country labor dialogue - july 2009

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Local Member or Page, Janelle

San MP, along with AmandaFazio MLC, Greg Donnelly MLC

and Country Organiser Courtney

Roche, talked to locals about

the $43 billion inrastructure

investment, and gathered

signatures on the Petition.

Locals were particularly

interested in the benets or

small business and the health

system rom the NBN.

Therese Schier, who runs the

local Casino Community website,

www.casino.nsw.au was on hand

to endorse the Campaign, and

sign the Petition.

Thank you to all the local branch

members who assisted with the

stang and set-up o the tent,especially John Ryan rom the

Nimbin Branch.

The Country Labor tent will travel to

the Ag-quip Field Days rom Tuesday

18 to Thursday 20 August. Are you

able to help sta the tent? Contact

Courtney Roche on 1800 503 035

or [email protected]

To obtain your copy o the

Petition and Campaign Kit go

to www.countrylabor.com.au

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Country Labor

has been busyover the last

month – gathering

support or the

NBN Campaign,

at Country Field Days.

The Support the NBN

Campaign has received strong

support rom communities

around the State. It shows the

importance o this Rudd Labor

Government’s initiative or ourcountry communities. The Rudd

Government has now announced

that Broken Hill will be one o

the initial priority locations or

the ast-track rollout o the NBN.

Thank you to all our Country

Members who helped with the

Country Labor tent at Primex.

We appreciate your support in

making the Field Days such a

success again.

And, nally, congratulations to the

Gulgong Branch or organising

the successul Louisa Lawson

Dinner. The Dinner honoured

a strong, pioneering, country

eminist, with a great speech

delivered by Melissa Parke MP.

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Janelle Sa fn MP, Amanda Fazio MLC, Greg Donnelly MLC and Country OrganiserCourtney Roche talked about the Support the NBN Campaign to local, T herese Schier,

who runs the Casino Community website.



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The unding or local community

projects includes:

$293 million or 56 regional

organisations, more than

1,200 community groups and

more than 12,000 landholders

to protect and conserve

Australia’s natural resources

$51.8 million to help deliver

on the Government’s election

commitment to protect

the Great Barrier Ree

$57.5 million to support

57 signicant projects

across Australia, including

targeting weeds, pests

and protecting wetlands

A landmark 4-year $19 million

initiative to tackle the estimated1 million eral camels

More than 2,000

community volunteer days

o cane toad control

Rodent eradication programs on

eight o Australia’s small islands

Biological control o weeds

o national signicance

Around 3,000 additional primary

producers using improved soil

management methods; and

More than 1,000 community

organisations to be involved in

coastal conservation projects.

Minister or the Environment,

Peter Garrett said the investment

represented a major step orward

or ‘Caring or our Country’.

Minister or Agriculture, Fisheries

and Forestry, Tony Burke

said the unding recognised

the leading role o Australia’s

armers in managing the land.

Duty Senator f or Far r er , Senator Mar k Ar bib, tells students that Br oken Hill will be one of the initial six pr ior ity locations f or

the $250 million f ast-tr ack r ollout of the NBN.

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Currently only 75% o newborns

are screened. The test is a

simple and non-invasive test that

is relatively quick and easy to

perorm.

Early detection and treatment

o a hearing impairment can be

vital to a child’s ability to develop

language skills.

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Western Advocate 12.6.09

The NSW Cabinet visited Bathurst in

June. Premier Nathan Rees announced

the abolition o the Countrylink Pensioner

booking ee and presented the rst Ben

Chifey Apprenticeship Award.

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The CLPG visited the Manildra starch

and ethanol plant at Bomaderry,

where they met with Chairman Dick

Honan, beore touring the plant and

talking to local workers.

Members also visited the

Shoalhaven Paper Mill at Bomaderry.

This was a valuable opportunity to

hear about their latest innovation,

the new 100% carbon neutral paper,

as well as to view the latest security

papers, such as the NSW LandsLand Title papers as they rolled

rom the presses.

The CLPG toured the new

$151 million gaol being built at

South Nowra, which has been

expanded to oer 600 beds.

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Members heard about how the gaol

was providing valuable investment

to the South Coast. Two-thirds

o the contractors being used on

the project are rom the local area,

supporting local jobs during the

global nancial crisis.

Kiama SEC organised a successul

undraising dinner in Berry, showing

the Members o the CLPG some

antastic South Coast hospitality.

A great night was had by all.

Congratulations especially to Jill

Taylor and Ric Gainord or their

eorts in organising the evening.

T he CLPG r ecently visited the South Coast, including the Manildr a star ch and ethanol plant at Bomader ry.

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The project will deliver an

estimated 700 jobs to the Broken

Hill area during the ve-year

construction period, with 120

jobs or the on-going operation

o the wind arm. The $2.2 billion

project will involve the construction

o up to 598 turbines and has thepotential to supply electricity to

up to 3 States.

A single wind turbine will generate

enough power or up to 732

homes per year. This is the

equivalent o taking approximately

1,170 cars o the road annually.

Minister or Planning, Kristina

Keneally has given approval or

another, smaller wind arm at

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The $250 million project will

generate around 150 construction

jobs, 15 ongoing jobs and up to

$90 million or the local economy.

The planning approval was given

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reduced the number o turbines

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The towns are:

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project, which delivers aordable

high speed broadband to some

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in NSW.

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Bellinger River Branch held a successul Italian luncheon or local supporters

to raise unds or the upcoming Federal Election campaign, creating a

‘Mediterranean oasis’ in the middle o the Bellingen Valley.

Congratulations to the local branches or their hard work in organising the

successul undraising unctions.

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The Guest Speaker was MelissaParke MP, Federal Member or

Fremantle. Ms Parke’s address

ocussed on her experiences

beore she was elected to the

Federal Parliament in 2007, when

she was a Senior Lawyer with the

United Nations or eight years,

including time in Kosovo, Gaza,

Beirut, Cyprus and New York. Ms

Parke thoroughly impressed the

audience with her speech, and hercommitment to Labor principles.

The Louisa Lawson Memorial

Address is held every our years.

It is to honour Louisa Lawson,

(1848-1920), the mother o the

amous author Henry Lawson, a

lielong eminist, and who has been

called “The Mother o Surage in

NSW”. In 1888, Louisa Lawson

established and subsequently

ran The Dawn, Australia’s rst

journal produced solely by woman.

Produced monthly, it eatured

articles rom a strong eminist

perspective or ten years.

Congratulations to Alex Lithgow

and the Gulgong Branch or all

their work in organising such a

successul dinner.

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Saturday 19 September, 7pm,

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Bookings: Oce o Gerard MartinMP (02) 6331 1555

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Tuesday 20-Thursday 22 October

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T he quadrennial Louisa Lawson Memorial Address was delivered by Melissa Parke MP, Member f or Fremantle. It was well-attended by local and sur r ounding Br anch Member s,Senator Steve Hutchins, the Hon Christine Rober tson MLC, the Hon Amanda Fazio MLC and Countr y Organiser , Cour tney Roche.

Linda Burne y, the Na tional Presiden t, has recen tl y

spoken a t fundraising lunches on the North Coas t for

the Por t Macquarie and Co f fs Harbour Branches.

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