At the Hold Hands for Gippstown rally on Sunday the Greens candidate for Narracan, Belinda Rogers, congratulated the Old Gippstown Committee of Management on their visionary plan for the future.
“It would be a major loss to Moe and its community if Gippstown did not receive appropriate government funding, now and into the future as it moves towards both environmental and economic sustainability,” Ms Rogers said.
“The objectives put forward by the Old Gippstown committee to make it a sustainability hub is a wonderful initiative which the Greens would be delighted to support,” added Samantha Dunn, Upper House candidate for Greens in Eastern Victoria.
“Making use of the existing windmill and waterwheel, introducing a solar system and wind turbine, upgrading the use of the waste management system with composting, a worm farm, chicken feeding, the recycling of glass, aluminium and cardboard and expanding their vegetable garden into other forms of planting as well can only be a positive thing, not only for Gippstown but the wider Moe community,” Ms Dunn said.
“Greens policy states very clearly that our cultural heritage has value to all Victorians as it provides a unique way to understand our history; the changes that have occurred over time and the contribution that earlier generations have made to our culture. This really sums up what Old Gippstown has been, is currently and most importantly what it wants to be into the future,” said Belinda Rogers.
Samantha Dunn, the Greens Upper House candidate, and myself will do more than merely Hold Hands for Gippstown. We will fight for the commitment from Government to ensure this vision achieves reality,” said Belinda Rogers.
Further information:
Belinda Rogers 0427 924 013 or belinda.rogers@vic.greens.org.au
or Samantha Dunn 0429 29 29 04 or samantha.dunn@vic.greens.org.au
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Be Strategic, Vote Smart, Vote Green for Eastern Victoria
Moe community activist, Cheryl Wragg, today announced she had been endorsed by the Greens for the Upper House electorate of Eastern Victoria in number 2 spot on the Greens ticket.
Ms. Wragg said: “I am encouraging people in Gippsland to vote strategically in the upcoming State election. Their upper house vote means they can hold to account whichever Party wins control of the lower house. Many decisions taken by successive Victorian governments over the last fifteen and more years have badly hurt a lot of Gippsland people. It’s time people in our region gave themselves an insurance policy against more of the same by voting Green in the upper house.”
In addition to voting for a lower house representative, voters also decide on the upper house region of Eastern Victoria which has five parliamentary representatives. Currently, two of these positions are held by the Labor Party, two are held by the Liberal Party, and one is held by the National Party.
Ms. Wragg said: “By voting for the Greens upper house ticket, Gippsland voters can break the stranglehold of the major parties over the electorate of Eastern Victoria. The upper house reviews government legislation and actions, and holds the government to account. If there’s one thing Gippsland communities are crying out for, it’s accountability from governments. So many important decisions have and are being taken that directly affect this region and our communities – Gippslanders must be part of that process, that conversation, and where necessary, that argument. That’s why I’m standing up as part of the Greens Upper House team so that, together, we can stand up for Gippsland and Eastern Victoria.”
Greens Eastern Victoria Upper House candidates are: Samantha Dunn (1), Cheryl Wragg (2), Penelope Swales (3), Francine Buckley (4), and Andrea Millsom (5).
For further comment, contact Cheryl Wragg ph. 51 27 3790
Biographic Details: Cheryl Wragg
Cheryl Wragg was born in Yallourn and grew up with her family in Moe. She attended South Street Primary School and Moe High School. After completing her HSC in 1978, Cheryl studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne. She was the first person in her extended working class family to achieve a university degree, completed in 1985. Cheryl has had a varied and interesting professional career.
Immediately after graduating, she worked as a care attendant in a residential setting assisting adolescents and children with cerebral palsy. Starting in the late 1980s, Cheryl worked as a senior researcher and policy advisor in the union movement specialising in heavy engineering and manufacturing industry development/job creation, and State vocational education and training policy. Since then, Cheryl has worked as a manufacturing industry consultant in the Victorian State public service, as a vocational curriculum designer, as an industrial researcher within the tertiary education sector, and within the community sector as a utility advocate and campaign organiser.
