country labor dialogue - may 2013

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Country Labor diaLogue

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campaigning againt conrvativ

candidat acro sW.

The Federal election campaign is in full

swing. Congratulations to the newly

announced Country Labor candidate

for Hume, Michael Pilbrow. Another

round of country pre-selections have

been opened by the Administrative

Committee this month.

Dont forget the Candidate and

Campaign Manager Training Day

on Saturday 25 May 2013. To RSVP

or for more information, contact

me on [email protected]

or 1800 503 035.

The ortrn alland -

lction campaign is also well

underway. The by-election will be

on Saturday 25 May 2013. Country

Labor announced its candidate

Herman Beyersdorf on Monday

22 April 2013 and within a week

had opened his campaign ofce

in Armidale. The Nationals have

preselected Adam Marshall, theformer Mayor of Gunnedah. The

current Mayor of Armidale Jim Maher

has also indicated he will contest the

by-election as an independent.

Herman Beyersdorf has lived locally

in Armidale with his wife Corrie for the

last 35 years, where they have raised

their family and worked in the local

community. Herman has been a local

Councillor for the last 21 years, and is

now Armidales Deputy Mayor.

As a local Councillor, Herman has

stood up for locals, campaigned

for more industrial land to attract

regional development; and supported

the Evocities program to bring city

dwellers to relocate in regional cities

and areas.

Herman and Country Labor are

campaigning strongly against the

Nationals $3 billion cut to hospitals

and community health services,

local public service job cuts and the

Nationals cuts to the Department of

Primary Industries.

A fundraiser will be held on

Wednesday 8 May at 6pm at NSW

Parliament House. Tickets cost

$30 per person. To RSVP for the

fundraiser, or to help out on the

campaign, email herman.beyersdorf@

alp.com.au

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on t rmir to rmov Jock Lauri

a t stat rt Land and Watr

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ortrn alland.

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t mat and pulicltanding a a ational

art candidat, Lauri

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and mut rign or

rmovd a Land and Watr

Commiionr immdiatl,

NSW Shadow Special Minister

of State, Walt Secord said.

In Opposition, Barry OFarrell promised

high standards, but as soon as he got

into government he gave the Land and

Water Commissioner to a dyed in the

wool National Party operative.

If the Premier is true to his word, he will

immediately remove Laurie and replace

him with a new and independent person.

The Land and Water Commissioner

oversees decisions involving water,

mining and coal seam gas and mustprovide independent advice without

allowing the government to pull the

strings behind the scenes.

ationalartysJockLaurie.

Jutin elliotandWalt scord hav joindforcto call onthsWstatgovrnmnttomakthorthCoat Csg Fr.

sW sadow initr for Watr andut LC for wd, Walt scord and

Fdral , Jutin elliot av joind forc

to call on t sW stat ovrnmnt to mak

The North Coast Coal Seam Gas Free.

I asked Walt to come up here and help

us because our State MP, Geoff Provest

is failing to represent our concerns

about Coal Seam Gas Mining to theNSW Government,Justine Elliot said.

Walt Secord raised concerns about how Coal Seam Gas

Mining on the North Coast could potentially impact the

Tweed River and local water supplies.

The far North Coast of NSW boasts a unique quality of life

and one of the biggest environmental concerns about Coal

Seam Gas Mining is the impact on water resources and

rivers. The only way to protect the water supplies of the North

Coast is for a moratorium on CSG mining, Walt Secord said.The communitys view on the North Coast is clear; they dont

want Coal Seam Gas Mining. The only people supporting the

CSG industry on the North Coast are the National Party.

Jock Laurimust resigna land & watr

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Shadow Minister for Local

Government Sophie Cotsis

said that the proposal

contained in the Farrell-commissioned Local Government

Review Panel report would

be the nal straw for many

pensioners already reeling

from State-approved increases

in electricity bills, gas bills

and public housing rents.

I cannot believe

Barry OFarrell

has even placedthis radical proposalon the table,

Sophie Cotsis said.

Abolishing the $250 council rate

concession is an absurd idea when

you consider how tough many

pensioners are doing it tough

with the rising cost of food, water,

electricity and medicines.

For more than 20 years, NSW

Governments of all political

persuasions have accepted that

pensioners whove paid into the

tax system all their lives have

earned the right to modest relief

from soaring council rates.

Countr sW lt down 2 ar of ational in govrnmnt

The Shadow Minister for

Regional and Rural Affairs,Mick Veitch says that country

NSW is worse off under

Andrew Stoner and the

Nationals in Government.

It has been two years and

regional NSW has been

ravaged by cuts to public

sector and services in NSW,

Mick Veitch said.

On the tough issues, Stoner andhis Nationals Party collapse like

a pack of cards in the party room

when the Sydney Liberals decide

to cut services and funding

in the bush.

Stoner may talk up the jobs

growth in regional NSW but the

reality has seen only 12,000

jobs created in 2 years, down

from the 68,000 created under

the former Labor Government.

No wonder unemployment has

blown out from 5.4 to 5.8%.

Stoner even tried to get a $1000

a week pay rise for his servicesas Acting-Premier, even though

it is something he already gets

paid to do as Deputy Premier.

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Workers are under threat at the next election.

Tony Abbott still hasnt come clean on the Liberals

full agenda for Australian workers, other than a plan

to cut 12,000 public sector jobs.

May Day rallies are on Saturday 4 or Sunday 5 May.

Come along and join the ght to protect workers

rights against Tony Abbott and the Liberals.

CelebratingMay Day 2013

vr t lat 5 ar Laor a protctd 7 million

mplo from unfair dimial, aolid WorkCoic,introducd t Fair Work ct,liftd t tax fr trold,introducd aid arntal Lav and dlivrd a

$1 illion plan for ui jo.

Supporting workerS rightS iS at the core

of what it MeanS to be Labor.

In 1949 Ben Chifey proclaimed our Partys conviction,

working for t ttrmnt of mankind not onl rut anwr w ma giv a lping and.

ABOLISHEDWORKCHOICES

INTRODUCEDTHEFAIRWORKACT

DELIVEREDUNFAIRDISMISSALPROTECTION

INTRODUCEDPAIDPARENTALLEAVE

CREATED800,000JOBS

AUSTRALIANLABORPARTYSupportingWorkersRights

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