I'll say one thing about Hartsuyker, 's retirement, a celebration of his greatest achievements won't take long.
 ~  Bruce Thomas ~

Seventeen years as the member for Cowper.  What has he done?  He was clearly not liked.   All of those commenting on the link pictured below were not singing his praises. They were quite negative about his 17 year tenure.  He leaves now because if he stayed one more year his pension would have been subject to new conditions and he would not have gotten the same amount. 

That glaring fact alone should be proof these clowns only sit in these positions for the money.  His words were empty and the people have Cowper have been at an abject disadvantage because of non action by Luke Hartsuyker and his inability to listen to the people. 

I seriously don't know how he got in, no one seemed to be voting for him. Still the Coalition get their stingy butts back on the benches.  

The voting system was in a complete shambles the last election.  It would not be hard to have fiddled with things if you were a large corporation with hackers in your back pocket.  People don't seem to think this is possible.  I think it's possible.  People should realize how vulnerable our federal government has made us as a nation. 

Now we wait for the next clown to step into the ring and dazzle the electorate with stinking lit farts of toxic pig swill.

Screenshot of the ABC Interview live on Facebook

“Luke Hartsuyker has sold us out.”

~ Carol Vernon ~

Carol Vernon at the Franklins Ho Down Sth Grafton

The day after the election and I am so worried about the final result here.  Carol spoke so much truth when she said a vote for Luke is a vote for Coal Seam Gas.  In the future we will be knitting against Gas out at the front of Luke's Office in Coffs Harbour in Little Street, so he will have to get used to us all.

Carol Vernon said:

“Luke Hartsuyker has stated that farming and coal seam gas can coexist. “Luke Hartsuyker and the Nationals have sold out to the Liberals. They have sold out farmers and all those depending on a mid north coast environment that is not industrialised like the Hunter Valley and southern Queensland. They have sold out tourism, the fishing industry, the beautiful natural areas we love, and our children’s birthright.

“Expect farms dotted with wells and crisscrossed by roads and pipelines. Expect lights and noise 24/7 and toxic smells in your peaceful rural neighbourhood. Expect mining pollution contaminating our rivers. Expect roads clogged by mining industry vehicles. 

• “Expect a drop in your property values.

• “The Nationals and Liberals are prepared to risk our water and rivers for their corporate mates.”

• “The Nationals and Liberals have manufactured a fake debt crisis. This was exposed yesterday on release of their budget projections. The Liberals didn’t even bother to promise to return the economy to a surplus any sooner than Labor. 

Now they will justify rampant coal seam gas mining on our farmlands and toxic minerals mining in the headwaters of our rivers, in terms of the need for evermore growth and profits, mainly for overseas companies.

Carol Vernon also said:

 
“A vote for Luke Hartsuyker is a vote for an industrialised mid north coast. I warned of this. I wanted to debate Luke Hartsuyker on this. He avoided comment until the last days of the campaign. 

Now get ready to fight for your children’s right to clean air and clean water".  From the Mid North Coast Greens

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

SYBOLICALLY we are OFF to the LAWN (Parliament House Canberra)

Towards Parliament, Canberra (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In other words today the Federal Members of Parliament are being served orders to do something for the people now.  Today is about taking back the country.

Today we attempt to get action for all of the Csg refugees who are alienated from their land because of Mining and other PEL's being issued hand over fist right across the entire country.  The time for action is now.  I am in Coffs Harbour at 39 Little Street at the office of Luke Hartsuyker the Federal Member for Cowper and will be posting photographs of this action later on in the day here.
Images @ Melopopzdropz Flickr

Dorrigo residents oppose Chinese mine drill

by  Mark Dodd
From: The Australian written in September 2011

PLANS by a Chinese company to start exploration drilling for rare earths and gold on the pristine Dorrigo Plateau in NSW has triggered community fears of contamination of the water catchment for Coffs Harbour and nearby Grafton.
Anchor Resources, 96 per cent-owned by the Shandong Jin Shunda Group, wants to start a $2.6 million drilling program around an old antimony mine at Wild Cattle Creek and a gold prospect at nearby Blicks River.
But many local residents fear the drilling is a precursor to the start of large-scale mining that would threaten the crucial Macleay catchment.
More than 100 concerned residents from Dorrigo and nearby Bellinger Valley attended a community meeting at the weekend to vent their concerns and learn more about the mining proposal.
Dorrigo Environment Watch spokeswoman Gwen Hanna said any full-scale mining operation posed unacceptable pollution risks in an area that lies close to the World Heritage listed Dorrigo National Park, a major tourist attraction.

The habitat of three endangered frogs -- the Giant Barred, Stuttering and Pouched -- lies within the proposed exploration area, Ms Hanna said.
"This area is in a unique environment and we're really concerned that if they do open cut, which they're proposing in addition to open shaft -- it's going to be a really serious blot on the landscape," she said.
In addition to pollution fears, she said residents were worried about the prospect of ore-laden lorries travelling through Dorrigo to what would be the most likely processing facility at Hill Grove, near Armidale.
But local National Party member Luke Hartsuyker, the federal MP for Cowper, said any plans to resume mining on the plateau would create up to 60 jobs in a hard-pressed rural economy.
"This not an Olympic Dam," Mr Hartsuyker said referring to the South Australian mine site containing the world's largest known single deposit of uranium.
Antimony is used in the manufacture of fire retardants, plastics, medical applications and next generation computer memory drives. Demand for the metal is so strong, its price has rocketed from $4000 a tonne in 2006 to $16,000.
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke told The Australian he was closely monitoring developments.
"If the company was to propose to mine following exploration, it is more likely federal powers would be triggered at that point," he said.

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