Cheryl is a committed volunteer activist. During the last ten years she has participated in utilities consumer advocacy with the Energy Action Group Inc.; with her father, George Wragg, as an antiasbestos advocate bringing ABC Four Corners to the Latrobe Valley for the making of ‘Power Without Glory’, later becoming Secretary of Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support Group Inc. (GARDS) 2001-2002; and since September, 2008 as a founding member and elected Secretary of Moe and District Residents Association Inc. (MADRA Inc.).
Cheryl is a recent member of the Greens Party. She believes the Greens provide the best and most responsive political advocacy and representation today for working class people and their communities. Her membership of the Greens is testament to her values not changing while her vote has. Cheryl is committed to industry development including an energy industry plan that delivers jobs justice for the Latrobe Valley, economic security and an improved outlook for the central Gippsland region and its communities.
Cheryl lives in Moe with her husband, Peter Gibbons, and their family dog, Bella. Cheryl’s interests include reading, art, walking and enjoying time with family and friends.
For further comment, contact Cheryl Wragg ph. 51 27 3790
Ms. Wragg said: “I am encouraging people in Gippsland to vote strategically in the upcoming State election. Their upper house vote means they can hold to account whichever Party wins control of the lower house. Many decisions taken by successive Victorian governments over the last fifteen and more years have badly hurt a lot of Gippsland people. It’s time people in our region gave themselves an insurance policy against more of the same by voting Green in the upper house.”
In addition to voting for a lower house representative, voters also decide on the upper house region of Eastern Victoria which has five parliamentary representatives. Currently, two of these positions are held by the Labor Party, two are held by the Liberal Party, and one is held by the National Party.
Ms. Wragg said: “By voting for the Greens upper house ticket, Gippsland voters can break the stranglehold of the major parties over the electorate of Eastern Victoria. The upper house reviews government legislation and actions, and holds the government to account. If there’s one thing Gippsland communities are crying out for, it’s accountability from governments. So many important decisions have and are being taken that directly affect this region and our communities – Gippslanders must be part of that process, that conversation, and where necessary, that argument. That’s why I’m standing up as part of the Greens Upper House team so that, together, we can stand up for Gippsland and Eastern Victoria.”
Greens Eastern Victoria Upper House candidates are: Samantha Dunn (1), Cheryl Wragg (2), Penelope Swales (3), Francine Buckley (4), and Andrea Millsom (5).
For further comment, contact Cheryl Wragg ph. 51 27 3790
Biographic Details: Cheryl Wragg
Cheryl Wragg was born in Yallourn and grew up with her family in Moe. She attended South Street Primary School and Moe High School. After completing her HSC in 1978, Cheryl studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne. She was the first person in her extended working class family to achieve a university degree, completed in 1985. Cheryl has had a varied and interesting professional career.
Immediately after graduating, she worked as a care attendant in a residential setting assisting adolescents and children with cerebral palsy. Starting in the late 1980s, Cheryl worked as a senior researcher and policy advisor in the union movement specialising in heavy engineering and manufacturing industry development/job creation, and State vocational education and training policy. Since then, Cheryl has worked as a manufacturing industry consultant in the Victorian State public service, as a vocational curriculum designer, as an industrial researcher within the tertiary education sector, and within the community sector as a utility advocate and campaign organiser.
Cheryl is a committed volunteer activist. During the last ten years she has participated in utilities consumer advocacy with the Energy Action Group Inc.; with her father, George Wragg, as an antiasbestos advocate bringing ABC Four Corners to the Latrobe Valley for the making of ‘Power Without Glory’, later becoming Secretary of Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support Group Inc. (GARDS) 2001-2002; and since September, 2008 as a founding member and elected Secretary of Moe and District Residents Association Inc. (MADRA Inc.).
Cheryl is a recent member of the Greens Party. She believes the Greens provide the best and most responsive political advocacy and representation today for working class people and their communities. Her membership of the Greens is testament to her values not changing while her vote has. Cheryl is committed to industry development including an energy industry plan that delivers jobs justice for the Latrobe Valley, economic security and an improved outlook for the central Gippsland region and its communities.
Cheryl lives in Moe with her husband, Peter Gibbons, and their family dog, Bella. Cheryl’s interests include reading, art, walking and enjoying time with family and friends.
For further comment, contact Cheryl Wragg ph. 51 27 3790
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