Traveston Dam Protest Rally to Brisbane

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Chris Foley MP, State Member for Maryborough, is organising a car rally from Maryborough to Brisbane on Friday 6 June 2008.

The rally will depart from the Maryborough City Hall in Kent Street at 6am and plans are to arrive at Parliament House at 11am.

Friday 6 June is the final sitting day in Parliament of Budget week and 11am will be halfway through Question time.
We want as many people as possible to be involved to show the Government that we mean business.
If enough interest is shown, we will organise a bus to transport those who cannot drive for a minimal cost per person.
Click on the link above to register your interest or call the Maryborough Electorate Office on 4122 2277.

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Chris Foley MP

State Member for Maryborough


Parliament Sitting Dates
2008 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri  
February   12 13 14    
    26 27 28    
March   11 12 13    
April     16 17 18  
    29 30      
May       1    
    13 14 15    
June   3 4 5 6 (Budget Sitting)

July

  15 16 17   (Estimates Committees)
    22 23 24   (Estimates Committees)
August   26 27 28    
             

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Contact Details

Maryborough Electorate Office

Shop 1 Comet Place

133 Lennox Street

Maryborough 4650
 
 
Email:  Maryborough@parliament.qld.gov.au
 
Tel: (07) 41222277         Fax:(07) 41221980       1800 Number:1800 813794
 

From The Member's Desk

Wednesday 7 May 2008
 

May 2008 already? Where has this year gone? Blink and you’ll miss it!

Another ANZAC Day has come and gone, and this year’s Anzac Day was one of the best yet. People turned out in droves to honour the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for their country. As well as the march, Glenys and I attended the lunch hosted for the final time by the RSL Women’s Auxiliary, well done ladies, take a bow.

I recently did a tour of the Maryborough Hospital, to check out some of the new initiatives. Staff numbers are significantly up which is a good thing but I am also working with some staff regarding their complaints and also working on service delivery problems with the health focus group, of which I am a member.

On the 26th April I launched the opening of the Sybil Almond and Ann Bowden Art Exhibition. It was fabulous. Very different artists, but the irrepressible Sybil is in her nineties and still painting up a storm.
Headspace is an organization that we’re going to hear a lot more about. It will be a breath of fresh air for young people in our region struggling with life difficulties, especially mental illnesses.

Congratulations to my Electorate Officer Barbara for being in the Maryborough Electorate Office for 8 years as of last Friday (5 years with me). My office wouldn’t function so well without Barb’s many talents and skills and I owe her a great thank you. My eldest daughter Chelsea has just released her first EP with her group “The Biggenden Exit”. I really love their songs (but I could be biased) .

Parliament was particularly feisty last week. I managed to get the Premier and Senior Ministers excited by challenging them about school cleaners, and the lies told during “Dorothy Dixer” questions along with the Traveston Dam, as well as my committee work on Travelsafe, Altruistic Surrogacy, Members Ethics and the Parliamentary Privileges committee. I also attended the Queensland Student Leadership Forum group and attended their dinner which was a rather eventful evening. Parliament sits again next week.
How about this for a strange story. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was left red-faced when he was caught travelling on a train without a ticket and said he had no cash to pay the fare, a report said. Mr Blair, who has earned around 500,000 pounds ($1.04 million) on the speaking circuit since leaving office in June, was confronted by a ticket inspector as he travelled to Heathrow airport to catch a flight to the United States last Monday, the Daily Mail newspaper reported. He said he had no cash for the 24.50 pound fare because money an aide had given him was no longer in his pocket. The newspaper, quoting Blair's spokesman, said his bodyguard offered to pay the ticket, but the inspector said he could travel for free.

 


Till next time,
Kind Regards
Chris…
 


 

 

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