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HOW TO VOTE IN THE STATE ELECTION
The Save Water Alliance has not issued directions on how best to
vote to protect the Kangaloon Aquifer. We have restricted our election
interests to the single issue of the Aquifer.
All the candidates for Kiama and for Goulburn electorates were asked the
same questions. To read the original letter to the candidates for
Kiama, click onto: Kiama Questions. (A similar letter was sent to Goulburn candidates).
The answers, where they were provided, are very clear. You
are entitled to assume that where candidates have chosen not to participated in
our survey, they have little interest in protecting the integrity of the
Kangaloon Aquifer.
Please draw your own conclusions from the answers provided, and vote accordingly.
ANSWERS FROM CANDIDATES FOR KIAMA
For the answers from the Kiama candidates, click onto: Kiama Answers.
A longer policy statement from the Greens candidate Ben van der Wijngaart was provided. To view this statement, click onto: Greens Kiama Statement.
A longer policy statement was also provided by Liberal candidate Ann Sudmalis. To view this statement, click onto: Sudmalis Kiama Statement.
ANSWERS FROM CANDIDATES FOR GOULBURN
For the answers from the Goulburn candidates, click onto: Goulburn Answers.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
The
Save Water Alliance did not poll all the groups standing in the Legislative Council, but has reserved the right to publish statements from the two Parties
(or Groups) in the Upper House contest which have volunteered a
statement relating to the exploitation of the Kangaloon Aquifer.
These
are the Climate Change Coalition, led by Patrice Newell; and The Greens, led by
Lee Rhiannon.
Climate Change Coalition (appearing as "Group
F" on the ballot paper):
Q 1 Do you support the Kangaloon borefield
project, in which water is being pumped from the Kangaloon Aquifer to the Nepean
Dam to supply Sydney?
Answer: Pumping water from the Kangaloon Aquifer for Sydney's water is one of the most silly ideas in the water debate.
Q 2 If you are elected on March 24th, will you take action to have
the Kangaloon borefield project decommissioned?
Answer: Yes,
I'll try and stop it.
Q 3 If you belong to a political party, has your leader/party
made a policy statement on the Kangaloon borefield project? If so, please attach that statement.
Answer: I called for a Subsidence Management Plan to be issued by
the Sydney
catchment Authority. See: http://www.climatechangecoalition.com.au/Item-View.31.0.html?&cHash=199d208713&tx_ttnews[backPid]=85&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=23
The Greens NSW
See separate statement from The Greens (above: Greens Kiama Statement).
For further information, go to: http://nsw.greens.org.au/
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