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Over the past few weeks therehas been a significant input ofMaltese cultural events to Aus-

tralia. In the past such events havebeen few and far between and haveleft our Maltese brethren overseas in astate of cultural limbo.

Firstly, as part of CHOGM CulturalOutreach concert programme, thevisit by the Cosmos Wind Ensemble,described as 'Malta's most dynamicchamber music ensemble', gave con-certs in Sydney and Melbourne wherea considerable audience turned up tolisten to them.

A programme consisting essentiallyof music by Maltese composers, in-cluding not only the inevitableCharles Camilleri, but also theyounger composers Albert Garzia andRuben Zahra. This music, so inspiredby the Maltese environment, certainlyevoked a sense of nostalgia.

The second event which has hit Aus-tralia is the film Simshar, hailed as thefirst-ever Maltese film to get interna-tional distribution.

Already making a considerable im-pact in the wider cinematic scene, thisfilm deals with the very topical andequally distressing theme of migrantand refugee upheaval and the threatsthey face as they endeavour to escapeimpossible conditions at home andsearch for safe havens away fromhome.

It has been the dream of Maltese mi-grants to see films where actors speakMaltese (albeit not always with a per-fect dialectical accent) in a genuineMaltese environment.More importantly perhaps is the idea

behind this film and the message that

it propagates. It highlights the dangersfaced by those who are so desperatethat they prefer to face almost insu-perable odds and often succumb toterrible tragedies at sea.

It is an intelligent film that puts ahuman face to the asylum seekers whoare all too often portrayed as a name-less, faceless – and therefore less thanhuman - problem that Europe isforced to deal with.

It clearly implies that once any nor-mal person is made aware at firsthand of their vicissitudes, even themost hardened anti-migrants are quitelikely to change their negative viewsand come to sympathise with theirplight. (In this respect one is remindedof a recently produced SBS film: 'Goback to where you came from', whichis equally powerful in this respect.)

The subtlety of Simshar comes fromthe way it conveys most of its emo-tional impact and message throughthe experience of a Maltese fishingfamily, who must also battle the sea tosurvive.

Some might have hoped for glitzypanoramic views of Malta aimed atwell-heeled tourists. Instead we get agutsy, raw and powerful exposé, a re-alistic picture of life at sea. We havealso been largely spared the exagger-ated overacting which has been theregular fare on local productions fortelevision. At long last, we have a genuine Mal-

tese product that we are proud toshow to the general international pub-lic.

MauriceCauchi

Maltese Cultural Exchanges with Australia

The Cosmos Wind En-semble during their per-formance in Melbourne

Tuesday November 10, 2015 The Voice of the Maltese 3

In the last issue of the Voice of theMaltese I introduced myself, and ex-plained that following the death of

my father and after World War II brokeout, along with my family we went tolive Gozo in the hope of finding a saferplace. It was a new venture for us, butwe found solace in the Gozitan peoplewho were very helpful, so much so thata great friendship developed betweenthe local people and Maltese refugees.Needless to say that when it was timefor us to go to school in October, thekind of education we had during thewar was different from normal.

More about that later, as now I will bewriting a few articles about theexperience of the Maltese dur-ing the Second World War andhow we lived during that time. What I will be writing about is

from personal experience. Tod-ay I will focus on the Air RaidShelters dug during the war toprotect the people.

One has to bear in mind thatMalta was the most bombardedcountry in the theatre of war. Ina span of two-and-a-half yearsMalta suffered more than 3,000air raids. It is estimated that be-tween 16 and 17 thousand tonsof bombs were dropped on ourisland, an area of just 316square kilometres. We couldnot avoid the bombing. The only place of refuge was under-ground shelters.

At the time, the Public Works Department employed anumber of persons to dig shelters for the public, while manyfamilies began to dig their own private shelters. At the en-trance of these shelters was an Anti-blast chamber so that theblast from the bombs would hinder fire-flames descendingunderground. From this chamber one entered into long corridors with cu-

bicles on either side where people could sit on a stool theywould have carried with them every time an air raid was an-nounced. Naturally space was very limited in shelters. In

Malta shelters - World War IIMALTA: Echoes

from the past

DorisCannataci

public shelters the space allotted foreach person was two square feet. Be-sides being a little more spacious pri-vate shelters also enjoyed more privacy.

By September 21, 1941, there wereabout 2,000 shelters on the Island. Oneof them in Mellie˙a had very long cor-ridors, an anti blast chamber, rooms forfamilies, and a maternity section; it was500 metres long.

Staying or living in shelters for a con-siderable time was far from pleasant. Icaught pneumonia and was on thedoorstep of heaven. In fact at one timemy mother thought that I was alreadydead. The humidity of the rock and theconstant contact with various types ofcharacters could create problems as

well. But fear covered a great number of differences. While shelters saved thousands of lives during the war they

could also serve as a menace. They could even serve as a trap.During one of the air raids, at about 2.45 pm on March 211942, two bombs hit a shelter in Gafà Street, Mosta. One ofthe bombs fell just in front of the entrance; the other in frontof the emergency exit. Apart from the usual 20 families whonormally used this shelter, there were also a number of work-men who had taken refuge therein on their way back homefrom Mellie˙a.

A Mrs Giovanna Vella narrated later, that every time thesirens wailed, she, together with her husband Bartholomew

and their six children used to run to this shelter.When the two bombs exploded simultaneouslyshe heard a sound resembling large iron chainsbeing dragged down the shelter steps, hearddeafening noises and saw streaks of fire flash-ing all along the shelter killing or injuring everyperson in its wake; with children and adults allscreaming and crying.

All of a sudden perfect silence reigned andpitch darkness fell. Around Giovanna werecorpses, one of them her own son Joe. She saidhis body shrunk with the blast. The tragedy be-came even worse when she learned that herhusband and another son, Charles were alsokilled, at the shelter’s entrance.

After about an hour, the RAF (Royal AirForce), ARP (Air Raid Precaution) and othervolunteers arrived to rescue the trapped per-sons. They forced an opening in the rubble totake out the survivors, victims and corpses.That day 31 persons lost their lives in Mosta.

In the next issue: other shelter tragedies result-ing from heavy enemy bombings.. and more

PWD workers digging tun-nels for shelters during WWII

One of the shelters dug duringthe war that has been restored

Malta was a destination during a holiday thatmy wife and I were to go on back in 2009. Un-fortunately, 10 days before the departure time,

a driver approaching my wife’s car from the oppositedirection lost control and slammed into the driver’s sidedoor of her car. The result was two weeks confined tobed in hospital for multiple fractures including a frac-ture to her pelvis, multiple rib fractures and internal in-juries. This was followed by six months of rehabilitation and

a further 2-3 years of recovery. The trip was off. Sixyears later, in September 2015 we were off. Although itwas quite a late stage in my life to do so, I had to an-swer the question as to where I belonged and what wasmy true nationality.England was the first port of call. I returned to the

places of my childhood. I expected to feel a deep senseof emotion on returning there. Yet what struck me whenI visited the places of my childhood between the ages of5 and 10 was, with one fleeting exception, only a senseof curiosity. The attachment I felt was to the place where I had spent

most time with my sister who was an extremely impor-tant person in my childhood. Sadly she died three yearsago. Going back to those places held some memories ofour early lives together but that was all that they held.

They also held memories of my life with my mum anddad. But that was all that they held. The deep sense ofconnection that I expected was missing. I left thoseplaces feeling after more than 50 years that they werenow behind me. I felt that I was able to complete thecycle and move on. On to Gatwick airport (coincidentally the airport from

which we left England to fly to Malta all those yearsago) to catch an Air Malta plane to Malta. Immediately

on boarding theplane and hear-ing Maltesespoken over theintercom, eventhough I can never understandwhat people say on airplane inter-coms, I felt oddly unsettled. Flying over Malta kept bringing

back the lyrics of one of Skorba’ssongs ‘Qalbi Mieg˙ek’, sung inMaltese, that calls to the Island saying how “…you arefound in my blood and in my body and I, by the graceof God, will return to once again see you.” None of this prepared me for my reaction on landing

on Maltese soil. I remember walking into the terminal,feeling almost like I was in a daze. I remember tearsstreaming down my cheeks as I approached the Cus-toms and Immigration official sitting behind his glassscreen. I remember the quizzical look on his face and Iremember saying to him in what I thought afterwardswas remarkably clear Maltese, SkuΩani. Kont tlaqt lejn l-Awstralja mal-familja tieg˙i meta kelli 12-il sena u din l-ewwel darba f’dak il-˙in kollu li ©ejt lura lejn Malta.”I asked him to excuse me as I stood there crying like a

baby. He looked at me very gently and kindly passedhis hand through the port on his screen to take myhand and said softly: “Welcome home”. The words,though uttered gently, sounded to me like ‘WELCOMEHOME!!!!’ I was finally home. A totally unpredicted andunpredictable experience for me within minutes oflanding on home soil. If you had told me this would be my reaction, I would

have thought it possible but, to me, my nationality hadbecome profoundly evident. It was as if something in-

visible had taken hold of me and embracedme warmly. From that moment on, fromthe taxi driver who took us to our Air B ‘nB in Birgu, to every person we encounteredon the Islands of Malta and Gozo, therewas nothing but a warm welcoming hometo the prodigal son. I had come home.There was never again any doubt as towho I was and where I belonged. I washome. I visited the street that both my maternal

and paternal grand-parents lived in: triqSan Mikiel, Marsa. My mother and fatherhad both been raised there. They were, infact, second cousins. Dad has been dead for15 years now but he was still alive in thatstreet. Mum is still alive and a robust 88-year-old living in Australia but she stillwalked those streets. I knocked on a door and my cousin,

Maria, on my dad’s side answered it. Wehugged and I remember tears yet againstreaming down my cheeks. She called hersister Rita in from across the road. Onceagain hugs all round and sharing of story.

*Continued on page 5


GhaGha zz ii zz a Malta :a Malta :-- .. ..

Heart and HomeHeart and Home

AndyBusuttil

The final of atwo-part article

In this photo taken atthe National folk fes-tival in 2007, Andy isseen singing the Mal-

tese song 'QalbiMiegħek' which is oneof Skorba's songs. He

says it is his song ofyearning for Malta

and conveys emotion.

When I look back on mylife, it is clear that a sense

of belonging to a culturalgroup, a cultural identity is in-deed important to many peo-ple. This sense of culturalidentity comes deeply fromwithin, yet it can also be onethat is shared by those who sur-round you.

When I first went to Malta asthe only non-Maltese speakingchild in the local primaryschool I was an oddity andsomewhat of a curiosity butthere was never any doubt thatI was Maltese. I was treated assuch and everyone pronouncedmy name as it ought to be pro-nounced. Coming to Australia in those

early days of the 1960’s wasquite different. In those daysmigrants were undoubtedlytreated as ‘different’. Youweren’t Australian at that stageand it is likely you would neverbecome truly Australian: there


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Naming the ones who had diedfrom amongst my cousins andcatching up with the ones whohad survived. I found it so easy to

love these people whom I had notseen for so long and not evencommunicated with over that pe-riod of time. This was Malta andthis was the true ‘Malta Story’. Iwas home.

When we flew away from the Is-lands I found myself crying. Theywere tears of joy and belongingbut I also recognised them as tearsof sorrow, genuine sorrow. I wasyet again leaving home.

Andy at the Har-bour's edge think-ing about theenormity of TheGreat Siege whichis the subject ofthe next Skorbaconcert seriesabout the historyof Malta

Postscript: main. Having said that, experi-

ence also tells me that thereare many of Maltese her-itage born here (in Aus-tralia) who also still feel asense of belonging to, andyearning for, their homeculture. I’ve had youngmen in tears come up to meafter a Skorba concert andthank me for bringing theirhomeland to life for them.That experience, for me,has always been the onethat I have truly treasured. To gratefully accept Aus-

tralia as a home and tocontribute to it as well asto take from it is neces-

sary. To never

forget one’sroots, tofind thatsense of be-longing forwhich weyearn andto embraceand neverbeashamed ofthem isalso neces-sary. To do both

is essential. It won’t be

too longbefore I gohomeagain, andI look for-ward tothat day.

would always be something that would identify you as‘other’. In those days Australia was still subject to the ‘White

Australia’ policy and even Indigenous Australians werepersona non grata. Numbers of Maltese immigrantsinto Australia were low up until the late 1940’s proba-bly due to the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901. Maltese were not treated as ‘White European’ as were

immigrants from such places as the UK, Holland,France etc. From the late 1940’s onwards the place ofMaltese people as valued resources for a developing na-tion was clearly recognised. It is quite likely that thoseof Maltese heritage born in Australia and raised inAustralia would be more likely regarded as ‘Aussie’.

