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JULIE COLLINS MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SHADOW MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR FRANKLIN
SENATOR CAROL BROWN
SHADOW PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR
FAMILIES AND PAYMENTS
SENATOR FOR TASMANIA
RELAUNCH OF FABIANS IN TASMANIA
An independent, not-for-profit organisation to fight inequality,
the TasmanianFabians, was relaunched in Hobart last night.
Tasmanian Labor Senator Carol Brown said the Australian Fabians
had been at theforefront of research and debate on public policy
for more than 65 years and haveactive branches in every Australian
State and the ACT.
Inequality in Tasmania is a serious and growing problem, Senator
Brown said.
The Tasmanian Fabians will work to achieve greater equality of
power, wealth andopportunity.
It is important that we encourage debate on progressive policies
and engage withthe community.
Senator Brown chaired a panel of guest speakers who discussed
how to rebuildprogressive politics in Tasmania.
The speakers were Labor member for Franklin, Julie Collins MP,
Crikey editor,Bernard Keane and CEO of the Womens Legal Service
Tasmania, Susan Fahey.
Ms Collins will be the patron of Tasmanian Fabians.
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I am pleased to be the Patron of Tasmanian Fabians and look
forward toencouraging Tasmanians to participate in the debate on
progressive policies, MsCollins said.
With the current right-wing Federal Liberal Government
Tasmanians are being
reminded every day why we must fight inequality and unfairness
in our society.
Australian Fabians national deputy chair Tim Sonnreich said he
was pleased that theTasmanian Fabians was being relaunched.
We must fight against what conservative governments are doing
because inequalityreally matters, Mr Sonnreich said.
Just one example of that is we know that the richest 20 per cent
of Australians canexpect to live an average of six years longer
than the poorest 20 per cent. Thats a
sign of an unfair society.
The current patron of the Australian Fabians is former Prime
Minister GoughWhitlam.
