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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on

  • FRACKMAN: In cinemas this March

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    FRACKMAN: In cinemas this March

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    Be sure to catch Dayne on The Project TONIGHT, tune into on Channel 10 at 6:30PM. 

    Neville —

    Dayne Pratzky was chasing the great Australian dream when he upped sticks from the city and moved to Tara in south east Queensland. He bought a bush block to build a house and make a home.

    One day a gas company man drove down Dayne’s driveway, “He told me we’re gunna sink a well down the back of your place and if you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do about it,” Dayne explains.

    Dayne shares his story in a gripping new film that has been five years in the making: Frackman. It’s the real life story of what happened when coal seam gas came to Australia. In Frackman we share Dayne’s trials and triumphs, as he and his neighbours work together to fight back against coal seam gas.

    The Frackman premiere roadshow will be touring NSW throughout March. It’s the must-see cinema event of the year and the film that Bob Brown says no Australian should miss.

    Mar 2, 7:00 PM – NARRABRI The Crossing Theatre
    Mar 3, 6:00 PM – GUNNEDAH The Civic Centre
    Mar 4, 7:00 PM – TAMWORTH Forum 6
    Mar 5, 7:00 PM – ARMIDALE Belgrave Twin Cinema
    Mar 6, 7:00 PM – GRAFTON Saraton Theatre
    Mar 7, 7:30 PM – BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL – BB Community Centre
    Mar 8, 5:30 PM – LISMORE Birch Carroll and Coyle
    Mar 9, 7:00 PM – MURWULLIMBAH The Regent Cinema
    Mar 9, 7:20 PM – LEONGATHA Stadium 4 Cinema Leongatha
    Mar 10, 7:00 PM – BALLINA Ballina Fair Cinema
    Mar 11, 5:30 PM – HOBART The State Cinema
    Mar 11, 7:00 PM – BYRON BAY PIGHOUSE Flicks Byron Lounge Cinema
    Mar 12, 6:30 PM – TAREE Fays Twin Cinema
    Mar 13, 7:00 PM – NEWCASTLE Event Cinemas
    Mar 15, 6:00 PM – BROOKVALE Hoyts, Warringah Mall
    Mar 16, 7:00 PM – AVOCA Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
    Mar 18, 6:30 PM – CAMDEN Civic Centre
    Mar 19, 7:00 PM – CAMPBELLTOWN Event Cinemas
    Mar 21, 7:00 PM – KANGAROO VALLEY Upper Kangaroo River Community Hall
    Mar 22, 4:00 PM – WARRAWONG Gala Cinema
    Mar 25, 7:00 PM – NEWTOWN Dendy Newton

    CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO BUY A TICKETS.

    So don’t miss your chance to see Frackman on the big screen. Experience the inspirational true story. Get your tickets today.

    Holly and the Our Land, Our Water, Our Future team.

    PS: The Frackman trailer has been viewed nearly 1 million times, have you seen it? Click here to watch it.

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    Be sure to catch Dayne on The Project TONIGHT, tune into on Channel 10 at 6:30PM. 

    Neville —

    Dayne Pratzky was chasing the great Australian dream when he upped sticks from the city and moved to Tara in south east Queensland. He bought a bush block to build a house and make a home.

    One day a gas company man drove down Dayne’s driveway, “He told me we’re gunna sink a well down the back of your place and if you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do about it,” Dayne explains.

    Dayne shares his story in a gripping new film that has been five years in the making: Frackman. It’s the real life story of what happened when coal seam gas came to Australia. In Frackman we share Dayne’s trials and triumphs, as he and his neighbours work together to fight back against coal seam gas.

    The Frackman premiere roadshow will be touring NSW throughout March. It’s the must-see cinema event of the year and the film that Bob Brown says no Australian should miss.

