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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…
Thank
you to The Maryborough Herald for this
picture and
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Jason Ball
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