Chooky's Zorba Joins the Funfare

Ï Êüóìïò NEWS IN ENGLISH TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2009 23 Brother of man bashed to death in bikie brawl at Sydney Airport gunned down The Hells Angels brother of a man bashed to death car and the man who ran across Punchbowl Road. in a bikie brawl at Sydney Airport has been gunned It is not yet known whether another motorcycle club down outside his Lakemba home. is responsible for the shooting. Peter Zervas, the 32-year-old brother of Anthony, The shooting comes only two days after Peter was shot three times as he tried to park his car in an Zervas, along with family and members of the Hells underground car park at a Punchbowl Road apartment Angels and Bandidos, buried his brother. block about 11.45 last night. It is also the latest in a string of bikie-related shoot- He had got out of his car to open a mesh security ings that has swept south western and western Sydney. gate allowing entrance to the car park when he was Both Zervas brothers were involved in a brawl with shot. about 10 Comanchero Motorcycle Club members at He was treated by ambulance officers and taken to St Terminal 3 of Sydney's domestic airport on March 2, George Hospital in a critical condition. along with Hells Angels Sydney Chapter president, As of 4am he was being operated on but was in a sta- Derek Wainohu, and other club members. ble condition. Anthony Zervas was killed after being hit with a "A 32-year-old-man stopped his motor vehicle in the dark hair and wearing dark jeans and a dark, long- metal bollard used in the fight. driveway of a unit block ... a number of shots were then sleeved jacket. fired, hitting the man," Campsie local area command- He was seen running across Punchbowl Road after Officers attached to Strike Force Raptor - the new er, Superintendent Paul Lennon, said. the shooting. squad created to combat bikie violence - are leading "Another man was seen ... running from the unit "A [white] motor vehicle ... had to sound its horn to the investigation. block." avoid colliding with the gentleman running across the Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers on That man was described as being about 175 centime- road." 1800 333 000. tres tall, of large, muscular build, with collar-length Police want to speak to both the driver of the white Dylan Welch is The Herald's Police Reporter Piraeus-Sydney Chooky's Zorba port twinning joins the funfare MELBOURNE- Deputy Merchant Marine, Aegean & Island Policy Minister Panos Kammenos proposed IT WAS a motley line-up at the twinning of the ports of Piraeus and last night's annual Melbourne Sydney during a meeting with NSW International Comedy Festival Minister for Finance, Infrastructure, Gala at the Princess Theatre as Regulatory Reform, Ports and Waterways Joseph Tripodi during his a medley of local and interna- visit to Australia that was wrapped up on tional acts peddled their comic Thursday. wares ahead of next week's fes- Kammenos also met with NSW tival opening. Minister for Fair Trading, Citizenship Virginia Judge, who is also the Minister ut without doubt it was Assisting the Premier on the Arts, and unlikely internet sensations outlined the dynamism of the recent Bthe Chooky Dancers, from Greek port policy emphasizing that remote Elcho Island in Arnhem through international partnerships Land, who brought the house down, Greece has become a major gateway for opening the show with their interpre- The Chooky Dancers perform their Zorba dance in a taste of what's in store at the Melbourne international trade and transportation in tation of the Zorba the Greek dance, International Comedy Festival. Photo: Pat Scala SE Europe. "Yolngu-style". In a meeting with Archbishop The group rose to fame after their Comedian Shaun Micallef hosted some naughty ventriloquism and, in Stylianos of Australia, Kammenos dance was posted on YouTube in the Gala, which had short acts from perhaps the biggest stunt of the referred to the potential of Greek expa- late 2007. They have since appeared 25 of the comedians with shows in night, Irish comedian Jason Byrne triate student tourism to Greek isles. at festivals around the country and the festival, including Arj Barker, cling-wrapping himself and a volun- Kammenos also attended a reception are set to visit Greece, where Zorba Dave Hughes (who perhaps unwisely teer from the audience to burly men hosted by the Greek consul general in composer Mikis Theodorakis has made jokes about bikie gangs), and competing to see who could roll Sydney on the occasion of the March 25 invited them to perform. Denise Scott, Tim Minchin and Rich across the stage fastest (Byrne lost). Independence Day and met with NSW Dressed in loincloths and daubed Hall, who appeared as his redneck The Chooky Dancers returned for Attorney General, Minister for Justice with ceremonial ochre, they per- alter-ego Otis Lee Crenshaw. the show's finale, a reprise of their and Industrial Relations John formed their number in true showbiz The Gala, a fund-raiser for Oxfam, Greek-indigenous hybrid act, which Hatzistergos as well as representatives style, complete with tickertape and reflected the breadth of acts at this Spicks and Specks host Adam Hills of the ethnic Greek community. disco lights. year's festival with magic, singing, referred to as their "kebaboriginal" number. Despite the current economic cri- Toxins found in children's shampoos sis, gags about the global financial meltdown were noticeably absent, A REPORT by a US health advocacy group has named low, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said such dangerous although it seemed there were few Johnson's Baby Shampoo as one of 32 baby products found to byproducts had no place in infants' shampoos and soaps that topics considered taboo, with contain small amounts of carcinogenic and allergy-producing were used daily, and parents were not in the position to make Twitter, divorce, creepy father- chemicals. The study, conducted by the Campaign for Safe informed decisions because labelling of the byproducts was not molesting clowns, crap skit comedy Cosmetics, laboratory tested 48 children's products that traded required. and even a punchline about a smok- on claims of being pure, natural or gentle. The report has prompted accusations of scaremongering from ing vagina (hello, Denise Scott), all More than 80 per cent tested positive for the chemical com- the US Personal Care Products Council and ACCORD getting a look-in. pound formaldehyde and almost 70 per cent for 1,4-dioxane, a Australasia, the group representing the cosmetics industry here. Whether or not the comics were contaminant linked to cancer and birth defects in animals under An ACCORD spokesman said the research was the work of a repeated exposure. None of the products tested listed the con- politically motivated anti-cosmetic campaign and the allegations saving their most uplifting material taminants on the ingredient labels because they were toxic were baseless. for the festival itself remains to be byproducts of the manufacturing process. Johnson's Baby "There is no formaldehyde in any of these products whatsoev- seen when it officially beings on Shampoo was found to contain 210 parts per million (.021 per er, these claims are patently false," he said. "This is mischief- April 1. cent) formaldehyde and 1.1 ppm 1,4-dioxane. making which just creates concerns for parents when there is The Festival Gala screened on While the trace levels in all the products tested were similarly absolutely no need for concern." Channel Ten on March 30th. The Age is a festival sponsor..

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