    Mar 2, 7:00 PM – NARRABRI The Crossing Theatre
    Mar 3, 6:00 PM – GUNNEDAH The Civic Centre
    Mar 4, 7:00 PM – TAMWORTH Forum 6
    Mar 5, 7:00 PM – ARMIDALE Belgrave Twin Cinema
    Mar 6, 7:00 PM – GRAFTON Saraton Theatre
    Mar 7, 7:30 PM – BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL – BB Community Centre
    Mar 8, 5:30 PM – LISMORE Birch Carroll and Coyle
    Mar 9, 7:00 PM – MURWULLIMBAH The Regent Cinema
    Mar 9, 7:20 PM – LEONGATHA Stadium 4 Cinema Leongatha
    Mar 10, 7:00 PM – BALLINA Ballina Fair Cinema
    Mar 11, 5:30 PM – HOBART The State Cinema
    Mar 11, 7:00 PM – BYRON BAY PIGHOUSE Flicks Byron Lounge Cinema
    Mar 12, 6:30 PM – TAREE Fays Twin Cinema
    Mar 13, 7:00 PM – NEWCASTLE Event Cinemas
    Mar 15, 6:00 PM – BROOKVALE Hoyts, Warringah Mall
    Mar 16, 7:00 PM – AVOCA Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
    Mar 18, 6:30 PM – CAMDEN Civic Centre
    Mar 19, 7:00 PM – CAMPBELLTOWN Event Cinemas
    Mar 21, 7:00 PM – KANGAROO VALLEY Upper Kangaroo River Community Hall
    Mar 22, 4:00 PM – WARRAWONG Gala Cinema
    Mar 25, 7:00 PM – NEWTOWN Dendy Newton

    CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO BUY A TICKETS.

    So don’t miss your chance to see Frackman on the big screen. Experience the inspirational true story. Get your tickets today.

    Holly and the Our Land, Our Water, Our Future team.

    PS: The Frackman trailer has been viewed nearly 1 million times, have you seen it? Click here to watch it.

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    ABC’s fight for independence

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    Neville,

    As if Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull’s cuts to the ABC and SBS aren’t bad enough.

    The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported that Malcolm Turnbull wants to scrap the independent nominations process for the ABC Board so he can appoint anyone he likes.  

    In practice the Government has already thrown out the convention of an independent nominations panel for board appointments — last year they stacked the panel with former Liberal Party Deputy Leader Neil Brown and conservative commentator Janet Albrechtsen.

    Now it has been revealed even the illusion of independence is going to be scrapped.

    This is further evidence of the contempt this Government has for the ABC and SBS.

    Last year the Government ripped more than half a billion dollars out of the ABC and SBS budgets. Just yesterday Mark Scott confirmed that has meant 241 jobs lost so far and another 330 to go.

    I believe in strong, independent public broadcasters. Can you share this petition with your friends and family so they can speak up for the ABC too?

    http://www.alp.org.au/i_support_our_abc

    I hope you’ll stand with me to stand up for our ABC.

    Jason Clare
    Shadow Minister for Communications

    Australian Labor Party
    Authorised by G. Wright, Australian Labor, 5/9 Sydney Avenue, Barton 2600 ACT
  • “the last straw” for this cabinet? FAIR AGENDA

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    “the last straw” for this cabinet?

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    Renee, Fair Agenda <info@fairagenda.org>

    2:06 PM (2 minutes ago)

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    Neville,

    Tony Abbott’s leadership facing renewed questions…” that’s the headline of an article in The Age today; which goes on to detail that “internal despair at the government’s problems is now so widespread that even MPs in the more conservative junior coalition partner, the Nationals, are now adjusting for a likely leadership change…”.1

    As speculation about a second leadership spill builds, one thing is crystal clear — any move to a new leader will also mean a reshuffled cabinet — and an opportunity to address the abysmal under-representation of women at our nation’s key decision-making table.

    Any new leader’s decisions about cabinet appointments will be influenced by a range of factors, including the need to appoint Ministers from a range of states, and the appointment of the required number of National Party members.2 It’s well past time the representation of women was an issue considered with similar seriousness.

    Tony Abbott’s cabinet announcements have brought the issue of women’s under-representation in cabinet into the public spotlight — can you help make sure it stays there? If a spill is announced, there will only be a very small window of time to build pressure around this issue – which means collecting support beforehand is critical. Can you sign and share this petition showing Australians want women to be better represented in our cabinet?

    www.fairagenda.org/cabinet

    If we can collect enough signatures in support, we’ll use them to send any new leader a clear message before any new cabinet is appointed. 