For those like myself, born and raised elsewhere, theuncertainty of the gift of national identity would re-

Andy enjoying his first ˙obΩ biΩ-Ωejt in50 years with genuine Maltese bread

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F’Melbourne minn dejjem konnaxxurtjati li kellna muΩiçistiMaltin madwarna, kemm Ωg˙ar

u wkoll kbar. Wie˙ed minnhom liilni nafu ˙afna snin huwa Paul Far-rugia imwieled fl-1944 fil-Furjana.

Qabel emigra lejn l-Awstralja fl-1954 meta kellu g˙axar snin u nofs,Paul kien jattendi l-iskola tal-Gvern,u b’˙al ma kien ji©ri dak iΩ-Ωmien l-ewwel kien jemigra l-missier biexi˙ejji xi post fejn toqg˙od il-familja,imbaghad jitilg˙u l-membri l-o˙ratal-familja. F’dan il-kaΩ telg˙u Paul,˙uh Teddy u o˙tu Evelyn. Imma qa-bilhom kien emigra ˙uhom ie˙or,Freddie, meta kienu telg˙u f’daqqa˙afna tfal emigranti u marru jg˙ixuf’Perth b˙ala studenti.

Meta Paul ©ie l-Awstralja l-familja l-ewwel marret tg˙ix f’Coburg, uhemmhekk beda jattendi l-iskola pri-vata ta’ San Pawl. Wara attendaCoburg Tech u meta temm l-istudjibeda ja˙dem b˙ala apprendista b˙alahosiery mechanic. Wara ˙adem ukollta’ mekkanik tal-magni tal-˙jata.

Fejn g˙andha x’taqsam il-muΩika,l-ewwel ˙ajra g˙aliha bdiet sa˙ansi-tra minn Malta meta b˙ala tifelΩg˙ir kien jie˙u parti fil-marçi tal-Banda Vilhena. Kien i©orr il-katuba.

Meta tkellem mieg˙i Paul qalliwkoll li ta’ xi tmien snin kien ˙aparti Ωg˙ira fil-film Malta Story b˙alawie˙ed mit-tfal fl-iskola. Jiftakar likien t˙allas lira g˙al dan ix-xog˙ol.Fl-Awstralja beda jinteressa ru˙u fil-

muΩika meta kellu madwar 14-ilsena. Kien imur jara gruppi jdoqqu ukien jitg˙allem xi ˙a©a minn hawn

u xi ˙a©a minnhemm. Imbag˙ad id-deçieda li jibda jdoqqid-drums. Ammetta liqatt ma tg˙allemmuΩika imma kienidoqq bl-udit, ji©ifierili tg˙allem tg˙allmuwa˙du u kien idoqq,kif jg˙idu bil-Malti,bil-widna.Imma kif jg˙idu: fejn

hemm ir-rieda hemm it-triq tant li wasal fejnried u xtaq.

Fl-1961 beda jdoqqma’ banda Pharoahs,kull ©img˙a fil-Broth-erhood of St. Laurence,f’Fitzroy. Wara ssie˙ebmal-Melbourne Drif-ters, banda populari˙afna li kienet iddoqqf’˙afna lokalitajiet.Imbag˙ad sie˙eb lilThe Dynamics ta’ Johnny Farrugia likienu jdoqqu f’ti©ijiet, u ballijetMaltin. Kienu wkoll daqqew fil-kunçert li tat

il-kantanta mag˙rufa Maltija MarySpiteri fis-Sydney Opera House.

Paul kien ukoll jakkumpanja lill-kummidjant Malti Johnny Cataniameta kien jg˙ix fl-Awstralja u jirreko-rdja xi makjetti. Wa˙da minn dawnkienet “Viva Malta”.

Il-muΩiçist Malti daqq ukoll malcountry rock band, bl-isem ta’ TheSpeedsters, u spiçça l-karriera ta’muΩiçist attiv idoqq mat-Three Acesand a Jack li kienu jdoqqu f’˙afnaavvenimenti Maltin.

Paul semmieli wkoll li g˙all-˙abtatal-1965 flimkien ma’ ˙utu Paul uTeddy, kif ukoll Ωew© muΩiçisti o˙ra,

kienu jiffurmaw il-banda Brothers In-corporated. Kienu jdoqqu afna drabifil-Melita Club li hu klabb tal-Maltinta’ Lixandra. Fil-karriera muΩikalitieg˙u Paul ©ieli wkoll kien ikanta.Barra muΩiçist, Paul kien ukoll attur

u kien jirreçta fuq il-palk. Kien anke˙adem ma’ Albert Marshall metadan kien g˙amel Ωmien jg˙ix fl-Aw-stralja.B˙az-zokk il-ferg˙a, u l-entuΩjaΩmu

ta’ Paul g˙all-muΩika wirtu wkollibnu Darryn, li hu muΩiçist mag˙ruf˙afna li daqq fuq g˙add ta’ pro-grammi televiΩivi b˙al Hey Hey It’sSaturday, fil-West Side Story, Thriller, uwkoll akkumpanja lil Tom Jones,John Farnham, Jim Barnes, MarciaHines, u o˙rajn. B˙al missieru, ankeDarryn idoqq id-drums.

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At last we Maltese-Australians were ableto see the Maltese film Simshar in

Aussie Theatres. We even had special pre-views in both Sydney and Melbourne.

The film is the brainchild of it's co-writerand director Rebecca Cremona, who uponher return to Malta in 2008 was fascinatedby the "story" the tragedy at sea of the fish-ing boat Simshar and those who were onboard on that fateful night in July 2008.

Rebecca had just finished her studies infilm work in the USA, when she startedworking on her project in which she wantedto showcase Malta and some of its culture.

As she herself said, many foreign compa-nies did films made in Malta, but in them,Malta was always portrayed as some otherplace, like the film Munich for examplewhen Malta was portrayed as Israel. Re-becca was assistant director to US directorSteven Spielberg on that film. So she had aburning desire to show Malta as Malta tothe outside world, in order to depict someof its culture, like the Maltese Festa, thefesta fireworks, etc.

Rebecca also very cleverly intertwined therefugee crises (a world phenomenon) that hashit Malta, with the Simshar tragedy on thehigh-sea, and that of Simon Bugeja's family,for whom life has changed dramatically.

My wife and I had the pleasure of watch-ing the film in Malta in June 2014 and alsomeeting with this young Rebecca Cremona.She was impressive, courageous and deter-mined to bring Simshar to Australia, thefirst Maltese film professionally made forthe world market and the first Maltese film

Simshar portrayed Malta as itself

Nancy and Felix Serg from Baulkham Hills NSW, write:

Icannot but praise and recommend all Maltese people to watchthe interesting Simshar film. It was a pleasure to travel to

Palace Chauvel at Paddington NSW with my husband to watchthis thought provoking film. We were both enraptured by thiscaptivating story, details, and scenery of Malta, etc.The endearing actors were credible and true to Maltese charac-

ters. I felt so proud this has taken its place alongside other ‘inter-national festival films’.After the viewing, patrons from the audience and ourselves met

just outside the entrance to the cinema door and had a sponta-neous long discussion. We debated certain aspects of the film,today’s situation in regard to refugees, Muslim culture, the Mal-tese fishing family, etc.

These patrons were a variety of nationalities, Australian, Hun-garian, Jewish, Italians, English, and me as the only Malteser inthat group. If it weren’t for parking restrictions we would havespent all night debating. The other people were most impressed

with this film and wanted to know whatother Maltese films to watch!Kudos to Rebecca Cremona, writer/direc-

tor, and Kukumajsa Productions, for this magnificent film. I was compelled to send emails with details to my contacts in

Australia and around the globe, praising its merits, and recom-mending them not to miss it.My husband and I were also doubly-pleased to hear our Maltese

language spoken in the film. Thank you Rebecca!

ever to be entered, accepted for considera-tion for an Oscar in the Foreign LanguageFilm Category, and to win so many awards.

However, Rebecca has done more thanthat. She has broken the Ice and found thekey for other Maltese film directors andproducers to tap in the Aussie market andbring other Maltese productions of this highstandard to Australia.

Some interesting facts about the Simsharstory: *There were ships that sailed past the crew

in the water fighting for their life but failedto help them. They left them there to die be-cause they thought they were irregular im-migrants.*Simon's normal weight before the fishingtrip was around 90 kilos; when he was res-cued after seven days without food or water,he weighed just 35 kilos.

*It is believed that Simon Bugeja spentmore time in the sea than any other personwho was rescued alive …a world recordperhaps?

Finally I would like to thank Rebecca Cre-mona for her work and bringing Simshar toAustralia, and also those who helped me inmy efforts to advertise and promote Simsharwithin the Australian-Maltese Communityespecially in NSW, including Joe Deguara,Marisa Previtera, Helen Azzopardi, LilianTaliana, Dorothy Gatt, Alfrida Micallef, andDoris Scicluna and Sam Galea.

My thanks also to The Voice of the Mal-tese, Lawrence Dimech and Joseph Cutajar,the MCC of NSW and the committee of theMCA of NSW for their support.Hopefully, this will not be Rebecca’s only

film "Down-Under".

Frank Cassar from Balmain, NSW writes:

Thank you for managing to acquire the services of two very goodwriters such as Doris Cannataci and Andy Busutttil whose first con-

tributions were published in the last issue of The Voice of the Maltese.I am always so full of praise for what you are doing with this pub-

lication, but the contents in the last issue, particularly the articles bythe said writers continue to add much value to the publication. Ithink I would be voicing the opinion of the readers by expressing mygratitude for your great contribution to the Maltese community.

Thank you Rebecca for Shimshar

Charles N. Mifsud J.P. from Burraneer NSWwrites:

So grateful to The Voice


The Maltese Community Council ofNSW has a new president for the year2015-16, Emanuel Camilleri. A few

days ago, I met Emanuel and asked himfew questions, in order for the readers getto know him better.

Q: I know you have been active with theMaltese Cultural Assoc. of NSW as well asthe Maltese Welfare (NSW) and for a num-ber of years was also delegate to the MCCof NSW. Tell us about your involvementwith the MCC.

Emanuel: I remember sitting at my firstMCC meeting surrounded by old-timerswho had been part of the MCC for whatseemed an eternity. At that time, FredFenech, our president, was working veryhard trying to find a base from where theMCC could run its operation. My first obser-vation was the need for fresh new ideas;how to utilise the new technology that ex-isted; the need to plan for the future and toformulate plans for our aging community.

Q: Prior to accepting the nomination asthe MCC’s 13th president, in which projectswere you involved?Emanuel: I was basically involved in every

project the MCC had on its plate - the set-ting up of the MRC, including the libraryand archives; the setting up of new tech-nology through Wi-Fi; the computerclasses for seniors; acquiring printing, pho-tocopying and scanning equipment; settingup welfare services at the Central Coast;meeting with politicians and councillors;assisting in the MCC weekly radio pro-gramme and applying for grants needed tokeep the MCC operational. An ongoing project is to extend the build-

ing of our premises, a heritage-listed head-

master’s cottage in Par-ramatta West to give usmore room where wecan hold small functionsfor the community. Imust stress, that with-out the assistance andmentoring of LawrenceDimech, the past MCCpresident and the assis-tance of my colleqguesand the support of Hol-royd Council, none ofthe above would havebeen possible.

Q: What is yourplanned vision to meetthe needs of the Mal-tese community in thenear future?Emanuel: The future is always a challenge

but with the experience I have gained inthese past years, thanks to my colleagues,I am confident I will make an effective pres-ident. I have a good and experienced teambehind me; we will plan the years aheadwisely and with God’s help we will achieveour goals. We still have some unfinishedbusiness to attend too, like the SBS issueof radio-time reduction of hours for theMaltese community.

Q: How do you think you would formulatethe strategies required as president?

Emanuel: Strategies are formulated bygood planning and a sense of vision; everychallenge will be looked at on its merit,analysed and dealt with.

Q: Tell us something about settlement asan adolescent immigrant to Australia.

Emanuel: I came to Melbourne, Australiaas a seventeen-year-old in 1962 with my fa-ther, born in Hal Luqa and known as JimmyTal-Fjur among the Maltese ghannejja; laterthe rest of our family joined us.

During a visit to Sydney, I met my wifeTheresa. We had two children and aregrandparents to three boys and a step-daughter who lives in the USA. For years, wehad a clothing business at Yennora NSW.During that time, I acquired my private pilotlicense as one of my achievements.

After my retirement I wrote two books;then I got involved with the Maltese com-munity; the rest is history.

