2015 State Election - Conservation Society Events
"Society's Wollangambe Meeting - 17 August 2014"
Over the course of our Vote for the Environment campaign, the Society has held two events -
- The State of the State - 15th October 2014
- Meet the Candidates - 1st March 2015
These events highlighted both the issues and the candidates, and were public meetings.
Both events were videoed by Gary Caganoff (Lysis Films).
NB: Liberal candidate and local member, Roza Sage, did not attend either event.
Meet the Candidates - 1st March 2015 - Mid Mountains Community Centre, Lawson
The meeting was divided into three parts -
- Candidate Talks - 13 minutes from each candidate
- Audience Q & A starting with 2 pre-set questions from the Society - 40 minutes
- Brief key action summary statements by each candidate - 2 minutes each
Topics Covered (time location in video) -
* Raising Warragamba Dam and Nepean Flood Plain (0:00)
* Coal: Phase-out of coal mining (3:39)
* Renewables and Jobs Generated (11:24)
* Where to in 40 to 50 years? (14:29)
* Hanging Swamps (19:32)
* CSG (22:25)
* Badgerys Creek Airport (26:40)
* That coal should be no more (31:53)
* Local Environment Plan - LEP (33:48)
* Party Preferences (37:20)
Audience Q & A - Audience Q & A video
* Raising Warragamba Dam and Nepean Flood Plain (0:00)
* Coal: Phase-out of coal mining (3:39)
* Renewables and Jobs Generated (11:24)
* Where to in 40 to 50 years? (14:29)
* Hanging Swamps (19:32)
* CSG (22:25)
* Badgerys Creek Airport (26:40)
* That coal should be no more (31:53)
* Local Environment Plan - LEP (33:48)
* Party Preferences (37:20)
The State of the State - an environmental perspective - 15th October 2014 - The Hut
Kate Smolski's speechGuest speaker was Kate Smolski, the CEO Nature Conservation Council.
Candidates for Blue Mountains from the three major parties were invited.
Roza Sage, Member for Blue Mountains and Liberal candidate could not attend.
Trish Doyle (Labor) and Alandra Tasire (Greens) attended and spoke. They both then participated in a Q&A session.
Videos of Trish Doyle, Alandra Tasire and the Q&A session are below.
videos by Gary Caganoff (Lysis Films) - still images by Paul Vale
Trish Doyle's speech
Alandra Tasire's speech