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The Weekly Times - TWT - 12 December 2018

The Weekly Times - TWT - is a campaigning, crusading, truth-seeking, death defying, Aussie battler-aligned, one-eyed-Tiger-led news organisation dedicated to Sydney's north west. This flip book - or digital edition/replica - is the 12th December 2018 edition of TWT. You can direct people to TWT's 12th December 2018 edition by using this shareable link: https://weeklytimes.com.au/the-weekly-times-twt-12th-December-2018/ And the most current edition of TWT is always reachable using this short address: bit.ly/OurTWT

The Weekly Times - TWT - is a campaigning, crusading, truth-seeking, death defying, Aussie battler-aligned, one-eyed-Tiger-led news organisation dedicated to Sydney's north west. This flip book - or digital edition/replica - is the 12th December 2018 edition of TWT.

You can direct people to TWT's 12th December 2018 edition by using this shareable link:

https://weeklytimes.com.au/the-weekly-times-twt-12th-December-2018/

And the most current edition of TWT is always reachable using this short address: bit.ly/OurTWT

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28 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday <strong>12</strong> <strong>December</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

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RUBBISH REMOVAL<br />

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PAINTERS<br />

PTY LTD<br />

Plumbing<br />

tion<br />

kitchen & bathroom renovations<br />

Laing is presented with a framed women’s<br />

TREE<br />

jersey<br />

SERVICES<br />

by Rovers’ Life Member Karen Harrison.<br />

ST RYDE ROVERS<br />

3 Soccer Registrations<br />

ew Members Welcome!<br />

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s to All Age, Over 35’s, Over 45’s &<br />

Super League.<br />

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to provide development opportunities<br />

for all our players.<br />

Registration Dates<br />

urday 2 nd February 9am – 3pm<br />

or<br />

nday 3 rd February 9am – 1pm<br />

bank Park (Adelaide St. entrance)<br />

FREE TRAINING BALL<br />

For Under 6’s and 7’s<br />

30<br />

and socks included in all registrations<br />

Want to know more?<br />

ck our website for details<br />

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iries: Rachel Hogan (Registrar)<br />

ll.registrar@westryderovers.asn.au<br />

(0400)880839<br />

%<br />

OFF<br />

THIS MONTH<br />

To advertise<br />

Phone<br />

Narelle:<br />

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GIRLS JUST WANT TO<br />

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New Players Welcome<br />

ABLE TREE SERVICE<br />

* All aspects of Tree Work &<br />

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* Qualified Aborist<br />

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Teams from Under 7’s to Over 35’s<br />

Competition runs on Sundays<br />

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Want to know more?<br />

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* Landscaping and Paving<br />

WEST RYDE ROVERS<br />

SOCCER<br />

2013 Online Registrations now<br />

Club shorts and socks included in all registrations<br />

Registration Dates<br />

Saturday 2 nd February 9am – 3pm<br />

or<br />

Sunday 3 rd February 9am – 1pm<br />

Meadowbank Park (Adelaide St. entrance)<br />

Andrew: 0415 756 713<br />

Enquiries: Rachel Hogan (Registrar)<br />

football.registrar@westryderovers.asn.au<br />

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BEFORE AND AFTER<br />

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We<br />

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Painting &<br />

Restoration<br />

rubbish removal<br />

RUBBISH REMOVAL<br />

• FREE QUOTES<br />

• Trees Lopped<br />

• Yards Cleaned<br />

• Demolition Work<br />

• Stumps Removed<br />

• Factory & Office<br />

Stripouts<br />

FAST EDDY’S<br />

PH: 9550 2046<br />

MOB: 0418 486 665<br />

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Credit cards welcome<br />

WE LOAD, YOU RELAX<br />

To advertise<br />

Phone<br />

Narelle:<br />

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HANDYMAN / maintenance<br />

Smiths maintenance<br />

Needing the odd jobs done, maintenance<br />

of your house and yard.<br />

Smiths maintenance can help you.<br />

We service:<br />

Yards | Fencing | Painting<br />

Brick Work Hanging Doors<br />

Retaining Walls<br />

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smithmaintenance@gmail.com<br />

Ex-Ryde Mayor to<br />

appeal conviction<br />

Former Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch will serve a two-year Intensive Corrections<br />

Order (ICO) after a “blackmail” conviction in October related to an exchange<br />

with council’s Acting GM over reimbursement of legal costs, confirmed by a<br />

legal expert as perfectly legitimate.<br />

Judge Nicole Noman SC<br />

handed down the sentence in<br />

Campbelltown District Court<br />

on Monday, allowing the<br />

veteran elected representative<br />

and Emeritus Mayor to get<br />

on with his life practically<br />

unaffected.<br />

Notwithstanding the<br />

outcome, ICAC and the<br />

DPP were criticised in<br />

submissions by Mr Petch’s<br />

legal representatives, over<br />

attempts to “aggravate” the<br />

offence post-trial, to allow for<br />

a harsher sentence.<br />

<strong>The</strong> court was urged to<br />

reject the Crown’s attempts<br />

inviting it “to find facts which<br />

aggravate the offending<br />

conduct by references<br />

extraneous to the trial”.<br />

Submissions for Mr Petch,<br />

said the court should reject<br />

“evidence as to the value of<br />

the legal costs and the City<br />

of Ryde Council Code of<br />

Conduct, neither of which was<br />

tendered at trial.”<br />

“<strong>The</strong> offence is akin to<br />

an error of judgment, free<br />

from any factors which<br />

may otherwise serve to<br />

enhance the offender’s moral<br />

culpability,” it was submitted.<br />

Despite stating at trial the<br />

Crown did not intend to pursue<br />

a custodial sentence, Crown<br />

Prosecutor Donna Daleo’s<br />

sentencing submissions<br />

downplayed references of<br />

good character provided for<br />

Mr Petch.<br />

Ms Daleo also argued<br />

against a lenient sentence<br />

on the basis of Mr Petch’s<br />

unblemished criminal history,<br />

citing what she claimed was<br />

a “serious breach of trust”<br />

associated with the offence.<br />

She relied on the harshest<br />

available legal precedents,<br />

including the case of former<br />

Labor politician Eddie<br />

Obeid and another involving<br />

another ex-Labor minister Ian<br />

Macdonald and former union<br />

leader, John Maitland, which<br />

has been appealed over<br />

concerns of a miscarriage of<br />

justice.<br />

Judge Noman - appointed<br />

to the NSW District Court two<br />

years ago after a relatively<br />

long career as a Crown<br />

Prosecutor - rejected the<br />

cases’ relevance primarily<br />

on the basis they involved<br />

completely different charges.<br />

“In the circumstances of the<br />

case the Crown submits that a<br />

sentence of full time custody<br />

is required,” Ms Daleo<br />

concluded in her submissions.<br />

Mr Petch said he planned<br />

to immediately lodge an<br />

appeal against his conviction<br />

and and would “start the ball<br />

rolling” as soon as he could<br />

meet his legal representatives<br />

for further advice.<br />

Ryde Band Christmas Lights performance<br />

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Ryde City Band will play Christmas music next Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 18 at the corner of<br />

Chauvel Street and Cutler Parade North Ryde between 7.30pm and 9pm. <strong>The</strong> many<br />

walkers who come to see the spectacular Christmas lights in nearby streets are<br />

invited to enjoy the music and maybe even join in singing along with the traditional<br />

Christmas carols and songs.

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