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AUSTRALIAN REFORM PARTY NEWSLETTER
Australian Reform Society In. ON
A00546153X
ARP PO Box 310 Epsom
Vic 3551
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necessarily the official views of the society.
Welcome to the ARP Web Site
PRESIDENT'S LETTER JAN '10
Dear Fellow Members,
Stan has passed the President's baton over to me
and has stayed on as Vice-President.
May I take
this opportunity to thank both Stan and Steve Parker for the extraordinary
amount of time, energy and personal anguish they went through to rescue the
Party in the dark past. The fact that we are still here today is a tribute
to them.
ABOUT ME: Born and raised, fishing and hunting, in
a small (pop. 400) central Victorian town. 30 years a banker in Vic and the
NT Top End, followed by 8 years running my own business. Now happily
retired. Managed to land and release a black marlin off WA in September and
can die happy. Also, a heretic when it comes to the new religion of Man
Made Climate Change (that is my personal opinion and not necessarily that
of the party).
ABOUT THE ARP: Born in Bill Kelly's shed in
Rowville Vic after John Howard's Gun Buy Back, it has never been an
alternate Shooter's Party. Check out what we stand for elsewhere on the
website www.reform.org.au or if
don't own a computer
write
to Ian Dean at PO Box 310,
Epsom Vic 3551 and ask for a hard copy.
Likewise
with membership forms.
Now,
opinion may vary on this, but I don't think I'm foolish. So why have I
spent the past 12 years running around attending branch and national ARP
meetings and volunteering for other duties, unless I thought we had
something here? Do you know what I think it is? Citizens Rights. For
citizens to reclaim the right to have a say in this country's future. The
right of peaceful, honest, law-abiding citizens to go about their business
and leisure, without some parasitic bureaucrat or politician telling them
they can't do it. Those parasites don't own this country, we the people,
do.
ABOUT THE FUTURE: Firstly, to all our members,
from one side of the country to the other, who have stayed loyal and true,
your committee thanks you. Going forward, to strengthen the party and
satisfy Electoral Commission requirements, we now need to increase our
membership base further.
We all lead
busy lives and have our own priorities, but I reckon if each of us could
just convince one more person that what we are on about is in their own
best interests, we can start to make a difference. It's called People
Power. I urge each of you to help spread the word. Sign up new members if
you can. They can call the $20 ($10 concession) annual membership fee
"Conscience Money" if they like.
Nobody can
call you an idiot for standing up and speaking out about what is right and
proper. They can only call you an idiot if you say and do nothing.
Let's make
a difference.
Regards,
COL DRURY
President
ARP Ph 03 9561 4208
The venue for the meeting is The Brewery
Tap Hotel Warrenheip, Ballarat. Everyone is welcome to attend.
DUTSON
DOWNS and Toxic dump debate
The following letter recently appeared
in the Gippsland Times. The letter
was also sent to The Age and The Herald Sun who, as yet, not publish the
same letter.
An open letter to the Ministers
for major projects and for Planing.
Dear Ministers
Whilst considering the proposal
for a soil recycling facility (or stage 2 or 3 storage) at Dutson Downs,
are you aware that water sampling within the proposed extension of the Gippsland
Lakes Coastal Park and adjacent to the Dutson Downs facility has revealed
significant levels of heavy metal contamination, specifically (as Mg per
L): arsenic 0.91, Chromium 1.54, copper 0.36, nickel 0.23, lead 1.41, zinc
0.46 and mercury 0.0030.
Can we be assured that this is not
leeching or seeping out of the existing Dutson Downs facility and if not
from there, where is it coming from?
What action is being taken to rectify the present contamination
prior to considering putting further pressure on this sensitive area?
Colin Drury
President Australia Reform Party
Ph 03 9561 4208
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