Palmwoods
District News

June 24,
1999

Page 4

Wellington's Way
by Peter Wellington, Member for Nicklin

IT has been a year since I took office, the chilly weather is here, the rain has gone (hopefully) and it is a great time to get out in the electorate and start door knocking.

I have tried to clear my desk as much as possible with the help of my wife Jenny and some volunteers, I hope to deliver my newsletter to the majority of households in Nicklin.

If we run out of time, I will try to reach the rest via the mail service.

During the last sitting of Parliament I voted against a Bill to allow the Government to compulsorily acquire land for third parties. In my speech I said that I did not support the delegation of power from State Parliament to a Senior Public Servant because it allowed that public servant to decide if someone should lose their land because a private developer wanted it to build infrastructure on.

I joined the Coalition and Government in opposing a One Nation attempt to allow people to hold pump action shot guns without having a licence.

I also voted against the Government’s Industrial Legislation because I firmly believed that it would create new problems for the small business operators.

A record number of Bills are before the Parliament and will be debated at the July sitting.

The proposed Retired Village Legislation to be presented to Parliament next month does nothing for the people who are already locked into the present system. I urge everyone who will be affected by it to relay their concerns to the Minister. Contact my office for more information. I will certainly not be supporting it in its present form.

I will be part of a Parliamentary delegation to visit America and Canada in August to visit Silicone Valley, meet with Nortel executives, Microsoft and other leaders in the Information Technology field.

The aim of this delegation is to entice clean industries to this State and more specifically the Sunshine Coast.

I saw more than 50 people at my electorate office last month and attended the following list of meetings and functions in your area in the past month:

Burnside High 20th anniversary school reunion; St Augustine Palmwoods anniversary celebration (wife Jenny deputised); St Joseph’s School Queensland Day celebrations.

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