Emanuel Camilleri - the New Presidentof the MCC of NSW

Interview by MarkCaruana

Dan l-a˙˙ar, waqt konferenza g˙alViΩitaturi Uffiçjali tal-˙absijiet ta'NSW, tg˙allimt li madwar 27% tal-

popolazzjoni tal-˙absijiet fl-Awstraljahuma indi©eni1 (ji©ifieri Abori©ini jew niesta' Torres Strait), dan meta l-proporzjon ta'indi©eni fil-popolazzjoni ©enerali Awstral-jana huma biss ta' madwar 3%. Ir-rap-preΩentanza indi©ena fil-˙absijiet hijastraordinarja, u allarmanti.A˙na l-Maltin m'g˙andniex esperjenza ta'

popolazzjoni abori©ina. Jien niftakarnikont sorpriΩ meta wasalt l-Awstralja, jewiktar speçifikatament f'Sydney, fil-˙ajja ta'kuljum ma nnutajtx nies li kienu ovvjamentabori©ini, ˙lief g˙al xi w˙ud f'postijietmag˙rufa mat-turisti, b˙al Circular Quay.

Kien xi snin wara li ndunajt li g˙alkemmma jidhrux, diversi nies abori©ini jistg˙ujkollhom karna©©jon bajda, u sa˙ansitrabjondi u g˙ajnejhom blu. Kien feta˙li g˙ajnejja Ziju abori©enu waqt

iç-çerimonja taç-çittadinanza, li kien jidherAnglo-Sassonu, li kien spjegali li sar ˙afna ta˙lit tal-komunitajietmatul iΩ-Ωmien.Irrid ng˙id li madwar l-Awstralja, fi stati o˙ra b˙al Queensland

u speçjalment in-Northern Territory, hemm ˙afna iktar persuni lig˙andhom id-dehra tradizzjonali Abori©ina.Ni©u lura g˙as-sitwazzjoni fil-˙absijiet. Biçça statistika o˙ra hi

li adulti abori©ini ji©u mitfug˙a l-˙abs 13-il darba iktar minndawk mhux abori©ini, u g˙all-minorenni l-istatistika hija ta' 24darba!Din is-sitwazzjoni hija biss eΩempju wie˙ed tal-qasma fil-˙ajja

bejn dawk abori©ini u dawk le, fejn tal-ewwel jistennew tul ta'

˙ajja iqsar, rata iktar g˙olja ta' mortalità tat-trabi, sa˙˙a ag˙ar ulivelli iktar baxxi ta' edukazzjoni u impjiegi, fost l-o˙rajn.2

Ir-rapport tal-Gvern Awstraljan 'Overcoming Indigenous Dis-advantage', li ilu ji©i ppubblikat madwar kull sentejn mill-2003,jikkwota lil diversi riçerkaturi li jissu©©erixxu li hemm kawΩiprofondi ta' dawn in-nuqqasijiet, imsej˙a kollettivament 'trawmainter©enerazzjonali' b'riΩultat tal-effetti tal-kolonizzazzjoni, telftal-art, il-lingwa u l-kultura, it-tnaqqis tal-identità kulturali u spir-itwali, it-te˙id sfurzat tat-tfal, razziΩmu u diskriminazzjoni.3

Dawn huma apparti effetti iktar immedjati b˙all-abbuΩ tal-

alko˙ol u drogi, mard mentali u esperjenza miç-çokon tal-vjolenza.Fl-ivvja©©ar tieg˙i madwar l-Awstralja jien stajt nara b'g˙ajnejja

persuni abori©ini fis-sakra ma' jarawx art, Ωdingar fit-toroq, u tla-jjar bla skop. Madankollu rrid ng˙id li dawn l-affarijiet rajthomukoll f'nies mhux abori©ini; ˙alli nkun çar li dawn mhumiex bisskaratteristika ta' nies indi©eni.

Huwa ta' dispjaçir li ninnota f'dak ir-rapport tal-Gvern, lig˙alkemm xi miri ta' rapporti ta' qabel intla˙qu (b˙at-tnaqqis fil-mortalità tat-tfal), o˙rajn ma ntla˙qux (b˙ar-rati ta' vjolenza do-

mestika u fil-komunità) jewsa˙ansitra marru g˙all-ag˙ar (b˙aΩ-Ωieda qawwija fir-rata ta' niesmitfug˙a l-˙abs, l-aktar taΩ-Ωg˙aΩag˙).

Na˙seb li ˙afna nies ma jifhmux l-impatt dejjiemi ta' dak li g˙addewminnu l-indi©eni f'dan il-pajjiΩ.Ja˙sbu li l-politika ta' firda, it-te˙idsfurzat tat-tfal eçç sar ˙afna g˙ex-ieren ta' snin ilu, u issa m'g˙adhomxisiru u g˙alhekk issa kollox sewwa.G˙alhekk meta jisimg˙u b'dawn il-problemi, ˙afna nies aktarx iwa˙˙lufl-indi©eni stess, qishom dawn qedjag˙Ωlu l-problemi li jinsabu fihom.

Kemm hu a˙jar li kieku lkoll nuruftit iktar rispett lejn din il-kultura an-tika tag˙hom, li g˙andha s-sbu˙ija u

karatteristiçi uniçi tag˙ha, b˙al ma g˙andna a˙na l-Maltin. Minqieg˙ed mix˙ut fl-art u qed jipprova jqum, g˙ajnuna g˙andubΩonn u mhux stmerrija.

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

kitba ta’

IVAN

CAUCHI


Referenzi

1. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4517.0, retrieved 3/11/20152. http://www.australianstogether.org.au/stories/detail/the gap indigenous -disadvantage in australia, retrieved 4/11/20153. Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2014; Commonwealth ofAustralia; Chapter 1.5 The Historical Context

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It is not a very large association but its contribution tocharity is legendary. The Past Pupils and Friends of

Don Bosco held their 28th annual dinner dance at theMandavilla Function Centre at Horsley Park NSW. Inconjunction with this event they also conduct a guessingcompetition and all profits are channeled to the Sale-sian missionaries abroad who work with poor disadvan-taged youth in countries such as South Sudan, Ethiopia,India and others.

This year George Vella Manager of Breakaway Travelof Blacktown, one of the benefactors was publically ac-

knowledged and thanked as he has been assisting theassociation for many years. The evergreen Joe Apapagain provided the entertainment and the MC was pop-ular singer Joe Galea.

Mark Caruana, the president of the associationthanked all the regulars, staunch supporters for attend-ing the annual dinner dance. “The full house sign usu-ally goes up two months before the event. This being thebi-centenary year of the birth of Don Bosco the associa-tion would donate a further $10,000 to alleviate thehardship at the Salesian missions,” the president said.

Friends of Don Bosco hold annual event

A general view of those attend-ing. Inset: Mr. George Vella(left) with Mark Caruana.

The Maltese Community Council of Victoria is conducting a sur-vey to obtain a picture of the Third Generation of Maltese in

Australia. We are particularly interested in their knowledge aboutMalta and Maltese culture. This will enable us to determine the de-gree of culture maintenance among our third generation.

Teenage children (aged 10 to 17 years), whose grandparents (orgreat grandparents) were born in Malta, are invited to fill in the fol-lowing questionnaire. The survey questionnaire is also available fordownload from the MCCV website.Completed forms may be returned as a scanned electronic copy or

in paper form.BY EMAIL: Scan the completed form and email it to the email ad-dress of Prof Maurice Cauchi [email protected] POST: Post completed form to: Prof Maurice Cauchi, MalteseCommunity Centre, 477 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052The information provided will be treated in the strictest confi-

dence.

Please pass this survey form and request for survey participationon to your children, friends and acquaintances.Survey participants will be eligible to win one of five prizes of $100

each. To be eligible, participants are required to complete the surveyform including their name and email or postal address. The winnerswill be drawn from eligible participants who submit a completed sur-vey form by not later than 30th November 2015.

MCCV Survey on the Third

Generation of Maltese in AustraliaS

ome weeks ago, Mich-ael Ebeid CEO & Man-aging Director of Sta-

tion SBS complained thatSBS’s funding situation hasworsened in the last two yearswith a further $55 million cutfrom the government. Butthese cuts did not stop himfrom his intention to launch anew free-to-air channel dedi-cated to food and culture onthe SBS 3 spectrum. As a result, SBS will be the

only free-to-air broadcasterwith a truly dedicated genre-based channel.

Mr Ebeid said that Australianaudiences have been coming toSBS for years to discover andexplore the world and its cul-tures through their distinctivefood programming, and estab-lished a real point of diffe-rence in their programmingfrom the commercial networks.

Mr Ebied reminded us thatthe SBS Charter is at the heart

of the decisions they make.They face an ever evolvingand competitive environment,with new media players andmore content choices thanever, demanding innovation.SBS has always been highlyadept at identifying new op-portunities, he said.

The commercial returnsfrom the new channel will intime be able to help SBS tooffset the expected sector rev-enue declines in advertisingfrom its main channels as au-diences fragment. The SBS CEO said the mar-

ket is expecting a slow de-cline in the coming yearsallowing SBS to maintain itsreturns to invest in Australiancommissioned content.Thelatest adventure of SBS in thefood market was in the failedpublication of the monthlyfood magazine FEAST thatceased publication in Aprilthis year.

New channel for SBS on food, culture level, special needs

When it comes to economy, Maltahas received another clean bill of

health from the European Commissionthat in its regular autumn economic fore-cast said that the Maltese economy is togrow by 4.3% this year, which is its high-est growth rate in the past decade. Thislargely mirrors the government’s ownprojections, made in the Budget for 2016. In its summary the Commission said that

exceptional investment in 2015 is ex-pected to lead to a peak in Malta's GDPgrowth, which is set to moderate over theforecast horizon, but to remain above itslong-term average. Public finances sho-uld benefit from the favourable macro-economic conditions while unemploy-ment is expected to stay at low levels".

The commission went on to say the in-crease comes mainly from a boost in in-vestment, particularly equipment invest-ment, which is related to the constructionof a new power plant. Private consumptionis also forecast to contribute significantlyto growth, as real disposable in- comes are

rising as a result of robust employmentgrowth, growing wages and low inflation.Public sector’s contribution to growth is

also projected to be positive, though lessthan in 2014. Malta’s current account bal-ance is expected to remain in surplus de-spite the fact that net exports, are likely toprove a drag as domestic demand growthis leading to higher imports and exportgrowth for goods has been weak.

Real GDP growth is forecast to moder-ate to 3.6% in 2016 and to 3.1% in 2017,but still remain higher than its long-termaverage. The expected moderation stemsfrom the completion of the large-scale en-ergy investment projects, scheduled by2016, and the expiration of the previousprogramming period of EU funding.

The report also indicates that the Maltadeficit is expected to narrow further.

As to employment growth this is pro-jected to moderate somewhat in 2016 and2017, but it is set to remain robust andthus help to keep the unemployment rateat low levels.

Roundup of News About Malta

Maltese economy willgrow by 4.3% this year

Malta to be established as centre of dialogue for peace and prosperity


Addressing the 9th GlobalResidence and Citizen-ship Conference in

Dubai, Prime Minister Dr JosephMuscat said that Malta has astrong economy and is one of thetop European performers interms of the economy, and thatMalta’s citizenship by invest-ment (IIP) was not done to fixthe island’s economy or formoney, but to access only thebest talent and investment toMalta which would otherwisenot have been accessible.

He said that Malta’s citizen-ship by investment is “tight,capped at 1,800 applicants, andhas the most rigorous due dili-gence, because we are only afterthe best talent and investors.’’He gave an overview of Malta’s

economy, which, he said, is thefastest growing economy at 5.1per cent. The reason for that, headded, is because finances are incheck, with the deficit at 1.6% ofthe GDP.

He pointed out that at the sametime, the government reduced

energy tariffs,cutting incometax for the thirdyear running,gave free uni-versal childcare,and increasedbudgets on edu-cation andh e a l t h c a r e ,which are bothfree for all Mal-tese citizens.

“In other wo-rds, we are man-aging to stren-gthen our publicfinances simul-taneously as we lighten the costof government burden on fami-lies and businesses,” Dr Muscatsaid.

He said that Malta’s employ-ment rate stands at the highestever-recorded levels in its his-tory, and the country also has thethird lowest unemployment ratein Europe. “Our economy is atthe cutting edge of globaltrends,” he said.

Malta has achieved a lot al-ready, but there is more room forit to grow and for investors andglobal citizens to find a safehaven where to invest and reachother destinations, that is why itis opening up to investment innew economic sectors such ashealthcare, energy, education andlogistics.

Speaking about the upcomingworld summits which will see

the gathering of some 100 headof states and governments, whowill meet in Malta to discusssome of the most pressing issues,from migration to climatechange and security, Dr Muscatsaid: “The Valletta Summit onMigration and the Commonwe-alth Heads of Government Meet-ing will once again establishMalta as a centre of dialogue forpeace and prosperity.”

