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Jones to face the Gallery

IF you ever wanted to see Alan Jones AO in action, here’s your chance.

The controversial broadcaster is set to take to the podium at the National Press Club on October 19.

Jones made headlines around the country when he addressed protesters at the Convoy of No Confidence on the lawns of Parliament House in August.

“Sydney Morning Herald” journalist Jacqueline Maley reported she was forced to leave out of fear for her safety after the controversial commentator turned on her when she asked if he was being paid to MC.

“People rounded on me and I began to feel very intimidated. A woman next to me began screaming abuse…  all because I asked a question,” reported Maley.

“Confidential” has heard Maley will be attending the Jones event, which will give journos the chance to fire questions at the popular author and commentator.

Perhaps some will see it as an opportunity to give Jones a taste of his own medicine. Will Maley be the first to fire back at the Talkback King?

More information and bookings to www.npc.org.au

Mosely heads north

WORD has it Lisa Mosely is finishing up with WIN News at the end of the month. “Confidential” has heard she’s heading up north to be with beau in Darwin.

Apparently, Mosely’s been dating former WIN journo James Glenday for about a year and couldn’t be happier.

The inaugural Peter Leonard Scholarship Winner (2009) launched her journalism career with WIN Canberra in January last year.

Mosley will join the team at the ABC in Darwin where her man apparently scored a cadetship. She will be missed.

Timomatic.
Woden’s got talent

HE scored third place in “Australia’s Got Talent” and featured in the top 10 on “So You Think You Can Dance” and now he’s on his way to Canberra. Timomatic is set to perform a one-off show at the Hellenic Club in Woden as part of the Woden Alive Festival.

The former Canberra boy has been unstoppable since “AGT” and was recently confirmed the supporting act for Salt N Pepa’s Sydney shows at the Enmore Theatre.

But it doesn’t stop there. “Confidential” has heard Timomatic might be heading OS to see if he can cut it in the big smoke.

Catch Timomatic alongside popular Woden-based dance group Kulture Break on November 4.

More details at www.wodenalive.org.au

‘Dolly’s’ cool reception

“DOLLY” magazine has been on location in Canberra shooting its most recent fashion spread around town, including Floriade and Cockington Green.

The popular teenage girls’ magazine’s Leda Ross told “Confidential” it took one model and a crew of eight to ensure the shoot was a success. But it wasn’t all roses. Apparently, it got so cold during the night shoot the team was forced to borrow jackets from locals.

“The Floriade people gave us all jackets to keep us warm, we were freezing, especially our model who was dressed in summer clothes,” says Leda.

“Everyone in Canberra is so lovely, people just aren’t like that in Sydney.”

The fashion spread will feature in the January edition, out first week of December.

Peek into the convict past

AUSTRALIA’S largest online family history resource, Ancestry.com.au has launched two new historical-record collections which offer a peek into daily life aboard

Australia-bound English convict ships.

The collections are journals penned by ships’ medical officers who were required to keep a record of all patients, treatments and outcomes during a sea voyage.

Dating back as far as 1815, some 43,000 records depict vivid and often gruesome details of “contemporary” treatments and medical practices, as well as stories of life aboard convict ships.

“Confidential” found one entry by James Hamilton, surgeon superintendent on board the convict ship Adamant.  He noted his discovery of an effective form of punishment – “stopping their wine is a capital plan to make them pay attention to cleanliness and has more effect than putting them in irons – patients all better.”

I would never have coped!

Was one of your relatives on board a convict ship? Find out at www.ancestry.com.au

Recipes evoke nostalgia

THE word around Floriade is that visitors get quite nostalgic when they see the Australian War Memorial’s wartime recipe booklet (pictured).

It’s been evoking memories for many of their grandmothers’ cookbooks and kitchen sights, sounds and smells from childhood.
Grab a copy before Floriade comes to an end on October 16.

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