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Fishing Party announces its candidates |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
The Fishing Party today announces that Bob Smith the party founder and chairman will be leading the party's Qld Senate group ticket to contest the coming election. Elizabeth Stocker will be his running mate for the group.
Mr Shane Boese will be representing the party in the seat of Bonner.
In 2004 the party stood Senate candidates and received 29,000 first preference votes which ultimately contributed to the election of the National's Barnaby Joyce.
Fishing is enjoyed by twenty five percent of the nation who contribute in excess of $3 billion to the economy. That means over $300 million is returned to the states through the GST arrangements which the party will endeavour to get a fair percentage of that returned to the users instead of governments introducing levies, fishing licenses and higher fees.
Access to the public waters, water quality and quantity, better facilities for the boating and fishing public and families, sensible and sustainable management of the renewable resource are priorities in the party attempt to get representation into the political system where the decisions are made. The good healthy environment of both land and sea is important to maintain a sustainable resource so the party will pursue and call for a better science perspective and agenda to control that future while endeavouring to maintain public access.
The party opposes any anti-fishing agenda where the science is overpowered by emotion rather than facts.
The party takes this opportunity to inform the fishing community that The Fishing Party has not changed its name and is not related or associated with any other party including any claiming to be representing fishing. The party puts on public record that proceedings have commenced in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on the 29th October against the Australian Electoral Commission with regard to the registration of a similar political party who The Fishing Party is claiming used members of The Fishing Party in either a fraudulent or misleading way to gain party registration. This most likely outcome will end in the Court of Disputed Returns after the election with that result a political bun fight.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 02 November 2007 )
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