and human rights,” the judges

ordered.In one of two lead judgments, Justice Ter-

ence Higgins said the detention also breachedasylum seekers' fundamental human rightsguaranteed by various conventions on humanrights at international law and under the PNGconstitution. “Treating those required to remain in the re-

location centre as prisoners irrespective oftheir circumstances or status … is to offendagainst their rights and freedoms," JudgeHiggins said.

Hundreds of people have gathered in Mel-bourne's CBD to protest against the offshoredetention of asylum seekers. Federal Greensleader Richard di Natale told the crowd inVictoria that Australia needed to do more tohelp the asylum seekers detained offshore. “We are better than this. We are not just turn-

ing our backs on innocent people — many ofthem tortured, some of them raped, [or whohave],” he said.


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While we were wrappingup this issue of the mag-azine we learnt that as

rain and wind continue to battersouthern New South Wales, Victo-ria and Tasmania, three peoplewere confirmed dead after massivestorms flooded rivers, uprootedtrees and tore into beaches alongAustralia's east coast.

Furthermore, erosion at Sydney'sCollaroy Beach has forced theevacuation of multi-million dollarhomes, which are now in danger ofcollapsing.Reports indicate that at the week-

end the storms cut power to 86,000homes in New South Wales.

On Monday morning, the body ofa 37-year-old man was found in theCotter River near Canberra. withPolice saying that he was caught infloodwaters at a river crossing.

Police divers have also retrievedthe bodies of two men whose carswere washed off roads in separateincidents.A third man, aged 65, was caught

inside his vehicle at Bowral, whileanother was killed after his utilityvehicle was washed off the road onSydney's south-west fringe.

On Monday flood warnings wereissued across several states, withnorthern Tasmania facing its worstflooding in decades.

Storms leave three deadand many homes in danger

Torrential rain and highwinds have caused havocalong Australia's east coast


Due to the fact that itoffers some of thebiggest berthing

spaces Grand Harbour Ma-rina, that is set against thetimeless backdrop of histori-cal fortifications of Fort StAngelo and Valletta makingit one of the most spectacularand popular marinas in theMediterranean particularlywhen it comes to supery-achts, last year it hosted 159super yachts, five more thanin 2014.

Grand Harbour Marinachairman Lawrence Zammitsaid that its popularity is further strengthened by the fact the marina services arealways top notch and are located close to all the impor-tant amenities sought after by berth holders.

He said that the location in Vittoriosa is now a verysought after location both as a residential area and for

cultural entertainment.These views were recently also echoed by Jay Deakin,

First Officer of M/Y Fusion, a superyacht that started call-ing to Malta recently.In an interview featured on The Superyacht Group mag-

azine, about captains' favourite marinas andports of call, Jay Deakin listed the Grand Har-bour Marina in Vittoriosa as his mostfavourite.

"I had already visited the marina on a differ-ent yacht a few years back and my first impres-sions of GHM and Valletta were extremelypositive. “I was impressed by the imposing ancient fort

and the city of Valletta itself welcome everyoneto an island with a rich history and a welcom-ing, friendly culture. Once we had arrived, thehelpfulness of all the marina staff, as well aslocals, was the enduring first impression," ex-plains Jay Deakin in his interview.

He went on to say, “Our decision to come tobring FUSION to Grand Harbour Marina how-ever, was also based on price and the qualityof the workmanship that we had experiencedon our previous visits. Obviously the protectionafforded from prevailing weather conditions bythe impressive natural harbour was also a fac-tor in our decision.”

Deakin said that from a competitive point ofview, Grand Harbour Marina ranked very welltoo. In fact, solicited quotes from numerousother marinas around the western Mediter-ranean that were within a reasonable distancefrom Naples, GHM's competitive rates con-tributed to their decision.He pointed out that the facilities and the staff

without a doubt contributed a lot to their pos-itive experience, and services and amenitieswere found to be very efficient. He also praisedthe knowledgeable docking masters.