    Thanks for everything you do to help put fair on the agenda,

    Renee, for Fair Agenda

    PS – Fair Agenda’s campaigns are only possible thanks to the support of everyday members like you — can you chip in to help make more campaigns like this possible? http://fairagenda.org/donate


    References
    1. Tony Abbott’s leadership facing renewed questions with Malcolm Turnbull breaking ranks, The Age, 26 February 2015.
    2. Jane Caro on women in cabinet: quotas and ‘merit’ in politics, Crikey, 17 September 2013.

    Fair Agenda
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  • Kelvin Thomson MP Speech: ‘The Witches Hat Theory of Government’

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    Dear Population Reform Supporter, Please find below and via the links, Kelvin’s speech from last night in Parliament on the ‘Witches Hat Theory of Government’, regarding the impact and influence of rapid population growth on the electoral cycle, political parties, and leaders in Australia, and overseas. –          You Tube Version of the Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_X9K9not4 –          Hansard Version on Kelvin’s Website: http://www.kelvinthomson.com.au/editor/assets/150225%20Appropriation%20Debate%20Speech%20Witches%20Hat%20Theory%20of%20Government%20Queensland%20Population%20HANSARD%20PDF%20FINAL%20VERSION%20ac.docx.pdf Please feel free to share this speech amongst your networks and to also share it on any social media page you may have (particularly the YouTube video). Regards Anthony CianfloneOffice of The Hon Kelvin Thomson MPFederal Labor Member for Wills  Attachments areaPreview YouTube video Kelvin Thomson MP: ‘Witches Hats Theory of Government’, Appropriation Bills 25/2/15

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  • Breaking: our chance to stop CSG

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    Breaking: our chance to stop CSG

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    BREAKING: under pressure from the community and the Greens, the Nationals have just changed their position on fracking in Victoria. But we need to keep the pressure on — chip in now to help stop CSG in Victoria for good.

    Neville —

    Right now, we have a unique opportunity to stop coal seam gas poisoning our state.On March 14 there will be a by-election in South Gippsland, currently held by the leader of the Nationals. We want to put a full-page ad in the local paper to make sure fracking is the top issue in the election and force the Nationals and Liberals to commit to a complete ban on unconventional gas. Can you help us?

    Today the Nationals announced they will allow farmers to veto gas drilling on their land. This is a win, but it isn’t enough. We need a complete ban on fracking for unconventional gas. With your help, we can make it the biggest issue in the upcoming South Gippsland by-election. Will you chip in now?

    If just 40 people chip in $40, we can place a full-page ad in the Great Southern Star newspaper in the week of the election. Chip in now to help us keep the pressure on the old parties and show voters where the political parties actually stand on gas drilling.

    This district covers hundreds of kilometres that are at risk from fracking, which injects dangerous chemicals into our groundwater, poisons our farmland, and contributes to climate change.

    This by-election provides an unprecedented opportunity to put unconventional gas on the agenda and pressure the Liberals and the Nationals to change their position.

    Help us put pressure on the old parties and stop fracking in our state today.

    All over Victoria, communities are standing up to multi-national corporations with the Greens to defend the country and protect their land from this dangerous practice. The Nationals’ change of position shows the power of having Greens MPs in Parliament — with your help, we can take it even further. Chip in now at http://www.adambandt.com/stop_csg.

    Thanks for standing with us,

    Adam

    [1] Victorian Nationals support right to veto on coal-seam gas development, Weekly Times Now, Feb 25

  • You and 100,000 others? Save the Reef

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    Louise Matthiesson, WWF-Australia noreply@act.wwf.org.au via server8839.e-activist.com 

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    Draw the Line

    Dear NEVILLE

    I can’t believe it! We’ve just passed 100,000 signatures on our global petition to world leaders asking them to ensure the Great Barrier Reef is protected.  That’s huge!

    If you have a moment, can you please help us keep it growing by signing here: wwf.org.au/reef and encouraging others to sign as well.

    The more people we can get to sign, the clearer the message to our leaders that it’s time to draw a line and protect the Reef.

    Thanks heaps,

    Louise Matthiesson
    Great Barrier Reef Campaigner
    WWF-Australia

    P.S.  You can help just by sharing the link at wwf.org.au/reef