Nationalist MP resignsParliamentary seat

Nationalist MP Joe Cassar submitted his resig-nation from parliament, in the wake of accu-

sations that he had accepted gifts from abusinessman during his time as Health Minister in2011. His resignation comes in the wake of reportsrevealed by the Malta Today newspaper that asminister he had not declared over €8,000 in houseworks paid for by a donor, a property entrepreneur. Such resignations are a rarity in Maltese politics;

however, Cassar’s resignation follows that of an-other former Minister, Giovanna Debono, who re-signed from the PN parliamentary group also afterreports by MaltaToday on the alleged misappropri-ation of public funds by her husband. But MrsDebono retained her seat in the House as an inde-pendent.In his resignation letters to Speaker Anglu Farrugiaand his party leader Simon Busuttil, Cassar said hewas giving up his parliamentary seat because ofwhat he described as “a ferocious attack” on hischaracter that put pressure on him and his family.He denied having done anything wrong and in-sisted that he was the victim of “character assassi-nation”.

A day earlier, the NP Leader had insisted thatthere was no reason Cassar should resign from theparty, despite the revelations that the payment inhouse works by the businessman.

In the coming weeks a casual election would beheld to fill the seat vacated by Dr Cassar.

European Commission forecasts:

Prime Minister DrJoseph Muscat atthe Dubai meeting

Afortnight beforethe CHOGM

As he inaugurated Fort St Angelo inBirgu (Vittoriosa) after its restora-tion including Cabinet members, the

diplomatic corps and Heritage Malta mem-bers, amongst others, that from a place ofwar, the fort, that will house the 53 leadersof the Commonwealth states and govern-ments present for the CHOGM Summitlater on this month, it would be used tobring together people of different beliefs,religion and race.The restoration project on the fort that sees

a substantial part of it returning to its for-mer glory cost of €14.5 million. It was kick-started in 2007 and was given a strongerpush over the past months in order to use itduring CHOGM.

He said: “It is a historical twist to see theFort, once a place of war, serving as a placeto welcome dialogue among leaders of dif-ferent race, beliefs and religion.”

After 1530, the Order of St John turnedFort St Angelo into its headquarters and be-tween 1530 and 1558 even housed the

Grand Master’s res-idence.The transfer of the

Order’s headquar-ters to Valletta in1571 and the craft-ing of an impres-sive network ofdefensive linesaround the GrandHarbour and alongthe coast during thesubsequent hundredyears diminished temporarily the relevanceof the Fort as key for the defence of Malta.Slowly, the Fort began to lose its strategic

value and proposals were even put forwardfor its destruction. However, thanks to the“progress in technology of war”, it was re-vived in the 1600s and was once again

hailed for its strategic potential as a majorcoastal gun battery.In June 1798, the Fort offered no effective

resistance against the French invasion andended up being used as the headquarters ofthe French army.


Roundup of News About Malta

Malta names secondjudge in European CJ

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Malta’s contribution to the EuropeanCourt of Justice is to further increase

with the appointment of Chief Justice Sil-vio Camilleri who has been nominated bythe government as its second judge in theECJ.

The nomination follows an agreementreached in the European Parliament for thenumber of judges at the court to be dou-bled. As a result, Malta will be getting asecond judge.

Mr Justice Camilleri will join Dr An-thony Borg Barthet in the ECJ

Malta launches Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

Malta has launched the Asylum, Migra-tion and Integration Fund (2014-2020)

and would be investing €23 million in anumber of projects aimed at targeting the na-tional objectives identified in the Pro-gramme.

At the launching, Parliamentary Secretaryfor EU Funds Ian Borg, said the funds wouldtarget better processing of applications andthe integration of those recognised asrefugees, education for those granted asylumand more efficient returns policies.

Ian Borg also launched the first calls forapplications under the said Fund. They in-clude projects implementing integrationmeasures for third country nationals and vol-untary return measures.

Other calls directly target the activities ofspecific entities, such as the Ministry for Ed-ucation with regard to educational measures

undertaken for third country nationals, theoffice of the Commissioner for Refugees andthe Immigration Police in relation to activi-ties of forced return.

Meanwhile, thanks to a new jobs centre tobe opened next year, migrants will no longerhave to strike illegal employment deals onroadsides and Marsa roundabouts. The ini-tiative would help regularise migrant em-ployment as well as weed out abuse.The centre announced in the Budget earlier

this month and that has yet to be given an of-ficial title, would be operated by the Em-ployment and Training Corporation andwould provide employers with coupons to be‘paid’ to the migrants that in turn would beexchangeable for cash back at the centre toensure minimum standards of wage andovertime are enforced.The centre will also act as a job brokerage –listing potential migrant employees’ skillsand qualifications and cross-referencingthem with potential employers.

Fort St Angelo: from a place of war to one ofdialogue among world leaders

Malta hosting internationalSummit on migration

summit, this week (November 11/12) Maltais hosting the Valletta Summit on migrationat the MCC with the participation of Euro-pean and African leaders who will be dis-cussing migration issues with African andother key countries concerned.

The conference will build on existing co-operation processes between Europe andAfrica, particularly the Rabat and Khartoumprocesses on migration, and the EU-AfricaDialogue on Migration and Mobility.

The EU and Africa will work in a spirit ofpartnership to find common solutions tochallenges of mutual interest.The participants for this international sum-

mit are EU member states, countries mem-bers of the Rabat and Khartoum processes,observers to the Rabat process, representa-

tives of the AfricanUnion commission andthe Economic Com-munity of WestAfrican States (ECOWAS) commission, theUnited Nations (UN) and the InternationalOffice on Migration (IOM) The summit will address the challenges but

also the opportunities of migration. It willalso recognise that migration is a shared re-sponsibility of countries of origin, transit anddestination.

Discussions among participants will focuson five specific areas: root cause, legal mi-gration channels, protection of migrants andasylum seekers, exploitation and traffickingof migrants, and cooperation on return andreadmission

Jidher li l-˙idma tal-Gvern fil-qasamtal-LGBT qed t˙alli l-frott mhux biss

g˙ax qed jg˙in lil dawn in-nies ikollhom˙ajja a˙jar u qed ippo©©i lil Malta fuqta’ quddiem, jekk mhux quddiem nett,fejn jid˙lu d-drittijiet ta’ dawn il-per-suni, iΩda wkoll qed tibdel il-metalita` ul-attitudni tal-poplu Malti u G˙awdxi.Fi st˙arri© li Eurobarometre tal-Unjoni

Ewropea g˙amel fl-2009 kien hemmbiss 39% tal-Maltin li kienu lesti jaççet-taw li jkollna Prim Ministru ‘gay’. Fl-a˙˙ar st˙arri©, li sar dan l-a˙˙ar,il-perçentwal tela’ g˙al 61%, Ωieda ta’22%. Fil-fatt din kienet l-akbar Ωieda fil-pajjiΩi kollha tal-Ewropa. Sa˙ansitra58% qalu li kienu lesti li jaççettaw lijkollhom Prim Ministru ‘transgender’.

IΩda min-na˙a l-o˙ra jidher li l-ma©©oranza tal-Maltin g˙adhommarbuta bi s˙i˙ mar-reli©jon nisranja,g˙ax 40% biss qalu li kienu lesti lijaççettaw li jin˙atar Prim Ministru lijkollu xi reli©jon o˙ra.

G˙alkemm il-figura ta’ 89% li ma jsi-bux diffikulta` li jkollna Prim Ministrumara ©iet meqjusa mill-istampa b˙alasinjal li Malta ma tbatix minn diskrimi-nazzjoni sesswali, personalment kontnistenna li l-figura tkun aktar g˙olja

meta wie˙ed iqis li sa mal-1956 kellnaMinistru mara fil-Parlament Malti u fit-tminijiet kellna wkoll l-ewwel Presidentmara.

Sinifkanti wkoll li 81% huma tal-fehma li dawk li jkunu transgender(i˙ossuhom li jappartienu lis-sess l-ie˙or) kellhom jing˙ataw il-façilita` lijing˙ataw id-dokumenti me˙tie©a (b˙alng˙idu a˙na karta tal-identita, pass-aport, eçç) fejn ikunu mniΩΩla skont is-sess li j˙ossu li huma.

IΩda filwaqt li l-Maltin g˙andhomfehma progressiva dwar LGBT, jaqg˙ulura sewwa fejn tid˙ol it-toleranza g˙aldawk li huma ta’ razza jew reli©jon dif-ferenti. Sa˙ansitra 35% qalu li ma j˙os-suhomx komdi ja˙dmu ma’ Musulmani,u anqas minn 33% japprova li wliedhomjid˙lu fiΩ-Ωwie© ma’ persuni Musul-mani.

Fl-a˙˙ar artiklu tag˙na ktibna dwarkemm fis-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet li sarfil-Vatikan, l-Isqfijiet Maltin Mons.

Mario Grech u Mons. George Frendotkellmu favur li jkunu hemm bidla fil-modli l-Knisja t˙ares lejn dawk li g˙al ra©uni-jiet serji jibdew ˙ajja ©dida fiΩ-Ωwie©.

Jidher li l-˙idma ta’ dawn l-Isqfijiet, u ta’o˙rajn, tat ir-riΩultat mixtieq g˙ax kif qal l-Isqof Mario Grech, minn dan is-Sinodu˙are© messa©© poΩittiv lil dawk l-individwili huma dispoΩati (koppji li jg˙ixu flimkieniΩda mhumiex miΩΩew©in) jew iddivorzjati

u li ilhom g˙al diversi snin imxenqa mill-preΩenza ta' Ìesù f'˙ajjithom. Fost il-miΩuri li qed jirrakkpmanda s-Sin-

odu hemm li jkun hemm t˙ejjija akbar g˙aldawk il-koppji li se jing˙aqdu fis-sagra-ment taΩ-Ωwie©. MiΩur’o˙ra, li tibdelsewwa dak li kien ji©ri qabel, hija dik lipersuni dispoΩati jew iddivorzjati jkunuaktar integrati f'g˙aqda wa˙da mal-Knisja.

B˙alissa individwi dispoΩati jew divorz-jati ma jistg˙ux jag˙mluha ta' parrini jewikunu katekisti jew letturi u issa dawn ir-restrizzjonijiet jistg˙u jitne˙˙ew.

Fid-dawl jekk persuni b˙al dawn g˙and-homx ikunu ammessi g˙as-sagramenti(fosthom li jkunu jistg˙u jitqarrbnu), l-Isqof qal li s-Sinodu ma tax konkluΩjonijietkonkreti iΩda ppreΩenta orjentament fejnqal li “dawn il-persuni g˙andhom ji©uakkumpanjati minn saçerdoti bi kriterji in-dikati mill-Isqof ˙alli jag˙mel dixxerni-ment u jaraw Alla x'inhu jg˙idilhom fil-kaΩtag˙hom".

L-Isqof wera x-xewqa li l-Papa jissoktajibni fuq din il-miΩura u jispeçifika x'in-huma dawn il-kriterji.

Aktarx li ˙afna kienu jimma©inaw li l-akbarg˙add ta’ bdiewa kien jinsab f’xi post

f’G˙awdex jew fl-in˙awi ta’ Malta mag˙rufa g˙all-prodotti ta’ biedja b˙all-Im©arr u l-madwar.

Imma minn st˙arri© li sar instab li hu r-Rabat(Malta) li g˙andu l-akbar g˙add ta’ bdiewa r©iel -394 - segwit mis-Si©©iewi bi 369 u l-Mosta bi 350.

Óafna jabbinaw il-biedja mal-ir©iel, iΩda fil-fattfil-GΩejjer Maltin g˙andna wkoll nisa rre©istratib˙ala bdiewa. Din id-darba l-akbar g˙add jinsab is-Si©©iewi – 79 – segwit minn ÓaΩ-Ûebbu© (Malta)bi 58 u r-Rabat (Malta) b’54Kif mistenni l-inqas g˙add ta’ bdiewa qieg˙ed fix-

xaqliba l-o˙ra ta’ Malta - il-Birgu, il-Furjana, l-Islau Ta’ Xbiex fejn hemm bidwi wie˙ed biss f’kulllokal. Mil-lat tan-nisa hemm seba’ lokalitajiet fejnm’hemm l-ebda bidwi mara. Dawn huma l-Birgu,Bormla, l-Isla, l-Imdina, Santa Luçija, il-Belt Val-letta u x-Xg˙ajra.

Sintendi, wie˙ed ma jistax jikkalkula l-artma˙duma f’kull lokal skont l-g˙add ta’ bdiewa lihemm fil-lokal, g˙ax u˙ud minnhom ja˙dmu raba’li mhix fil-lokal fejn jg˙ixu.

Il-Maltin mhux l-inbid biss il-

gilgu, g˙ax lanqasma joqog˙du lura

Il-Mentalita` qed tinbidel

In˙obbuha l-birra!