“We feel totally part of the family at GHMwho make each yacht feel important and likethere's not enough they can do for you. I findthis a rare quality in my experience. “It really has started to feel like home and we

cannot ask more of a marina or the staff be-cause everyone is always so very helpful. Ac-cess to local facilities is easy and Malta's sizemakes it super easy to get around. We'll keepcoming back!" Deakin concluded.

Malta’s Grand Harbour Marina - one of theMed’s most popular


Great Barrier Reef: Bleaching 'kills 35% of area's coral'

Serenades Amidst the Sirens, LinaBrockdorff’s autobiographicalaccount of Malta’s World War

II, has just been published by Hori-zons Communications. Unlike otherbooks about Malta’s wartime or-deal, this book is from the perspec-tive of a young girl growing up as abewildering world around her seemsto fall to pieces.

As her father’s soothing serenadesare drowned out by screeching airraid sirens, only unwavering faithand courage pull her family andcountry through. Originally published in Maltese as

Sireni u Serenati, the work won ‘’BestNovel – Non Fiction’’ prize from theNational Book Council of Malta in2004. It has attracted the attentionof a wide audience and has alsobeen serialised and broadcast onseveral radio stations.

Lina Brock-dorff (pic-tured left) isan accom-plished Mal-tese author,with severalp u b l i s h e dnovels andcollections ofshort stories,many ofwhich werealso broad-cast in Maltaand Aus-tralia. She isalso a The

Voice of theMaltese con-tributor.

Her light,and keenlyo b s e r v e dwriting andher heart-w a r m i n gsense of hu-manity haved e l i g h t e dand capti-vated manyreaders. ‘’Incredible as

it was, our fa-mily’s storywas the storyof thousandsof others dur-ing that event-ful and vividtime’’ statedLina Brock-dorff, ‘’I sim-ply had to putin on rec-ord

Lina Brockdorff’s WW2 autobiography,

now in English

Serenades Amidst the Sirens

and share it.’Part of the Outlook Coop Group,

Horizons Communications are oneof Malta’s most respected publish-ing houses. Representing leading es-tablished authors, its publicationshave been awarded numerous Ktiebtal-Malti literary prizes in a numberof different categories.

In his comments about the publi-cation, David Bezzina, GeneralManager of Horizons said: “We havealready published a number of novels

AAustralian scientists say that at least 35% of corals inthe northern and central parts of Australia's Great

Barrier Reef have been destroyed by bleaching, with ex-perts saying it is the most extreme case of mass bleachingthey have ever measured at the World Heritage Site.

Bleaching occurs when warmer water causes coral toweaken and lose the colourful algae that provide oxygenand nutrients. It has been linked to climate change.

Professor Terry Hughes, the head of the ARC Centre ofExcellence for Coral Reef Studies at JCU, said in a state-ment that they found on average, that 35% of the coralsare now dead or dying on 84 reefs that they surveyedalong the northern and central sections of the Great Bar-

rier Reef, between Townsville and Papua New GuineaHe added that this is the third year in the last 18 that

the Great Barrier Reef has experienced mass bleachingdue to global warming, and the current event is muchmore extreme than they’ve measured before."We're rapidly running out of time to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions," he said. The scientists warned that the recovery of coral cover is

expected to take a decade or longer, but it would takemuch longer to regain the largest and oldest corals thathave died.Their study was released after months of intensive aerial

and underwater surveys.

by Lina Brockdorffin Maltese, and these have all provento be very successful. Her wartime au-tobiography remains, of course, one ofher most iconic and timeless works.Now that it is also available in the Eng-lish language, it can continue to be en-joyed by so many more readers, andnot just in Malta.’’

