country labor dialogue - may 2009

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Thank yo to everyone who attended a Regional

Consltation or made a Sbmission and contribted to or

discssion o how to bild a more Modern Labor Party.

Ten Regional Consltations have been held arond NSW,

with ve in Contry NSW Wagga Wagga, Batemans Bay,

Tamworth, Orange and Cos Harbor.The Committee will now meet to consider the Sbmissions,

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research.

The Committee will then present their ndings in Jne, with any

Rles changes to be adopted at the 2009 Annal Conerence.

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PartyMembersaroundtheState have attendedRegional Consultationswith theBuildinga ModernLaborParty

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Five countryconsultations havebeenheld

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The good news is that the overall aected area

has redced rom arond 800 kilometres to 500

kilometres, Phil Costa said.

The stretch o Mrray River rom the Hme Dam at

Albry to Echca/Moama remains on Red Alert.

A new section o river rther downstream at Eston

has also been placed on red alert and Glpa Creekat Mathora also remains on red alert.

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These changes will give an

eemption rom the work diary

reqirements or trck driversworking less than 100km rom

their home base, and armers

driving within 160km o their arm.

Michael Daley made the

annoncement ater a special

meeting o the NSW Road Freight

Advisory Concil in Sydney.

Ater listening to the concerns

o indstry grops and drivers, I

have now made these eemptions

permanent, Michael Daley said.

NSW Farmers Association

President Jock Larie welcomed

the changes to the legislation.

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The NSW Government will now

co-nd workshops with localbsinesses to rther encorage

economic development in Lithgow.

An economic development strategy

will help the Concil, bsiness

commnity and other commnity

grops decide how best to

encorage new bsiness and plan

or Lithgows tre prosperity,

Phil Costa said.

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MinisterforRoads, Michael Daley, recently announcedthe temporaryexemptionsonthenew heavy vehiclereforms will bemadepermanent.

MinisterforWaterandRegional Development Phil Costahasbeen activelyconsultingwithcountrycommunities.


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This is the rst tranche o nding rom the Federal Governments

$3 million over three years to assist centres pgrade or epand

their acilities and inrastrctre.

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Minister or Agricltre, Fisheries and

Forestry Tony Brke has visited both

regions to talk to aected armers.

Prime Minister Kevin Rdd and

Victorian Premier John Brmby

annonced a $51 million assistance

package or bshre-aected armers

and small bsinesses, inclding p

ront payments and low interest loans.Tony Brke and the Minister or the

Environment Peter Garrett have also

annonced nding or Landcare-style

work to protect sensitive waterways

and control weeds.

The Victorian res destroyed nearly

300 hectares o orchards, nearly

280 hectares o vines and more than

1,000 hectares o olives, nearly 7000

hectares o sotwood and

hardwood plantations.

More than 1500 sheep,

more than 980 bee cattle

and more than 650,000

sh were killed.

In addition, there was

signicant inrastrctre

damage, inclding more

than 7000km o encing,

17 dairies, more than 350

hay sheds and more than

780 machinery sheds.

In Northern Astralia,

armers will not know the ll etento the losses cased by foods,

inclding calves ntil arond Jne,

when mstering is nderway.

The Astralian and Qeensland

Governments made $3 million

available or odder drops and more

than 400 bales o hay were delivered.

This is in addition to measres nder

the Astralian Government Disaster

Plan or Qeensland, provisions

nder the Natral Disaster Relie and

Recovery Arrangements, and low

interest loans and reight sbsidies

or aected primary prodcers.

Tony Brke has also rged consmers

to spport or armers by being more

tolerant o rit and vegetables that

may be blemished de to the etreme

weather events.

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Saturday 30 May, 11am, Lions Den

Hamilton House, Hastings River Dr,

Port Macquarie Bk:

Port Macquarie Country Labor Ofce(02) 6584 5988

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Gulgong Opera House

Bk:Vicky (02) 6374 2274

or Margaret (02) 6374 1615.

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Saturday 19 September, 7pm,

Bathurst Panthers Bk: Ofce

o Gerard Martin MP (02) 6331 1555

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MinisterorAgriculture, FisheriesandForestry, TonyBurke hasbeenvisitingthere-aectedareas inVictoriaand thefoodedregions oNSWandQueensland.

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