L-akbar g˙add ta’ bdiewa


Ma ˙admux g˙al xejn

Il-Papa Fran©isku jippresiedis-Sinodu dwar il-familja lisar dan l-a˙˙ar fil-Vatikan

fejn tid˙ol il-birra, tant li nstab li ta’ kull senal-Maltin jixorbu 21 miljun litru ta’ birra.

Is-sena li g˙addiet, ras g˙al ras, kull Maltixorob 48 litru ta’ birra. Infatti nstab li l-Maltin

jixorbu aktar birra mill-Ispanjoli, It-Taljani, il-PortugiΩi u l-FrançiΩi (na˙seb li dawn l-aktarli jinΩlilhom g˙asel l-inbid li tant humamag˙rufa g˙alih).

Imma Ωgur li ma nag˙mlu xejn ˙dejn iç-Çekoslovakki li ras g˙al ras jixorbu 144 litrufis-sena, tliet darbiet daqs il-Maltin. Wara-jhom il-ÌermaniΩ, l-Awstrijaçi u l-Polakki.

L-elezzjoni ©enerali g˙adha lura – issir fl-2018 – g˙alkemm il-partiti politiçi

Maltin jibqg˙u g˙addejjin bir-rankatura saminn ftit wara li tg˙addi l-elezzjoni. Tant lidi©a` bdejna nisimg˙u bin-nominazzjonijietta’ kandidati g˙al dawk l-elezzjonijiet.IΩda filwaqt li qed jitfaççaw uçu˙ ©odda fuq

iΩ-Ωew© na˙at, issa bdejna nisimg˙u wkollb’uçu˙ ‘qodma’ li jidher li kif jg˙idu l-In-gliΩi, are calling it a day, u di©a` ˙abbru lima kienux se jo˙ro©u g˙all-elezzjoni ©ener-ali li ©ejja.

Fuq in-na˙a tal-Partit Nazzjonalista hemmGiovanna Debono, eks Ministru g˙alG˙awdex (Attwalment minn ftit tax-xhur ilum’g˙adx qed tifforma parti mill-grupp parla-mentari Nazzjonalista, billi kienet irriΩenjatminn dan il-grupp wara li Ωew©ha ©ie mixlifil-Qorti dwar abbuΩi ta’ xog˙ol), FredrickAzzopardi – it-tnejn eletti minn G˙awdex uCharlo’ Bonnici.

Min-na˙a tal-Partit Laburista, hemm JoeDebono Grech, eks-Ministru u wie˙ed mill-aktar membri, jekk mhux l-aktar membru, liilu jservi fil-Parlament. Attwalment DebonoGrech ©ie elett l-ewwel darba fl-elezzjoni tal-1966 u baqa’ ji©i elett f’kull elezzjoni li saretwara.

RiΩenja La semmejna l-politiçi li mhux se jer©g˙u

jikkontestaw, ma nafx x’se tkun il-poΩiz-zjoni f’dan ir-rigward tal-eks-Ministru Naz-zjonalista, Joseph Cassar, li kif forsi smajtujew qrajtu (ara pagna 12) dan l-a˙˙ar irri-Ωenja mill-Parlament wara diversi allegaz-zjonijiet li saru fil-konfront tieg˙u.

Fir-riΩenja tieg˙u Cassar stqarr li hu kien

elett fil-Parlament biex jg˙in u mhux biexji©i assassinat il-karratru tieg˙u: “Jekk il-politika waqg˙et g˙al dawn il-livelli, jienmhux lest li nkun aktar parti minnha. Jienad˙alt fil-politika biex ng˙in lill-˙addie˙or,imma ma d˙altx biex isir assasinju tal-karat-tru tieg˙i,” qal.

Kliem meqjus. Imma tg˙id il-politiçi u l-˙afna kummen-

taturi u artikolisti mo˙˙hom fil-politika, masetg˙ux jirrealizzaw minn qabel x’se jkun ir-riΩultat tal-kampanja esa©erata li kellna fl-a˙˙ar snin li kienet timmira lejn diversipolitiçi? G˙ax kif jg˙idu l-IngliΩi, “what goesround comes around” dan g˙ax jekk wie˙edma joqg˙odx attentat çerti strate©iji jistg˙ujag˙mlu b˙al boomerang u jispiççaw jergg˙ulura f’wiççek jew f’wiçç s˙abek.


Mix-xena tal-˙ajja Maltija 2

Na˙seb li ma nkunx immur Ωmerç jekkng˙id li lil Michael Buttigieg, jewa˙jar Kieli kif kienu jafuh n-nies tar-

ra˙al, Alla silfu 67 sena.G˙ax qed nikteb hekk?G˙ax Michael Buttigieg, li miet dan l-a˙˙ar

fl-eta’ ta’ 90 sena, kien wie˙ed minn dawk lifit-30 ta’ Ottubru tal-1948 rnexxielu jsalvamill-ag˙ar tra©edja tal-ba˙ar li qatt se˙˙et fil-fliegu ta’ bejn Malta u G˙awdex.

Dakinhar g˙add ta’ G˙awdxin u xi Maltininqabdu Malta billi l-vapur t’G˙awdex makienx qed ja˙dem bejn il-GΩejjer min˙abbal-maltemp. Allura malajr g˙amlu kuntattm’G˙awdex biex imur luzzu g˙alihom. Il-Luzzu mar il-Marfa (minn fejn qabel kien

jaqsam il-vapur g˙al G˙awdex) u bl-insis-tenza ta’ dawk li riedu jaqsmu g˙al G˙aw-dex, sid il-luzzu aççetta li jg˙abbi lil kul˙add,anke jekk dawn kienu aktar milli supposti©orr il-luzzu. Tal-luzzu kellu jçedi quddiem il-protesti ta’

xi passi©ieri li kellu, u minflok da˙al fejnxtaq biex jevita l-qilla tal-ba˙ar, dawwar ir-rotta g˙all-Im©arr... imma l-luzzu ma wasalqatt, g˙ax belg˙u l-ba˙ar...f’Óondoq ir-Rum-mien u mieg˙u bela’ wkoll 23 passi©©ier.

Flimkien ma’ tlett persuni o˙ra, KieliButtigieg irnexxielu jsalva u bil-g˙ajnunat’Alla je˙lisha minn ˙alq il-mewt.

Insomma twieled mill-©did, u d-destin riedli dan imut propju f’g˙eluq is-67 sena minnmeta se˙˙et dik it-tra©edja, meta fuq il-postfejn se˙˙et it-ta©edja kienet qeg˙da ssir iç-çerimonja ta’ tifkira.

Il-qag˙ad ta˙t il-5,000Jidher li it-tnaqqis tal-g˙add ta’ nies

ming˙ajr xog˙ol matul din l-a˙˙ar senama kienetx xi ˙a©a ta’ darba, g˙ax g˙adukif t˙abbar li matul ix-xahar ta’ Settembrul-g˙add ta’ dawk jirre©istraw g˙ax-xog˙olniΩel g˙al 4,924, ji©ifieri 1,675 inqas minnSettembru tas-sena ta' qabel.L-a˙˙ar darba li dan l-g˙add intla˙aq kien

kien f’Settembru tal-1981, ji©ifieri li dankien l-inqas g˙add ta’ nies jirre©istraw f'Set-tembru fi kwaΩi 35 sena.

Fit-tnax-il xahar li g˙addew, kull jumejn,g˙axar persuni sabu ja˙dmu. Dan jikkun-tratsa ma dak li se˙˙ bejn l-2008-2013 metab˙ala medja kull jumejn persuna aktarkienet tispiçça tirre©istra.

Interessanti l-fatt li l-akbar tnaqqis kienfost iΩ-Ωg˙aΩag˙ tant li fl-a˙˙ar tnax-ilxahar kien hemm tnaqqis ta’ kwaΩi 360minnhom bla xog˙ol.It-tnaqqis kien ukoll evidenti f’G˙awdexfejn matul ix-xahar ta’ Settembru kienhemm biss 640 persuna jirre©istraw g˙ax-xog˙ol.

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A quick glimpse at AustraliaA quick glimpse at Australia


Former Australian PM chastises Europe

No more coal?

Former Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott who was the keynotespeaker at the second annual Mar-

garet Thatcher Lecture at London’s his-toric, ornate Guildhall said in hispre-dinner speech that there has been atleast a hint of Thatcher about his govern-ment citing the stopping of the refugeeboats, the repeal of the carbon tax, budgetrepair, free trade agreements and a readi-ness to call out Russia for the shootingdown of a civilian airliner.

The recently ousted PM said that Eu-rope’s compassion towards refugees isleading into a catastrophic error. The im-perative to “love your neighbour as your-self” attitude of most Western countriesaccepting refugees en mass was dangerousand is at the heart of every Western policy,but right now this wholesome instinct isleading much of Europe into catastrophicerror. He warned of the dangers ofunchecked immigration, and implored it tofollow Australia's lead and bar asylumseekers from entering. “All countries that say ‘anyone who gets

here can stay here’ are now in peril, giventhe scale of the population movements thatare starting to be seen. There are tens -perhaps hundreds - of millions of peopleliving in poverty and danger, who mightreadily seek to enter a Western country ifthe opportunity is there and who couldblame then? Yet no country or continentcan open its borders to all newcomerswithout fundamentally weaken itself. This

is the task that the countries of Europenow run through misguided altruism,” hesaid.

In his first major speech since his removalfrom office Mr. Abbott went on to say hehad loath to give advice to other countrieswhile he was Prime Minister but said thatAustralia was the only country that hadsuccessfully defeated people smuggling,and this experience should be studied.“Turning back the boats would require

massive logistics and expenses, it willgnaw at our consciences – yet it is the onlyway to prevent a tide of humanity surgingthrough Europe and quite possibly chang-ing it forever,” concluded Mr. Abbott.The lecture, given in Thatcher’s memory,

accompanied a fund raising event for theMargaret Thatcher Centre, which aims toeducate feature generations about the lateBritish PM’s life, values and achieve-ments.

Over the next 10 years Australia plans to double its coalexports. If it goes ahead, the Carmichael mine in Queens-

land’s Galilee Basin would export more than 2 billion tonnesof coal over its lifeline and that is one mine; Australia hasdozens of coal projects on the drawing board. Sixty-one prominent Australians have pressed Prime Minister

Turnbull to stop any new mines and to putan international moratorium on coal on theagenda of the 2015 Paris COP 21 climatesummit.

The 61 have signed an open letter fea-tured in full-page advertisements in Fair-fax Media newspapers calling on the hostof the December talks, French PresidentFrancois Holland and the Australian PMto oppose the new coal development inQueensland. The open letter says Aus-tralia has a larger share of seaborne coalmarkets than Saudi Arabia has of worldoils’ market.

Malcolm Turnbull is expected to attendthe Paris climate talks and then fly toMalta for the Commonwealth Head ofGovernments Meeting (CHOGM).

Ousted Australian PMMinister Tony Abbottaddressing the annualMargaret Thatcher lec-ture in London

it comes to treatment ofthose seeking asylum, Aus-tralia is becoming a lawlessstate.

The full page advertise-ment on the SMH claimsthat Amnesty Internationalhas uncovered credible ev-idence of serious crimes

The World Health Organisation, WHO, an agencyof the UN declared processed meat a carcinogen,

like tobacco, and said red meat is probably one too.This announcement has alarmed bacon loversand sent the beef industry into furore. A working group of 22 experts from 10 dif-

ferent countries reviewed the scientific liter-ature on the carcinogenicity of red meat andprocessed meat.

A majority of the group concluded that theconsumption of processed meat caused col-orectal cancer and the consumption of redmeat probably caused colorectal cancer. Australia surpassed the US to claim the title

of world’s most voracious meat eaters – dis-tinction we held more than 30 years ago, in1982. Australia devoured 90.21 kilograms ofmeat a person in 2014, 170 grams more a per-son than the Americans.Within hours of the report Senator Barnaby

Joyce said, “if you got everything that theWHO said was carcinogenic and took it outof your daily requirement then you are kindof heading into a cave.

Asked if meat should be in the same group

as tobacco, Mr. Joyce said “No, it should not be com-pared to cigarettes and obviously that would make thewhole thing a farce.

It was indeed a reprieve for the4,500 workers at BlueScope Steel

and thousands of others in theIllawarra region when the State Gov-ernment gave the troubled steelmaker$60 million in payroll tax relief overthree years in addition to the $180million the company will gain as a re-sult of workers agreeing to payfreezes and the loss of 500 jobs.

Ms Gladys Berejiklian the NSWTreasurer said that she wants it madeclear that this is a one-off unique so-lution for BlueScope specifically andthat the NSW government had not es-tablished a precedent of granting con-cessions to troubled business in orderto protect jobs.