The book is available fromhttp://www.bdlbooks.com/

*Jekk trid tiççekja l-kitba, it-tifsir tal-kliem Malti ut-traduzzjoni g˙all-IngliΩ issa tista’ tid˙ol fuq id-dizzjunarju tal-Maltin online. Is-sit huwa: www.maltesedictionary.org.mt


IT-TNAX-IL REGOLA

L-Aççent tal-kelma g˙andu jkundejjem fuq vokali u qatt fuq konso-nanti.L-aççent fil-kelmiet twîl, sikwît, tiswîr,tisjîr, tag˙wî©, tge©wî©, tipjîp, jaqa’ ujin˙ass fuq il-vokali tal-a˙˙artaqsima u g˙alhekk l-ittra vokali ital-aççent ma tistax titfisser bilkon-sonanti j.ÓaΩin min jikteb bl-ittra j: twjl, sik-

wjt, tiswjr, tisijr, tag˙wj©, tge©wj©, tip-ijp flok twîl, sikwît, tiswîr, tisjîr, eçç.T.ç. Meta ni©u biex nag˙Ωlu liema

miΩ-Ωew© ittri tal-le˙en ui u iug˙andha tinkiteb konsonanti, nie˙-du dik il-wa˙da li fuqha ma jaqaxl-aççent. G˙alhekk il-kelma biut insewwuha

bjut u mhux biwt, hekk ukoll bisuit,sikuit, tuil insewwuhom biswit, sikwit,twil u mhux bisujt, sikujt, tujl; ˙iut,˙jut; Ωiut, Ωjut.

Hekk ukoll il-kelma liuia niktbuhaliwja u mhux ljuja. Xi w˙udjg˙iduha u jiktbuha ˙aΩin: lilwaming˙ajr ma jqisu li ©ejja mill-kelma lewa u li hi l-femminil ta’ liwili jag˙mel liwja.Ji©ri li l-ewwel ittra tal-kelma daq-

qa ssarraf vokali u daqqa konso-nanti. Din it-tibdila ssir bejn il-kon-sonanti j u l-vokali tal-istess le˙en i;bejn il-konsonanti w u l-vokali tal-istess le˙en u:

(1) Jekk fuq l-ewwel le˙en tal-kelma jin˙ass l-aççent, bejn i vokaliu j konsonanti, g˙al dak il-le˙enag˙Ωel l-ittra i. EΩ. i©bed, inΩel, ibqa’,iΩjed, iktar, isba˙.

(2) Jekk fuq l-ewwel le˙en tal-kelma ma jin˙assx aççent, g˙al dakl-ewwel le˙en bejn i vokali u j kon-sonanti ag˙Ωel j. EΩ. jaqbad, ja˙dem,jo˙ro©, jinΩel, j©ib, jrid, jfur, jfieraq.Biss, jekk dan l-ewwel le˙en jin˙ass

qieg˙ed bejn Ωew© konsonanti,iktbu i. EΩ. mar i©ib, kien irid, riedifieraq, imma mbag˙ad ikteb: metaj©ib, malli j©orr, malli j©ibu, marrujsibu u mhux meta i©ib, malli i©orr,malli i©ibu, marru isibu.T.ç. (1) Il-le˙en i flok l-ewwel kon-

sonanti tat-tieni persuna tal-imper-attiv b˙all-ittri a, e, o fil-verbi arfa’,er˙i, orqod jidher ukoll bis-sura ta’ittra vokali i fi kliem b˙alma huma:isa, inΩel, imxi, i©bed kif ukoll isaw,inΩlu, imxu u mhux jsa, jnΩel, jmxi,j©bed jew jsaw, jnΩlu, jmxu (ara t-Tlettax-il Regola).

(2) Il-le˙en i fil-bidu tal-kelma jid-her ukoll vokali fi kliem b˙almahuma: isba˙, ikrah, iΩjed, i©mla, isqra,li ma jinkitbux jsba˙, jkrah, jΩjed,j©mla, jsqra fejn l-ittra i qieg˙da floka (alif) (ara t-Tlettax-il Regola).

(3) Il-le˙en ifil-bidu tal-kelma jidherukoll miktubvokali metajid˙ol b˙alariffied, bejn il-konsonant italkelma ta’qabilha u l-konsonant ita’ warajha.G˙alhekk nik-tbu: sebat ir©-iel, ftit irmied,ra©el imqit kien,imsiefer, mar l-iskola, çarrat il-biesu, dawn l-im-wejjed, l-imwie-Ωen.

