Jan on the campaign frontline at Glenburn last year.
Miss Eagle supports Jan's candidacy because of the Brumby Government's poor track record on community engagement and transparency. Jan Beer's candidacy supports these basic democratic rights and procedures. The Brumby Government has no whole of government policy on professional and modern community engagement. Where, within the bureaucracy, there is a belief that community engagement is practised the record ranges from poor through to awful and, at times, absolutely disgraceful.
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I refuse to stand by and watch the erosion of our democratic rights where the basic right to peacefully protest results in people being arrested, and where individuals are spied upon by their own Government. My State has become veiled in a cloak of secrecy in which a detached Government answers every question and every criticism with spin and vindictive action.
So many major projects in Victoria have been fast-tracked with sham consultation, secrecy, refusal to disclose business cases or failure to follow mandatory business case guidelines.
Examples of these are the North-South Pipeline, Regional Rail Link, Desalination Project, Wallan-Kilmore Bypass, Black Forest Drive narrowing project, destruction of the historic Toorourrung Reservoir Spillway and, of course, the WIndsor Hotel debacle. The list of mishandled projects is almost endless.
As a Yea farmer and small business owner in Seymour with my husband Neil, I have the experience and insight to understand the needs and issues of my rural-urban electorate. This life experience, I believe, would put me in good stead to represent the Seymour Electorate.
I am also standing as an independent candidate so I do not have to toe the “party political line”and can advocate for and represent rural Victorians without fear or favour – a task, if honoured by the Seymour Electorate, I would revel in.
Jan Beer Contact Number 0407 144 777
Relevant links: Jan Beer in pipe legal fight
The 7.30 Report – ABC – Victoria’s north-south pipeline under scrutiny
The Age – Pipeline critic spied on, tailed
Written and authorised by Jan Beer, 486 Limestone Rd., Yea 3717
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Good on you Jan,
ReplyDeleteI have complied a list of some of the breaches of the Westminster democratic foundation stones by the Brumby Labor government. I hope the community rallies behind you in the November election.
http://www.hereticpress.com/Editorials/Editorial10.html
Tim Anderson
http://www.hereticpress.com
The Labor government has done a great job with the pipeline, replacing cracked pipes with new and therefore saving water. I'm surprised Jan is running for the seat of Seymour as she’s obviously clueless about health, education, infrastructure and our schools (no word on any of them under her campaign). Labor in the meantime are addressing all of these by putting in millions of dollars to help our constituency. Good on Ben Hardman who is passionate about where he lives and always delivers
ReplyDeleteThe last person commenting has been remiss is informing themselves on what Jan actually does know! How typlical that is! It is time to take a close and personal look at the manner Labor has governed in the last 11 years: breaking promises such as now water from north of the divide because it is dry, no desal plant (BUT now we have the largest in the southern hemishphere), promise not to log old growth forests, look out for rural Victorians, passenger train to return to Mildura by 2004, solar power station in Mildura (yet again another promise reliant on someone else's actions!), long waiting lists for hospitals, pathetic public transport in Melbourne and other areas,a huge rise in power, water bills and set to increase futher again! If "clueless" is being concerned about the lack of public consultation, lack of access to public participation in decision-making, lack of transparent processes at all levels, lack of a democratic right to protest without being shadowed like a common thief, lack of respect offered by Brumby, Holding, Madden, Hulls, Allen, Jennings to people and our disappearing environment then I am "clueless" too, as are all my friends! It seems to me that LAbor is pro at running a smear campaign and all those srpuiking ads on TV about how great everything is pure electioneering!!! Read the Auditor-General's reports on Labors' failures, its lack of rigour, transaparency, foolharded projects that we are lumbered with because they in fact refused to listen to good long-term ecologically sustainable policies on water, power, transport, health, education, infrastructure!! They forced schools to build useless buildings with the Cth funding to schools, they have put in place the worst water projects we will ever see implimented with no consultation, they have been stopped in court from logging Brown Mountain, they have failed to upkeep infrastructure in their 11 years in office and they treat rural people as second class Victorians. Ben Hardman has failed to listen to his electorate, he has failed to understand the prinicples of democracy and he does NOT deserve to represent his electorate. It is time that Seymour has a person of Jan Beers' caliber, who is willing to go up against a false and misleading and lying government to bring back democracy into rural Victoria. The sheer arrogance of this Labor government under Brumby is really 'pissing' me off. He is a hollow man, he does not believe in our democratic right to participate in decision-making, he does not respect us in rural Victoria especially if we disagree with his totaly assinine projects that are environmentally disastrous, and do not need to be done. He refuses to look at other options and most certainly never listens to anyone but Brumby. Sheer arrongance. Jan Beer is passionate , and honest, truthful, transparent, likeable, and a supporter of peoples' rights. I am certain she will be the best for Syemour because she will take the time to listen to her electorate and go to whichever govt is in power and stand up for them. You are so lucky to have such an upstanding, passionate, intelligent, fighting person who is willing to take on the Brumby or Baillieu govts for her people. Those other issues are included in her passion. Give her a chance!!! Vote for Jan Beer; the only honest candidate.
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