AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS, QUEENSLAND DIVISION NEWSLETTER

Vol.4, No.2, August, 2013

1. Welcome Welcome to this campaign edition of the Queensland Newsletter. This newsletter naturally concentrates upon the campaign under way here in Queensland, for the election of an Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland. 2. Report on the launch of the Queensland campaign On Thursday 15/8/13, members and supporters gathered at the Royal on the Park Hotel in Brisbane for the official launch of the campaign to elect an Australian Democrats Senator to parliament this year. Former Senator Dr Michael Macklin, lead candidate Paul Stevenson and support candidate Cheryl Hayden also spoke at the launch. [photo: Paul thanking supporters] 3. Queensland candidates in the media Lead Senate candidate Paul Stevenson has recently published two articles with the political journal onlineopinion. Please click on the links below to access these: Mental health reform: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15102 Disaster recovery: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15222 In addition, Paul Stevenson has been interviewed a number of times on both ABC and commercial radio. Please click on the links below to listen to the podcast of just two of these interviews. Other interviews have dealt more specifically with the current Queensland campaign: ABC link: http://bit.ly/16AEOQy Commercial radio link: http://bit.ly/11J1m3 4. Campaign forums During this time of year, candidate forums are frequent and hectic. Paul Stevenson has been speaking at candidates forums throughout the state, including Cairns in North Queensland and at the University of Queensland here in Brisbane. Following the Brisbane forum, Paul was interviewed by ABC TV and To keep up with forums, and indeed to keep up with the campaign generally, we recommend you go to the campaign Facebook site listed below. If you click on the link below, you can see lead candidate Paul Stevenson speaking at the recent launch of the history of the Australian Democrats, Inside Story, by Bev Floyd: http://on.fb.me/17gkI2C Cheryl & Paul at NAIDOC

Candidates at Bev's book launch 5. Media opportunities

If you know of any possible media opportunities for Paul Stevenson, or indeed forum opportunities, we would encourage you to notify these to either Fay Lawrence or Cheryl Hayden on either of the numbers listed below. 6. Campaign information One of the realities of modern life is the power of social media, and this is reflected in the fact that some 11 million Australians are active Facebook users. Therefore we have opted to use this as our primary online presence. Please go either of the links below for further information on the campaign (and please note that you dont need to be linked to Facebook to access these websites): Queensland Division Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/QueenslandDemocrats Campaign Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PaulJStevensonfortheSenate 7. Assisting on election day If youd like to assist on election day or in the days leading up to these, please telephone Fay Lawrence . Contact details below. 8. Adopt a booth programme If you would like to become involved in the Adopt-a-Booth programme, whereby members take responsibility for a particular polling booth on election day, please contact Fay Lawrence. 9. Election night invitation All Queensland Division members and friends are invited to an election night celebration (or commiseration) to be held at the Berkleys on Ann, which is just opposite Brisbane Central Station. Access by public transport is easy. The fundraising raffle will be drawn then, so if you havent already obtained tickets, please contact Fay. 10. Donations Remember that you can make a practical contribution to the campaign by making a cheque out to Australian Democrats (Queensland Division) and posting to PO Box 8, Grange Q 4051. Otherwise simply deposit directly to ANZ Account 3789.39933, BSB 014.234. All donations up to $1500 per annum are fully tax deductible. Queensland Division campaign contacts Fay Lawrence: Mobile: 0417.752.913, Email: fay.lawrence [at] bigpond.com Candidates (forums, media, contact with public) Paul Stevenson OAM. Mobile: 0412.000.080. Email: access.psychology [at]gmail.com Cheryl Hayden: Mobile: 0437.964.801. Email: cherylhayden200 [at] gmail.com

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