(4) Il-le˙en ima jidher b’x-ejn meta qud-diem g˙anduvokali o˙ra ul-kelma ta’ wa-ra tkun tibdab’Ωew© konso-nanti jew bl-istess konso-nanti mten-nija. G˙alhekkniktbu: ©ejnandoqqu, issanqum, ˙afnalfiq, mortu ssi-bu, rajtha ΩΩur,meta ©©ib, umorna n©orru.

Aktar regoli u tag˙rif uffiçjali dwar kif wie˙ed g˙andu jikteb il-Maltima˙ru© mill-Kummissjoni fi ˙dan l-Akkademja tal-Malti. Illumnissoktaw b’regola o˙ra.

Tag˙rif dwaril-kitba Maltija

Biex tikteb Malti tajjebIl-kas akkuΩativ u l-kas dattiv

Illum se nittrattaw xi ˙a©’o˙ra fl-ilsien Maltimiktub, dawk mag˙rufa b˙ala l-kas akkuΩa-

tiv u l-kas dattiv.

1. In-Nom jew il-Pronom li fuqu jaqa’ l-g˙emil tal-verb ikun ta’ Kas AkkuΩativjew Dirett.EΩ.: In-nassab qabad g˙asfur. Haduh l-isptar.

2. Il-Pronomi AkkuΩativi li jinhemΩu mal-verb huma:ni, ek, k, u, h, ha, na, kom, hom

EΩ.: rani, rak, rah, raha, rana, rakom rahom.

3. Il-Pronomi AkkuΩativi jistg˙u jing˙aqdu mad-Dattivi.Meta ji©ri dan il-Pronomi AkkuΩativi h jew u, isiru huu ha ssir hie.EΩ.: Ta ktieb lili jew tah lili jew inkella tahuli; xtaralibsa lili jew xtraha lili jew inkella xtrahıeli.

4. In-Nom jew il-Pronom li ja˙bat wara l-partiçella lilikun ta’ Kas Dattiv jew Indirett.EΩ.: Kellimt lil Salvu. Rajt lil dak

5. Meta l-partiçella lil ting˙aqad mal-verb titqassar f’lbil-Pronomi MehmuΩin mag˙ha. G˙alhekk issir: li,lek, lok, lu, lha, lkom, lhom.

EΩ.: Kitibli, kitiblek, kitbitlu, kitbilha, eçç.

6. Lha, lna, lkom, lhom jie˙du Vokali tal-Le˙en qa-bilhom meta jinhemΩu ma’ verb li jispiçça b’konsonanti.EΩ.: sab + lha, = sabilha; tafa’ + lha = tafg˙alha.

7. Il-Verbi li jispiççaw bl-(’) jbiddluh f’g˙ meta jinhemΩumaghhom il-Pronomi AkkuΩativi jew Dattivi.EΩ.: sama’ = semag˙ni (Akk.); rafa’ - refag˙li (Datt.)

Ag˙mel uΩu mid-dizzjunarju Malti

Qarrejja li j˙ossu li, jew g˙andhomtalent g˙all-kitba, l-aktar bl-Ilsien

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Community NewsCommunity News

The Maltese Community Council of NSW is conducting a computer class at Maltese Resource Centre59b Franklin Street, Mays Hill 2145 NSW every Friday between 10.00 am-12.00 For more information

contact Em. Camilleri: 0409 744 376

The Malta Community Chest Fund

MALTESE CHARITY DINNER DANCESaturday July 23, 2016

6.30 p.m. - 11.30 p.m.Grand star receptions

499 Grieve Parade, Altona North. vic 3025

Tickets: Adults $65 Children $40includes 4-coure meal, soft drinks, beer & wine

maltese music - maltese brass band - raffle ticketssilent auctions & major grand auction

enquiries & tickets: contact daniel 0404 096 560; lourdes 0402

813 179; joe 0420 547 696. email: [email protected]