University of Wollongong re-searchers have found that the steel-works contribute $3.3 billion yearlyto the Illawarra economy. South CoastLabor Council Secretary, Arthur Ror-ris said it is an amazing result and areprieve for the region that has al-ready been doing it tough.

It is said that the Australian govern-ment must ensure their steel industryis supported through government pro-curement and strict anti-dumpingmeasures.

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International has taken outa full page advertisement inThe Sydney Morning Her-ald calling on Prime Minis-ter Malcolm Turnbull to setup a royal commission toinvestigate Australian offi-cials who paidpeople smugglersto return a boat ofasylum seekers toIndonesia. Amnesty Interna-

tional says theycommitted atransnational crimeand put dozens oflives at risk. Theyalso mentioned apossible secondcase of paying to a crew in-tercepted by Navy and Bor-der Force in July 25 of aboat with 25 asylum seek-ers from Bangladesh,Myanmar and Pakistan.Anne Shea from AmnestyInternational said that when

A reprieve for the Illawarra district

and abuses committed insecret under the AustralianGovernment’s “OperationSovereign Borders”.

The Australian Govern-ment has attempted to jus-tify the secrecy surroundingoperation sovereign bordersby claiming that the policyundermines people smug-gling and protect peoplefrom harm. Many people trusted thegovernment to do the rightthing. Instead, the govern-ment has abused that trust,the full page advertisementsaid.

Amnesty Internationalclaims 521,882 supportersin Australia and seven mil-lion supporters worldwide.

Meat lovers told processed meat hazardous to their health

Ma kienx ilu wisq li ©ie luraminn mawra f’Malta flimkienma’ martu. Kien ilu Ωmien jis-

silet ma’ problemi mediçi imma nharit-30 ta’ Ottubru l-©urnalista u xandarveteran Antoine Said Pullicino miet fl-eta` ta’ 77 sena fid-dar tieg˙u f’Sydneyimdawwar b’martu Jane u l-familja. G˙al 37 sena dan il-Malti kien mhux

biss il-le˙en tal-programmi Maltin fuqr-Radju SBS iΩda wkoll il-mo˙˙ u l-mutur. L-esperjenza tieg˙u b˙ala ©ur-nalista, im˙arre© sewwa f’Malta u bistudji fl-Ewropa g˙olla l-programmiminn NSW f’livell professjonali.L-intervisti diversi tieg˙u, l-aktar ma’

persuni distinti li ji©u jΩuruna minnMalta kienu mhux biss fattwali u pro-vokattivi imma wkoll bilançjati. L-ist-ess jista’ jing˙ad g˙all-kummentitieg˙u dwar ix-xena politika Maltija.

Antoine studja fil-Liceo u ggradwamill-Universita` ta’ Malta fil-baçelleratfit-Teolo©ija, u licenzjat fit-Teolo©ija.G˙amel kors fil-©urnalimΩu mal-Lon-don School of Journalism. L-ArçisqofMichael Gonzi kien anke bag˙tu jip-prattika l-©urnaliΩmu fl-Ewropa fi Ωja-

rat lil gazzetti Kattoliçi mag˙rufa b˙allOsservatore Romano, La Croix ta’ Franzau l-Catholic Herald fl-Ingilterra.

Niftakar din il-©rajja fil-˙ajja kmienital-©urnalista Said Pullicino. L-ArçisqofGonzi kien çempilli biex nintervistahqabel imur jistudja fl-Ewropa. Dak iΩ-Ωmien kont sub-editor mal-©urnal ta’kuljum f’Malta, “Il-Berqa”.

Antoine fissirli l-esperjenza li kellumeta f'Ottubru 1962 beda l-KonçiljuVatikan it-Tieni. G˙all-ewwel tlett xhurtal-Konçilju po©©ewh b˙ala l-iskrivantad-desk IngliΩ u kellu x-xorti jiltaqa’ma’ ©urnalisti ta’ fama mid-dinja kollha.Lura Malta n˙atar editur tal-a˙barijiet

tal-gazzetta, Le˙en is-Sewwa u fi tlettsnin beda ja˙dem ma’ saçerdoti o˙rabiex iwaqqfu kumpless ©did g˙all-©ur-nalizmu kattoliku f'Malta, u ©ie mqab-bad jie˙u ˙sieb il-bini tal-kumplesstal-gazzetta l-©dida “Il-Hajja”. G˙al ˙a-mes snin anke serva b˙ala d-diretturmani©erjali tag˙ha, u direttur.

Antoine emigra lejn l-Awstralja fl-1974. G˙alkemm di©a` ©urnalist b’es-perjenza sab li biex tid˙ol fil-©urnal-iΩmu tal-kitba fl-Awstralja ma kienuxjaççettaw g˙ajr çertifikati lokali. G˙al-hekk ˙tie©lu ja˙dem f’xi xog˙ol ie˙oru da˙al ja˙dem b˙ala credit officer ma’kumpannija Awstraljana. Hemm damja˙dem g˙al g˙axar snin. Sena mill-wasla tieg˙u f’Sydney iltaqa’

ma Joe (Valentin) Barbara, ˙abib tieg˙uminn Malta li talbu jwasslu g˙al laqg˙ali fit-Town Hall ta’ Sydney. Din kienetil-laqg˙a strorika li rat it-twaqqif tal-moviment multikulturali Awstraljan.G˙aliha attendew fost l-o˙rajn kemmGoug˙ Whitlam u wkoll Malcolm Fras-er. Kien f'dik l-istess laqg˙a li t˙abbarit-twaqqif tar-radju etniku bi prova g˙alsitt xhur. Dakinhar ukoll Antoine ©ientrodott lil Josephine Zammit (illum

mejta) li talbitu jie˙u ˙sieb l-a˙barijietg˙all-programm tal-Maltin.

Skont Antoine il-motivazzjoni g˙aldan ix-xog˙ol kien biss li wie˙edjg˙in lill-komunita’ Maltija tintegraaktar fil-˙ajja Awstraljana u biex ukolliΩΩomm ir-rabtiet ma’ Malta.

Fis-snin li g˙amel ja˙dem partajm(1975-2012), l-ewwel mar-Radju 2EAimbag˙ad b˙ala kontributur ukollmar-radju SBS involva ru˙u ˙afnamal-assoçjazzjoni tax-xandara u ©ur-nalisti etniçi, tant li g˙amel erba’ sninb˙ala segretarju tal-g˙aqda u sentejno˙ra b˙ala President. Kellu g˙add ta’laqg˙at ma’ ministri tal-gvern kemmlaburisti kif ukoll konservattivi biexjissa˙˙a˙ ir-radju etniku.

Ta˙t il-presidenza tieg˙u l-assoçjaz-zjoni ssie˙bet mal-unjon tal-©urnalistiAwstraljani li wasslet g˙al ftehim biex©urnalisti u xandara etnici jkunu mpje-gati mhux aktar fuq kuntratti immab˙ala full/part time kont l-ammont ta’programmi u d-daqs tal- lingwa. Fl-1983 fl-okkaΩjoni tal-mitt sena tal-

emigrazzjoni minn Malta g˙all-Aw-stralja, flimkien mal-Maltese Austral-ian Social and Welfare Association litag˙ha dak iΩ-Ωmien kien il-President,organizzaw mal-SBS lejla fit-Town Hallta’ Sydney li fiha ˙adu sehem seba’kantanti mill-Awstralja u sebg˙a minnMalta.G˙all-okkaΩjoni kienu wkoll˙ar©u diska.

Il-qofol tal-okkaΩjoni - li xxandret di-rett fuq l-SBS u l-istazzjon tax-XandirNazzjonali f'Malta - kien id-diskors ta’ SirNinian Stephen, il-Gvernatur Ìeneralital-Awstralja li fa˙˙ar kemm il-kontributkbir tal-emigranti Maltin f'dan il-pajjiΩ ul-©rajjiet ta’ art twelidna.

Meta kont intervistajtu wara li rtirab˙ala xandar mal-SBS Radio fl-2012,Antoine kien di©a` bassar li fejn jid˙lul-Maltin il-©ejjieni tar-radju mill-istaz-zjon SBS ma setax ikun wie˙ed wisq fe-liçi g˙ax il-komunita’ Maltija li tid-dependi mill-ilsien Malti qed kull matmur tonqos. Is-sieg˙at ikollhom jon-qsu biex jag˙mlu post g˙al ilsna o˙ra ug˙al gruppi ta’ komunitajiet o˙ra lide˙lin fil-pajjΩ mill-Afrika u mill-Asja lijin˙tie©u s-servizzi tal-SBS kif kellhombΩonnhom il-Maltin erbg˙in sen’ilu.

Fl-2001 Antoine ing˙ata l-premjukulturali Malti (NSW), u dan l-a˙˙arin˙atar wie˙ed mid-diretturi ta’ St Do-minic’s Hostel fi Blacktown.

Huwa kien persuna ta’ integrita` kbiradejjem lest biex jg˙in lill-komunita`Maltija. Minn dejjem ammirajtu u ˙afnadrabi tlabt l-g˙ajnuna tieg˙u. Kienwie˙ed mill-aqwa ©urnalisti jekk mhuxl-aqwa li qatt kellna fil-komunita`. Il-mewt ta’ Antoine se t˙alli vojt kbir.

Huwa ˙alla jikbuh lil martu Jane,uliedu Rachael, Rebecca u John Paul,l-ir©iel u n-nisa tag˙hom, neputijiet,˙utu, qraba u ˙bieb f’Sydney u Malta.


Antoine Said Pullicino 1938-2015

Mewt ta’ ©urnalista u xandar veteran f’Sydney

Ftit jiem ilu Malta wkoll tilfet xan-dar u ©urnalist veteran mag˙ruf,

il-kariΩmatiku Charles Abela Mizzi limiet nhar l-1 ta’ Novembru fl-eta` ta’81 sena.

Meta fl-1962 Charles telaq minnmal-gazzetta Il-Berqa biex ing˙aqadmal-istazzjon Nazzjonali tax-Xandirdak iΩ-Ωmien ir-Rediffusion, jien kontd˙alt minfloku. Kien hu li llonçjanifil-karriera ©urnalistika tieghi.

Charles kien xandar popolari ub’le˙en li jiddistingwieh fost o˙rajn.Kien ukoll wie˙ed mill-ewwel preΩ-entaturi fuq l-istazzjon tat-tele-viΩjoni f’Malta u g˙al erba’ snin kienjaqra l-a˙barijiet. Wara n˙atar ukollkap tal-kamra tal-a˙barijiet u u dep-utat kap ta’ Xandir Malta. RIP ˙abib

LawrenceDimech

F’Malta jmut ukoll Chas.Abela Mizzi

Antoine SaidPullicino


Biex tiktebMaltitajjeb

Il-qar-rej ja

li qedisegwu

din il-pa©na jidher lig˙o©obhom il-fatt li minn xidaqqiet inniedu ta˙ri© dwardak li nkunu ktibna dwarubiex wie˙ed jasal jikteb Maltitajjeb. G˙alhekk fil-˙ar©a tal-lum

ta’ The Voice qed nag˙mluaktar ta˙ri© biex wie˙edikun jista’ jattwa dak li jkuntg˙allem minn dik li nistg˙unsej˙ulha lezzjoni fl-IlsienMalti.Min˙abba li fl-a˙˙ar ˙ar©a

ktibna fit-tul dwar il-Verb, linfakkru, hija kelma li turi l-g˙emil jew l-istat ta’ xi˙add jew ta’ xi aga, t-ta˙ri©huwa dwar dan.

Spjegajna x’inhuma l-Mamma u l-G˙erq u

g˙edna li l-Mamma hija t-tielet persuna, singular,maskil, tal-Perfett jew Passat,u twie©eb g˙all-mistoqsija:“huwa x’g˙amel?”

Fejn g˙andu x’jaqsam l-G˙erq g˙idna li Il-konso-nanti kollha tal-Mammajiffurmaw l-G˙erq tal-verb.FiΩ-Ωew© kaΩi tajna wkoll xi

eΩempji. Illum g˙andna t-ta˙ri© u l-qarreajja qed ji©umitluba jag˙tu l-Mamma ul-G˙erq ta’ dawn il-kelmiet.

Ng˙allem, qbiΩt, xeg˙let, nor-bot, tefg˙u, Ωlaqna, lg˙abt, tik-ber, smajt, fixklet, ji©bor,naqa’, ˙abbew, fra˙t, i˙abrek,ng˙ajjat, refg˙u, ˙biet, ©rew, utlajna, sabbart, ˙ammi©t, far-rakt, er©ajtu, ©rejt, kissirna,˙assruhom.

Fil˙ar©a li jmiss nag˙tu r-riΩultat ta’ dan it-ta˙ri©.

