QLD Services Heritage Band Association are proud to invite the community to a fundraising concert for the Red Cross Flood Appeal.

Featuring the talents of:

City of Brisbane Pipe Band, Brisbane Dance Club, QLD Show Band, Bayside Youth Band, Down Under Tribal Belly Dancers and MC Gary Woods.

DETAILS:

Waterloo Bay Leisure Centre

241 Tingal Road, Wynnum

Cabaret style seating, Light Food & Bar Refreshments available

Saturday 9^th March 2013

Commencing 7pm

Tickets are $10 each – Family 4 or more $35

Prepaid tables of 10 – $90.00

Tickets are available at the door.

contact Paul @ 0418 740 919

Email manager@topshowmusic.com.au

The Quota Club of Carindale meets on the third Monday of each month at the Carindale library at 7pm. Enquiries phone Janette 3398 9002.

The Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee invite you to attend World Water Day at the Oxbow (via Murrarrie Substation, Lytton Rd, Murarrie on the Inbound side of Lytton Rd, 100 metres on city side of Bulimba Creek)

PROGRAM

 9.30 – COMMUNITY WATERWAY CLEANUP –  AT AQUARIUM PASSAGE

Canoe collection and land based

 Collecting bottles and other flotsam left by the tides

10.15           PRESENTATION ON LATEST NEKTON RESEARCH

David Bright (University of Sunshine Coast )

·         nekton research – fish and crustaceans

·         demonstration and explanation of his survey and catching methods and
           results

 Sponsored by Qld Government , Dept of Environment & Heritage Protection

Everyone’s Environment Grant

11.00            MORNING TEA

 11.30            LAUNCH OF THE OXBOW SIGNAGE

·         Jointly designed by B4C and Healthy Waterways

·         Funded by Healthy Waterways

 WHAT TO BRING & WEAR:     

Hat, covered shoes, sun smart clothing, sunscreen, insect repellent, , water.
 

RSVP  by 18 March  to: Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee           

Email: b4c@bulimbacreek.org.au       Ph 3420 4800           0410 840 343

Call mobile if you arrive and the gate at substation is locked – we will come up.

This Friday marks the 102^nd anniversary of International Women’s Day.

“IWD is celebrated globally every year on 8 March, and recognises the economic and social achievements of women past and present and looking to the future to see where progress can still be made”, Ross Vasta said today. 

“We are fortunate in Australia to have so many high achieving women who have made significant contributions in numerous fields from public life to science, the arts, sport, government and politics and who have helped shape this once fledgling nation into the sophisticated country we live in today”, Ross Vasta said.

“IWD is a reminder to all Australians that we need to continue to work together to ensure that globally the contribution of women to our society is properly valued and appreciated. We must also remember, however, that whilst International Women’s Day is a time for women to celebrate the progress they have made, we must continue to be cognisant of those areas of women’s lives where more can still be done.”

“The United Nations has themed this year’s IWD with a focus on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls, something the Coalition has long supported”, Ross Vasta said.

Violence undermines our social fabric and prevents women from achieving social and economic equality and advancement. Domestic violence and sexual assault perpetrated against women costs the nation more than $13 billion each year. By 2021 the figure is likely to rise to $15.6 billion if steps are not taken to reduce it.

“The Coalition takes a zero tolerance approach to violence against women. We believe that keeping women and their families safe from violence is the most fundamental step towards ensuring their security and prosperity. We understand that violence against women has a profound and devastating impact on its victims and on the community”,  Ross Vasta said.

“The Coalition’s policies focus on delivering greater personal safety to all Australian women. We will ensure that domestic violence is tackled and does not become intergenerational.  Australia simply cannot afford the societal and economic costs of failing to redress the current rate of violence against women”.

For more information about International Women’s Day 2013 visit www.internationalwomensday.com

Labor claims to support education and the future of our kids but have slashed education spending and increased cost of living due to their carbon tax broken promise.

“Recent cash hand outs are an attempt to compensate parents for spiralling cost of living pressures,” said the Federal Member for Bonner, Ross Vasta.

“Our children’s inheritance from Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan will be a record $260 billion debt plus interest that we will be paying off for years to come,” Ross Vasta said

“Australia can’t afford another three years of this dishonest government.  

“Parents know electricity costs have increased under Labor due to their carbon tax and this increase is making life more difficult.  

“What parents may not know is that Labor announced $3.9 billion in cuts to education at the end of last year. 

“Funding to a range of apprenticeship, training, and higher education programmes has been scrapped, cut or “delayed”.

“All of these cuts are on top of the $600 million budget cut to the computers in schools programme, the centrepiece of Labor’s 2007 education campaign.

“Childcare costs have skyrocketed under Labor as a direct result of their policies. Experts have warned that in three years parents should expect to pay $100 a day for childcare.

“Australians are sick and tired of Labor’s dishonesty.

“Only a Coalition Government can be trusted to get the Federal Budget back under control, to stop the waste and to introduce polices which will put an end to ever increasing cost of living expenses.