(donations also welcome)

Proudly sponsored by:

METD OUTINGS - 201614th August – St Maria Festa

(Central Coast)$35/pp including morning tea

11th September – Il-Festa tal-Vitorja

(City) $25/pp

5th October - 23rd Anniversary Luncheon

Please support the Maltese Elderly ThanksgivingDay Committee by attending our fund-raising ac-tivities outlined above. For more info, call one ofthe members: Lina: 9629 4046; Doris: 0419 420915; Maggie: 9621 3125; Maria:0431 800 720

email: [email protected] PO Box 93, Kellyville 2155

THE MALTESE GUILD OF SA INC.

JUN. 18 – SAT.: Get together at Holy Eucharist.AUG. 26, 28 (FRI & SUN): Feast masses at Croatian Church,Ardeer.AUG. 27 – SAT.: Dinner Dance at Melrose, Tullamarine SEPT. 17 – SAT.: Get together St Albans.OCT. 23 - SUN.: General meeting at Parkville.OCT. 29 - SAT.: Get together St Albans at Avondale Heights.NOV. 12, 13 (SAT & SUN): Concerts with Renato & Mary RoseMallia (Also featuring the Cittadini from Sydney)DEC. 17 – SAT.: Xmas function at Melrose, Tullamarine.

ST HELENA MALTESE/AUSTRALIAN S.C.ST HELENA MALTESE/AUSTRALIAN S.C.

Events 2016Events 2016

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON

Tuesday June 14 lunch served at 12.15pm at theMaltese Cultural Centre 6, Jeanes Street BeverleyLunch Menu will be on the radio and on

the Notice Board laterTo book your lunch: Have your name listed on the Book-ings Book when committee members come around on Tues-day’s, or contact the President: Joe Briffa on 8254 6988 or0421 791 327; the Vice President: Mary Craus on 82812329 or 0420 699 617, Rita Bornhoeft: 8248 1008 or 0401

860 632 or see anyone from the committee.

The Centre and the Guild Bar will be open from 9.00am onwards. ALL ARE WELCOME

Saint Nicholas Festa Committee

Presents the Feast ofSaints Peter and Paul

Festa L’Imnarja and Lejla fil-Buskett at The Good

Shepherd Parish Hall 130-136 Hyatts RdPlumpton NSW on Sunday July 3

Starting at 12.00 Noon: with Classic Cars &Bikes Display; 1.30pm-6.00pm: Arts &

Crafts, Entertainment & Agriculture DisplaysAlso Music and Singing featuring

Ron Borg, Joe Xuereb &Tony Fenech.

and the Maltese Cultural Association of NSW

More information fromPresident: Joe Fenech –

0412 009 957 orPRO: Emmanuel Vella-045 677 064

La Valette Social Centre Inc.Feast of St Peter and St Paul (L-Imnarja)

175 Walters Road, Blacktown. Tel. 9622 5847

Email: [email protected]. Website: http://www.lavaletteclub.net

The feast is to be celebratedat the Centre on Sunday June

26 starting with Mass at11am in the main hall.

Entertainment to be providedby Sam Mifsud, traditional Maltese folk-lore music (g˙ana), and the participation of OLQP

Band. There will be Jumping Castle for the kids.Bar and kitchen will be open for one’s convenience

There will also be an arts and crafts exhibition,farm animals and fresh produce.

Those wishing to exhibit, hold stalls or seek otherinformation should contact the Centre on 9622

5847 or Joe Abela on 0425206472.


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• Jistiednu nisa u r©iel Mal-tin li j˙obbu l-lawn bowlsbiex jing˙aqdu mag˙hom,jie˙du sehem fil-log˙ob ujag˙mlu ˙bieb ©odda.