Donnha l-˙ajja f’Malta ma tistax timxi ming˙ajril-˙oss effettiv tad-ding dong. Din ir-realtà hija

riflessa f’kull aspett tas-soçjetà Maltija, tant li kol-lox qisu jrid jew ikun maqsum fi tnejn inkellaframmentat biΩ-Ωew©.Issib id-ding dong fl-oqsma tal-kultura (Ωew©

baned, Ωew© qaddisin), tal-politka (Ωew© partiti,Ωew©t ilwien), tal-isport (Ωew© klabbijiet, Ωew© kam-pjonati) eçç. Tista’ tibqa’ sejjer hekk sal-parroççi,il-festi, l-g˙aqdiet soçjo-kulturali, il-palk, u Ω-Ωew©gΩejjer ewlenin tal-arçipierku Malti.

Ûew© tribuwiet? Sa˙ansitra l-bandiera nazzjonalig˙andha Ωew©t ilwien! IΩda d-ding dong jispikka l-aktar fil-mod kif fis-

Seklu 21 nitkellmu bejnietna u nit˙addtu ta’kuljum fid-dar, fit-triq, fil-knisja, fil-kaΩin, fuq ir-radju u t-televiΩjoni....u kif niktbu u nistampawfuq il-©urnali u l-g˙ejjun elettroniçi tal-a˙barijiet.Il-Lingwa tad-Ding Dong (Horizons, 2015) jitfa’

dawl qawwi fuq il-qag˙da tal-Ilsien Malti llumminn lenti ta’ ©urnalist frustrat li g˙amel karrieras˙i˙a jipprova jsib tarf ta’ dan il-fenominu lingwis-tiku billi ˙adem, u g˙adu ja˙dem, kemm bil-Malti

kif ukoll bl-In-gliΩ, iΩ-Ωew©lingwi(er©ajna!) uffiç-jali ta’ Malta.F’idejk issib

kummentarju ˙aj dwar l-annimal stramb li j©ib l-isem ta’ “bilingwiΩmu”.

To˙ro© wa˙idha l-mistoqsija: Il-bilingwiΩmu tal-Maltin ifisser li nistg˙u noqog˙du nfajru biçça bil-Malti u biçça bl-IngliΩ jew li, meta rridu jewme˙tie©, nafu n˙addmu Ω-Ωew© lingwi?Charles Flores i˙ares lejn il-bilingwiΩmu tal-

Maltin matul vja©© fuq Ωew© binarji – s-sarkaΩmuntenzjonat u r-realtà li ma nistg˙ux na˙arbuha.Bejnu u bejn ru˙u jara ˙wejje© u veritajiet li forsifis-sa˙na tal-mument ta’ diskussjoni jistg˙ujaqbΩu lil dak li jkun. Lejn l-a˙˙ar tal-vja©©, iΩda, ma jonqosx dak il-

waqt çkejken ta’ riflessjoni li joffru l-istudjuΩi tal-lingwistika biex hekk to˙ro© a˙jar l-istampamixtieqha tas-sitwazzjoni llum fejn jid˙ol l-uΩu tal-Malti f’kull qasam tal-˙ajja Maltija.

Il-kittieb/poeta Malti Dr Carmel Mallia reba˙l-ewwel premju minn fost 53 parteçipant minn

11-il pajjiΩ, fil-konkors mag˙ruf b˙ala “Poezio elĉiuj ĉieloj 2015” (PoeΩija minn kullimkien –2015) li l-g˙oti tal-premjijiet tieg˙u sar fit-18 ta’Ottubru li g˙adda f’Sant Angelo di Broloin fiSqallija waqt çerimonja organizzata mill-kunsilllokali tal-post flimkien mal-Federazzjoni Taljanatal-Esperanto.Dr Mallia reba˙ bil-poeΩija tieg˙u bl-Esperanto:

“Balado por poeto” (Ballata g˙al poeta) li hustess qara (kif jidher fir-ritratt fuq). Wara ©iettradotta g˙at-Taljan u moqrija.

Fil-konkors ©ew ippreΩentati poeΩiji bl-Es-peranto u bit-Taljan minn poeti mill-Bel©ju, il-BraΩil, il-Bulgarija, Franza, l-Istati Uniti, l-Italja,il-Ìappun, il-KaΩakstan, Kuba, Spanja, uMALTA.

Ix-xog˙lijiet se ji©u mitbug˙a fi ktieb b’Ωew©lingwi fl-istess ˙in, bl-Esperanto u t-Taljan bl-istess titlu tal-konkors: “Poezio el ĉiuj ĉieloj”.

DING DONG!Il-˙oss tal-˙ajja Maltija

Maltese wins poetry contest in Sicily

Ta˙ri© dwar il-Verb

St Helena Maltese Australia SC

NOVEMBER 14: (Saturday): Get-togetherat Holy Eucharist, St Albans

DECEMBER 19: (Saturday): Xmas fun-ction at Melrose Receptions, Tullamarine.

For more information: Phone Victor on 0412 99 13 25 orMary Abdilla on 03 (9370 51 64)


FEAST OF SAINT NICHOLAS

SUNDAY 6th DECEMBER 2015Good Shepherd Parish 130-136 Hyatts Road, Plumpton

(Opposite Shopping Centre)

3.00pm - Church ServiceFesta Mass in English. Principal Celebrant: Fr B Sant mssp assisted by: ParishPriest Fr G O’Dempsey and Fr C Borg mssp; Homily in Maltese by Fr B Sant mssp;The MCA Choir under the direction of Marisa Previtera

4.00pm - Procession: Our Lady Queen of Peace Maltese Band will play Religious MarchesFood for Sale: BBQ, Pastizzi, Kannoli, Nougat, Kinnie, Soft Drinks & Maltese Foods

5.00pm - EntertainmentDJ’s Tony & Paul from Maltese Radio–SWR FM Direct to Malta; OLQP band; Christmas Carols by the MCA Choir; Entertainment for Children too

6.30pm - St Nicholas Festa Committee Raffle is Drawn

7.00pm - Santa Claus ArrivesLollies and goodies given to all children

8.30pm Fireworks DisplaySpectacular Extra Special Fireworks Display by FX Display Co.

For further information call: Bill Schembri 0416 261 415 or Joe Fenech 0412 009 957Sunshine or hail – no problem we have a Big Hall

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Pawlina Armato iççelebrat il-102 sena tag˙ha ftit tal-©img˙at ilu flimkien ma’ ˙uha

Ω-Ωg˙ir Saviour ta’ 90 sena, li t-tnejnb˙alissa jg˙ixu f’North Western District PrivateNursing Home fi Gladston Park fl-iStat ta’ Victoria.

Paolina, li twieldet Birkirkara u hija ir-raba' wiltminn 12 - erba' bniet u disa' subien, emigrat lejn l-Awstralja minn Malta fl-1955. Hija dejjem baqg˙etid-dar biex tie˙u ˙sieb ˙utha, filwaqt li ˙utha s-subien li ˙ar©u ja˙dmu biex jg˙inu lill-familja tista-bilixxi ru˙ha fil-pajjiz il-©did li g˙aΩlu li jg˙ixu fih.Tlieta minn ˙ut Pawlina fet˙u negozju ta’ par-rukkiera, (hairdressing).

Il-familja Armato emigrat lejn l-Awstraljamin˙abba li l-˙ajja kienet saret ftit iebsa g˙alihom.L-ewwel li ©ew l-Awstralja kienu joqog˙du f’AscotVale u wara marru jg˙ixu f’Airport West. Ftit sninilu tilfu lil ˙uhom, Laurie, li tant kien i˙obb l-IlsienMalti, kien poeta mag˙ruf u membru tal-GruppLetteratura Maltija tal-Victoria.

G˙all-ewwel Pawlina kienet ftit imdejqa li ˙allietMalta imma wara rrealizzat li issa l-Awstralja kienetil-pajjiΩ ©did tag˙ha.

Il-membri tal-familja Armato jidher li jg˙ixu ˙ajjatwila, infatti Pawlina qalet lill-korrispodent tag˙nali ommha la˙qet mietet ta’ 105 filwaqt li o˙tha l-kbira mietet ta' 100 sena u tliet xhur.Skont dawk li jafu sewwa lil Pawlina jg˙idu li hija

mara ferri˙ija li tiftakar Ωew© gwerer dinjin.G˙adha attiva taqra l-gazzetti u anke ssegwi t-tele-viΩjoni, fosthom il-programm The Chase u tag˙melit-tisliba f'xi gazzetta Maltija.

Mistoqsija tg˙id x'inhu s-sigriet ta’ ˙ajja twila,Pawlina qalet li hi qatt ma pejpet, tie˙u bajda friskakull filg˙odu u tazza nbid a˙mar mal-ikel.

Nifiru lil Pawlina u nixtiequlha aktar g˙omor usa˙˙a.

minnhom fl-AwstraljaPawlina tag˙laq il-102 - 60 sena

Pawlina flimkien ma’˙uha Ω-Ωg˙ir Saviour,iççelebraw 192 senabejniethom

Community NewsCommunity News

The Maltese Community Council of NSW is conducting a computerclass at Maltese Resource Centre 59b Franklin Street, Mays

Hill 2145 NSW every Friday between 10.00 am-12.00 For moreinformation contact Em. Camilleri: 0409 744 376

Learn

Maltese!

MALTESE LANGUAGESCHOOL OF NSW

Classes are available for students from 6 years to adults at all levels of ability in theMaltese language. We have trained and experienced teachers qualified in

language teaching and with Maltese study credentials. Learn the Maltese language,the culture, lifestyle, cuisine, traditions and about the amazing history of the island.

Classes at: HORSLEY PARK - SEVEN HILLS - LUDDENHAM

For more information and enquiries Call Mary on 9601 2189Or email: [email protected]

Supported by the Minister of Education and Training and the NSW Community Languages Schools Programme.

Member of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools of NSW; Member of the Federation of

Maltese Language Schools of Australia; Supported by 16 Maltese associations affiliated with the MCC

of NSW. The Maltese Language School of NSW is a Not-For-Profit organisation.

A Division of the Maltese Com-munity Council of NSW Inc.

We will be commemorating a Mass for our dear departed members on Tuesday 10th November 10, at 7pm

at Our Lady Queen of Peace, OldProspect Rd Greystanes NSW.

Please attend as it is a holy thought topray for the dead that they may be

loosed from their sins.

The Maltese Cultural

Association(NSW)

The Sutherland & StGeorge Maltese Groupare organising a daytrip to The Entrance onFriday November 13.

The Coach departs Mi-randa Community Cen-tre at 7.30 a.m., then proceeds to pick up at Our Lady Queen of PeaceGreystanes at 8.30 a.m.

From there we will continue to The Entrance where we will stop forlunch at a club. Joe Galea and others will be there to meet us.

At 3.30 p.m. we will go to see the feeding of the Pelicans, and at approx.4.00 p.m. will start the journey back to Greystanes, and then continueto Miranda Community Centre to arrive by approx. 7.30 p.m.

For booking (not later than Friday October 30) contact Charles N. Mif-sud: 0421 662 298, or Joe C. Deguara: 0408 966 877

Travel by 5-star coach. Fee only $40.

SUTHERLAND & ST. GEORGE

MALTESE GROUP


PresentsChristmas Dinner 2015

Date: Saturday December 5Location: Mandaville Events Centre1788 The Horsley Drive Horsley Park

Time: 6.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.Menu: Buffet-style including soft dronks, dessert, tea & coffee

Beer, wine & spirits can be purchased from our licensed bar or BYO

Music: Provided by Manuel DJCost: $45.00 per guest

For ticket sale contact Sam: 0419781568/46841617Rose: 96285424; Elija: 96226047

Come and support our final fundraiser for 2015

St John Sydney Xewkija

Association

Id-direzzjoni ta’ TheVoice t˙e©©e© lill-qar-rejja li j˙ossu li jewg˙andhom talent g˙all-kitba, l-aktar bl-Ilsien Malti, imma mhuxbiss, inkella li ja˙sbu li bi ftit g˙aj-nuna jistg˙u jrabbu l-kunfidenzag˙all-kitba, biex jekk u meta iridu,jew jitolbu l-g˙ajnuna tag˙na,inkella sempliçement jibag˙tu x-xog˙ol tag˙hom lil: The Voice ofthe Maltese biex narawh. Email address:[email protected] Jekk tkunu tridu wara nippub-

likaw il-kitbiet tag˙kom.