• Jilqg˙u wkoll lil dawk li jixtiequjitg˙allmu jilag˙bu dan l-isport. Dawnjing˙ataw lezzjonijiet b’xejn.• Jilag˙bu log˙ba lawn bowls darba fix-xahar fir-Rosehill Bowling Club u klabbso˙ra.• G˙al aktar tag˙rif çemplu lis-segretarju,Tony Pace-Feraud (0400 376 607) jew emaillil: [email protected]˙ba li jmiss nhar il-Óadd 19 ta’ Ìunjufis-1.00 p.m. fir-Rosehill Bowling Club.

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advice that we can now supply hardcopies in colour of our magazine toour readers at a price. So anybody in-terested in acquiring copies of themagazine can communicate with uspersonally or by email to: [email protected].

The magazine can also be deliveredby post at a price to any state. As thecost of postage varies from state tostate, one is kindly requested to getin touch with us to work out the de-tails.

Readers can also request a printedcopy of The Voice of The Maltese

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huma m˙e©©a jg˙arrfu lit-tmexxija ta’ TheVoice minn kmeni. Jekk iridu jibag˙tu ximaterjal g˙all-pubblikazzjoni, jag˙mlu danmil-inqas ©img˙a qabel il-pubblikazzjoni.

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B˙as-soltu qed jorganizzaw l-Ballu ta’ Santa MarijaNhar is-Sibt, 6 ta’ Awissu fis-7.00 p.m.

fil-Balmoral Centre, Balmoral Street, BlacktownIkun hemm ikla ta’ erba’ platti u xorb b˙al birra,inbid, soft drinks, cassata ice-cream, te u kafe.Jie˙du sehem il-Falcons Band u l-mistednin

speçjali Kathlyn Vella u Carmen CauchiDonazzjoni ta: $60.00; Tfal ta˙t it-12 il-sena: $30.00Ikun hemm ukoll marci mill-Banda Maltija O.L.Q.P.

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On June 26. Adults $70; Children (4-14yrs) $40

Sunday on the Hawkesbury River Cruise


Maltese Radio ProgrammesMELBOURNE, on 3ZZZ 92.3FM or onwww.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5pm, Fri-days 5pm, Saturdays 10am.; LastWednesday each month at 1pm.

MELBOURNE on 98.9 North West FM,each Friday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. Presenter Em-manuel Brincat.

MELBOURNE: STEREO 974(93180930): 97.4FM Wed (Maltese Mag-azine) & Thursday (Mer˙ba): 6.00pm to8.00 pm Co-ordinator – Ray Anastasi

In SYDNEY, listen to the MCC radioprogrammes on 2GLF FM 89.3. Satur-days 6 to 8 a.m. Martese Caruana presentsNostalgia Music; Sundays from 10.00 -11.00 am: Il na Maltin. Both available ondemand. Follow same procedure as forMCC programmes, except select programein reference.

In BRISBANE listen to the Maltese Pro-gram on 4EB on Tuesdays 6.00 -8.15am;Sundays 4.15pm to 5.15pm

UNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio) tunein to link: www.unclesamdj.com

Listen to John Borg & Glenn Cassar every Sat-urday at 1.00 p.m. on RADIO 2RRR 88.5FM oron the Internet - www2rrr.org.au ON DeMAND

The SBS MALTESE NEWS L-A˙barijiet on SBS TV twice a week nationwide Sunday at8.00 am on SBS2 (Chan. 32); Thursdays at 8.00 am on SBS2

Isma’ l-programm tar-radjubil-Malti mill-Kunsill Maltita’ NSW minn fuq l-istaz-

zjon 2GLF 89.3FM.Jista’ wkoll jinstema’ On De-

mand minn fuq l-Internetwww.893fm.com.au

(On Demand >Ethnic >Maltese Council 11am)

Il-programm ta’ sieg˙a nhar ta’ Óadd fil-11.00 a.m. ikun fih l-a˙˙ar a˙barijietminn Malta, muΩika, tag˙rif, kultura,avviΩi u su©©etti ta’ interess g˙all-Maltin

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Friday: 12:00-13:00 97.7fm SBS Radio 2Saturday: 14:00-15:00: 97.7fm SBS Radio 2

To tune into digital radio you need a re-ceiver or device with a DAB+ chip. Tuningin is by station name not frequency. Digitalradio can also be heard via digital TV.

SBS Radio 2 is on Channel 38.The radio programmes can be accessed on-line (live or catch up) at sbs.com.au/mal-tese and via mobile phone, using the SBSRadio app. For television news fromMalta - SBS 2 TV on Thursdays andSundays at 8am.

VIVA MALTAVIVA MALTA on COAST FM 96.3Community Radio in Gosford Central

NSW. Aired on Thursdays every fortnight from 6 pm -7 pm. Presenter: Nathalie Gatt.

Web streaming on: www.coastfm.org.au.

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Day Care Maltese Groupsmeetings in NSW

Fairfield Active Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Tuesday of the Month.Group meets in Parish Hall, cnr of StellaStreet & The Boulevard, Fairfield Heights.Maltese Seniors Central CoastHave to contact our Welfare Officer foran appointment. For all information andreferral matters call Censina Cefai: 02439 000 12 or 0414 267 652Daceyville Maltese Seniors

Meets on the last Wednesday of themonth in the Meeting Room One, No. 3General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville.Note: The Groups also arrange regular Bus TripsJoin us and make new friends.

*(All Groups are Sponsored by The Maltese Community Council of NSW) with theassistance of Multicultural NSW. Please contact the MCC Welfare Officer: MarisaPrevitera JP on 0414 863 123. The MCC offices are at 59b Franklin Street (cornerwith Young St) Parramatta West NSW (next to West Parramatta Primary School).

Merrylands Social Maltese SeniorsMeets every second Friday of themonth; Miller Room, Memorial AvenueMerrylands from 10.30am to 12.30 am

Llandilo Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Wednesday of eachmonth at the Llandilo Community Hall,Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1 pm.

Maltese of Bankstown Group meet 3rd Wednesday of the monthat New BCRG offices 15 Kitchner Parade,Bankstown NSW (opposite RSL Club).Every other 3rd Thursday they have anouting. For enquiries call Sam 9534 2357

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Apublic funeral for former boxing starMuhammad Ali is to be held in hishometown of Louisville, Kentucky,

on June 10 to allow people to pay their re-spects. It will be preceded by a processionthrough the streets where the three-timeworld heavyweight champion grew up. For-mer US President Bill Clinton will be amongthe eulogists.Muhammad Ali, widely regarded as one of

the greatest sporting figures in history, hadbeen suffering from Parkinson's disease forover three decades before he died on June 3at age 74 at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

Since his death tributes have been pouringin for ‘The Greatest ever boxer’ who won theworld heavyweight title three times in hisboxing career – in 1964, 1974 and 1978.

Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay inLouisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1942,was widely regarded as one of the greatestsporting figures in history. The boxing legend who converted to Islam

and refused to serve in the Vietnam War, wasinvolved in some of the most memorablematches in boxing history and famously re-fused to be conscripted to the US military inthe midst of the Vietnam War in 1967.

Muhammad Ali, whom some described asclearly the people's champion, loved thesound of his own voice, and so did everyoneelse. His words are predictably impossible totop, as America and the boxing worldmourns the loss of a colossus not only in theboxing ring but the arenas of politics, reli-gion and popular culture. Ali began boxing at the age of 12, after his

new bicycle was stolen and he vowed to apolice officer that he would “whup” the per-son who took it. For a while, the “LouisvilleLip”, blessed with outsized charisma andwit, was possibly the most famous person onthe planet.

“I am the greatest,” he declared, andhe repeatedly proved it. “I am America. I am the part you won’trecognise. But get used to me – black,confident, cocky; my name, not yours;my religion, not yours; my goals, myown. Get used to me.” He felt lucky tohave seen the first African Americanelected to the White House. US Presi-dent Barack Obama led tributes to theincandescent athlete, activist, humani-tarian, poet and showman.