Tinteressak il -kitba?

invites the Maltese community of NSW to the UnveilingCeremony of a Memorial Pla-que in memory of the Mal-tese men who joined the Australian Imperial Forces &New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of World War 1

Sunday, November 15 at 12.30 pmThe Maltese Bi-Centennial Monument Civic Park,

Civic Avenue, Pendle Hill NSW 2145

The Maltese RSL Sub Branch of NSW

La Valette Social CentreChristmas Programme

THURSDAY December 24: 11.30 p.m.: Procession withbaby Jesus; Carols by La Valette choir under the directionby Mro. Victor Flordia. Mass sermon by Natasha Tatari-

noff followed by Midnight Mass.SATURDAY December 26: The Centre opens at

5pm.with normal trading. 8.p.m.Ghana (folk singing).Everyone is welcome.

. THURSDAY December 31: New Year’s Eve DinnerDance. $55 adults, $30 for children. Entertainment by

The Falcons. All welcome..For more information: La Valette: 9622 5847; Frances 0412

320 4320 or Antoinette: 9671 2992

On SBS RadioDay Time Analogue and Digital

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

Maltese Radio ProgrammesMELBOURNE, on 3ZZZ 92.3FM or onwww.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5pm, Fridays5pm, Saturdays 10am.; Last Wednesday eachmonth at 1pm.MELBOURNE on 98.9 North West FM, eachFriday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. Presenter EmmanuelBrincat.MELBOURNE: STEREO 974 (93180930):97.4FM Wed (Maltese Magazine) & Thursday(Mer˙ba): 6.00pm to 8.00 pm Co-ordinator –Ray AnastasiIn SYDNEY, listen to the MCC radio pro-grammes on 2GLF FM 89.3. Saturdays 6 to 8a.m. Martese Caruana presents NostalgiaMusic; Sundays from 10.00 - 11.00 am: Il naMaltin. Both available on demand. Followsame procedure as for MCC programmes, exceptselect programe in reference.In BRISBANE listen to the Maltese Programon 4EB on Tuesdays 6.00 -8.15am; Sundays4.15pm to 5.15pmUNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio) tune in tolink: www.unclesamdj.com

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

Tune In to Radio and Television

Malta Society of New Zealand

We now have a Facebook pagethat former members are in-

vited to join. It is: Mainly-Maltese-in-Auckland:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mainly-Maltese-in-Auckland/

396193070527203?ref=hl.

It is open to all who have an interestin the Maltese culture.

Maltese Programmes on TV and WebThe GDAY MALTAUSSIE SHOW on TVS is broadcast in Sydney

Every Saturday at 2pm. Repeats onMondays 5 pm and Tuesdays 7.30 amWatch direct via HYPERLINK:http://ww.tvs.org.au; http://ww.tvs.org.au

Community NewsCommunity News

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

Meetings of DayCare Maltese

Groups in NSWFairfield Active Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Tuesday of the Month

from10:00am to 12 noon. The group meets in the Parish Hall, cnr

of Stella Street & The Boulevard, Fair-field Heights.

Maltese Seniors Central CoastYou need to contact our Welfare

Officer for an appointment.For all information and referral

matters one should call Censina Cefai:Tel: 02 439 000 12 or 0414 267 652

*(All Groups are Sponsored by The Maltese Community Council of NSW).Please contact the MCC Welfare Officer: Marisa Previtera JP on 0414 863123. The MCC offices are at 59b Franklin Street (corner with Young St)Parramatta West NSW(next to West Parramatta Primary School)

Daceyville Maltese SeniorsMeets on the last Wednesday of the

month in the Meeting Room One, No. 3General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville.Note: The Groups also arrange regular Bus TripsCome and join us and make new friends.

Merrylands Social Maltese SeniorsMeets every second Friday of the

month; Miller Room, Memorial AvenueMerrylands from 10.30am to 12.30 am

Llandillo Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Wednesday of each

month at the Llandillo Community Hall,Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1 pm.

Greystanes Maltese SeniorsMeets on the second Monday of each

month at the George Preca Centre ofOLQP Church, 198 Old Prospect Road,Greystanes from 10 am to 12 noon

The Sutherland & St GeorgeMaltese GroupOngoing: We meet every First Wednesdayof the Month from 10:00am-1:00pm

Our Meetings/Get Togethers are inter-esting, informative & entertaining. Come Join us and make new FriendsFor more information contact our Coor-dinator: Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone (02)9501 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298.

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

NSW. Aired every fortnight from 6 pm -7 pm (Next is November 17).

Presenter: Nathalie Gatt. Web streaming on: www.coastfm.org.au.


One good turn deOne good turn de--serves anotherserves another

Dedication we have lots of;when it comes to time, we

find it as when dedicating oneselfto a cause, it’s there. A third in-gredient needed to produce anonline magazine such as The Voiceof the Maltese is financial. To off-set that, the production team hasbeen seeking sponsors to help usshare that burden with us.

Some have responded positivelyby advertising the services theyoffer to their clients on our publi-cation. More is needed, so we callupon others to follow.

In return, our readers are urgedto use the services offered by oursponsors.

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Middleweight boxer Michael‘Pretty Boy’ Zerafa, 23 yearsfrom Craigieburn Victoria is

looking forward to his next fight inDecember after he was knocked outby 32-year-old US slugger PeterQuillin in Foxwoods Resort inMashantucket Connecticut, US inSeptember.

Zerafa was removed from the ringon a stretcher and in a neck braceand taken to William W. BackusHospital in Norwich, Conn. after hesurvived an alarmingly brutalknockout and succumbing to theWBO world middleweight cham-pion early in the sixth round.

Zerafa is looking forward to hisnext fight on December 4 in Mel-bourne Pavillion against an oppo-nent yet to be named. In the NewYear he will return to the US wherehe has been offered a spot at a train-ing camp in New York. This he saidcould lead him to some more bigfights.As to his fight that went wrong Zer-

afa said the preparation was notright and they only had five weeksto prepare for that fight. He has nowput the last fight behind him anddeclared that bigger and betterthings lay ahead.

Zerafa came in to the fight as a 50-1 underdog, having fought just onceoutside of Australia previously,while Quillin (32-0-1, 23 KOs) is aformer WBO middleweight title-holder. “Pretty Boy” Zerafa, had won 17 of

18 fights against what have been de-scribed by the media as moderate

opposition before meeting Quillin.Zerafa, born to an Australian

mother and a father, Manny, a mar-tial arts expert born in Malta, says hefirst became interested in boxing atage 10. He had around 20 amateurfights and turned pro at age 18 afterfailing to make Australia’s WorldYouth Team by losing to 2012

Olympian DamienHooper.

After the fight ag-ainst Quillin, whowas nine years older,and undefeated in 32fights against muchmore formidable op-position and a formerWBO middleweightworld champion, Mi-chael’s father said,“Ifit had been my deci-sion he would neverhave gone to Americafor that fight,” hesaid. “My heart sankto my shoes when Isaw him being stret-chered out, but what’sdone is done.Zerafa’s former mana-

ger, David Stanleyand promoter BrianAmatruda all blastedthe match-up Quillin-Zerafa as being highlyinappropriate.

Looking forward to next fightafter September KO defeat

Michael receiving treatmentin the ring after beingknocked out by Peter Quillin

Michael Zerafa: looking forward to his next fight in Melbourneafter his Round 6 defeat in September in the US

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After only two weeks out of it, Balzan re-gained the top position in the Premier

League last weekend after beating Sliema 1-0. Itcame after back-to-back defeats that pushed themto third position while Valletta took the lead.

But loss of form and five points, in their lasttwo matches, (2-2 draw v Mosta and 2-0 defeatv Pembroke) pushed them back to third place in

a weekend that has given the impression that thechampionship could be evolving into one of themost enthralling for years.This belief was further strengthened as Floriana

held Birkirkara, who had previously thrashedBalzan 4-1 and stood a good chance of profitingfrom Valletta’s loss to take over the leadership,to a scoreless draw. As such, Balzan took their

chance to leapfrog backinto the top a point aheadof both Birkirkara, Vallettaand Hibernians.

Hibernians who lostground when they wereheld 2-2 by Sliema inRound 10, are a point fur-ther back following theireasy 3-0 win over St An-drews who are still search-ing for their first points

This year it was a woman that stopped the na-tion. Michelle Payne became the first

woman jockey to ride a winner the MelbourneCup. She hit back at her doubters after ridingPrince of Penzance to victory at Flemington(Melbourne).

Payne was ecstatic after the race and couldhardly contain her excitement after riding the100-1 outsider to victory at Flemington in thisrace that held annually on the first Tuesday ofNovember. For a few minutes each year, thisevent stops the nation to watch it. Over 101,000people were at Flemington and the rest of Aus-tralian watched on their TV.After the race Payne said it was a dream come

true and was proud to prove people wrong in asport she described as "chauvinistic sport". Sheadded: I know some of the owners were keen tokick me off, and John Richards and Darren (theowners) stuck strongly with me, and I put in allthe effort I could and galloped him all I couldbecause I thought he had what it takes to win

the Melbourne Cup and I can't say how gratefulI am to them. Women can do anything and wecan beat the world.”

Payne pointed out that winning this race “iseverybody's dream as a jockey in Australia andnow probably the world.” She said she haddreamt about winning the Melbourne Cup fromwhen she was five years old. “I can't believewe've done it.”


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While eight of the 10 teams in theA-League continued to fight it

out for points, champions MelbourneVictory and Perth Glory were involvedin the final of the FFA Cup trophy atAAMI Park. In the end, for the secondseason running, Perth Glory were un-able to etch their name on the trophyas Melbourne Victory beat them 2-0for a League and Cup double.When it comes to the championship

Sydney FC retained their lead at thetop, one point ahead of their oppo-nents on Day 5, Brisbane Roar. Thetwo sides figured in a scoreless drawin greasy conditions on Sydney’shome ground at Allianz Stadium.

In so doing, they retained their un-beaten record as they had registereda Day 4 3-1 away win at CentralCoast. Brisbane took advantage oftheir home ground to beat bottomteam Adelaide 3-0.Next in the standing come Newcas-

tle Jets whose impressive run in ear-lier games came to a stop by losing1-2 at home to West Sydney

Melbourne Victory (who have agame in hand), Melbourne C. West.Sydney and Wellington come next onseven points.

Sports in Malta will benefit from a gov-ernment investment in capital projectsworth €10 million. Announcing the in-

vestment, Parliamentary Secretary for SportsChris Agius (on right) said the projects wo-uld be carried out despite the fact that Sport-Malta had inherited a great debt accumulatedby the previous Malta Council for Sport.That debt, he said, has now been redeemed.Most of the projects to be carried out, which

would be completed by next year, are in-tended to bring more people to the MaltaS-port programmes.They vary from improvements and mainte-

nance to existing sports complexes’ infra-structure, to the building of other newprojects that would increase sports facilities

and improve space for various sports disci-plines to practice their sport.Beside maintenance works to be carried out

on the National Pool at Tal-Qroqq, Sport-Malta would be building a sports village foryouths in Santa Venera, that would includetwo full sized pavilions for sports training indisciplines such as futsal and handball, andthe new trend for beach sport.

Other projects include the extension to theCottonera Sports Complex that would in-clude a pool site and a gymnastic centre, aracing course at Ta’ Qali and Santa Lucia,improvements to the basketball court at Sig-giewi, a judo complex at Pembroke, mainte-nance work at the Basketball Pavilion in Ta’Qali, and a shooting range in Gozo.

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Michelle wins Melbourne Cup to make history

Sports sector to benefit from €10 million investment

Full Results Day 5Sydney FC v Brisbane R.Adelaide U. v Melbourne C.Central Coast v Wellington Ph.Newcastle Jets v West. Sydney W Day 4Central Coast v Sydney FC Melbourne V. v Wellington Ph.Melbourne C. v Newcastle JetsBrisbane R. v Adelaide U. West. Sydney W. v Perth Glory

Pembroke v Valletta Birkirkara v FlorianaBalzan v Sliema W. Hibernians v St AndrewsTarxien R. v Mosta vNaxxar L. v Qormi

Round 10Birkirkara v Balzan Valletta v Mosta Hibernians v Sliema W.Floriana v Pembroke Tarxien R. v QormiNaxxar L. v St Andrews

RESULTS: Round 11

BalzanBirkirkaraValletaHiberniansFlorianaTarxien R.MostaSliema WPembrokeNaxxar LQormiSt Andrews

11 7 2 2 17 9 2311 6 4 1 26 10 2211 7 1 3 19 11 2211 6 4 1 19 12 2211 6 2 3 18 11 2011 5 4 2 18 9 1911 5 3 3 17 12 1811 4 2 5 9 14 1411 4 1 6 18 22 13 11 2 1 8 9 28 711 1 2 8 9 18 511 0 0 11 6 29 0

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Balzan regain top position

During a press briefing it was stated that 75other associations would benefit from theseprojects and would be joining around 25 oth-ers that already enjoy existing facilities.

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