Obama said he kept a pair of Ali’sgloves on displayin his privatestudy, under a cel-ebrated photo ofhim, aged 23,“roaring like alion” over a fallenSonny Liston. His name was “as familiar tothe downtrodden in the slums of south-eastAsia and the villages of Africa as it was tocheering crowds in Madison Square Gar-den”, the President said.

Ali had long battled Parkinson’s disease,which impaired his speech and made the ir-repressible athlete – known for saying hecould “float like a butterfly and sting like abee” – something of a prisoner in his ownbody. He was given a diagnosis of Parkin-son’s in 1984 at the age of 42, three yearsafter retiring from the ring.

He became world heavyweight championfor the first time at age 23 by beating the se-emingly invincible Liston in an upset in1964. Shortly after that, Clay converted toIslam, changed his “slave” name to Ali, andgave a message of racial pride for AfricanAmericans and resistance to white domina-tion.Ali suffered the first professional defeat of

his career against Joe Frazier in the “Fight of

the Century” at Madison Square Garden inNew York in 1971.The pair fought each other twice more, in-

cluding the legendary “Thrilla in Manila”bout in the Philippines in 1975, with Aliwinning both fights.

In between the two thrilling fights, at theage of 32 Ali fought and beat world heavy-weight champion George Foreman – whowas seven years younger than him in “TheRumble in the Jungle” in Zaire, (DRCongo)In all Ali won 56 of the 61 bouts he fought

in his professional career, including 37knockout wins.

In all our years in journalism, we don’tever remember TV stations the world overgiving so much airtime and paying so muchhomage to a sportsman on his death.Muhammad Ali was bigger than the sportitself. His wit, his poetry, his skills and hiswizardry in the ring singled him out. Whathe gave to the sport nobody else has.

Muhammad Ali beat-ing Sonny Liston tobecome world heavy-weight champion in1964 at age 23

During its PS4 NPL NSW Men’sHeritage Round clash, in Round 12of the championship, Parramatta

Eagles added another moment to theirproud history with a 3-1 win over Black-town Spartans at Melita Stadium. It alsomade them hope for a follow-up successin the next round at APIA, but Round 13proved to be very wet and the conditionsled to the postponement of half of the pro-gramme, including Parramatta’s awaygame at APIA, that was washed out.

In the previous round Parramatta man-agd three important points with their cap-tain, Joshua Symons paving the way fortheir 3-1 victory with a goal after just twominutes. It set the pattern for the rest ofthe game though by the end of the first

half they failed to turn their superiorityinto more goals by the end of the first half.

On the change-of-ends Luke Grima in-creased Parramatta’s lead with a secondtally on 65 minutes and Goshua Samarounded up their scoring.

Blacktown Spar-tans, who haveonly tasted vic-tory twice thisseason and sit atthe bottom of thetable after thirteenrounds, hit theback of the netthrough AnthonyProia for a conso-lation goal.

In the PS4 NPL championship in Victoria,Green Gully suffered a home defeat against

Melbourne Knights and and then recovered inRound 15 with a 3-2 away win over Pascoe Valeto hold on to fifth position in the League ladder. *The other Maltese team in Victoria (PS4 NPL2West), Sunshine George Cross managed a 1-1draw at Moreland City, and followed that up withtheir second win of the campaign, 2-1 at homeagainst Eastern Lions SC but stay anchored to thebottom of the ladder after 14 outings.

RESULTS - DAY 13

APIA v Parramatta Manly U v Sydney OBlacktown S v Bonnyrigg Blacktown C v SutherlandRockdale v Hakoah CWollongong v Sydney U

DAY 12

Parramatta v Blacktown SSydney U v Blacktown C Sutherland v Manly U Bonnyrigg v Rockdale Hakoah v WollongongSydney Oly, v APIA

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Wet conditions cause postponements Wins for the Victorian clubs

Malta’s national football team played twofriendlies. In a disappointing performance

it suffered a humilating 6-0 defeat away at theCzech Republic and then fared better, by losingnarrowly by 2-1 against Austria in Klagenfurt.

Two defeats for Malta

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali to be honoured with public funeral

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