Green Shirts lobby continuing momentum for more vocal rural voice

Sally Gall
Updated October 24 2018 - 12:06am, first published October 23 2018 - 7:00pm
Meeting attendees included Robert Pender, chairman, The Fishermens Portal, Karumba; Shelley Scoullar, campaign chair, Speak Up 4 Water, Deniliquin NSW; Martin Bella, Mackay councillor, cane grower and former rugby league international; John Bethel, Australian Horizons Foundation, Georgetown; Eric Perez, CEO, Queensland Seafood Industry Association; and Tony Hopkins, president, National Road Freighters Association.
Meeting attendees included Robert Pender, chairman, The Fishermens Portal, Karumba; Shelley Scoullar, campaign chair, Speak Up 4 Water, Deniliquin NSW; Martin Bella, Mackay councillor, cane grower and former rugby league international; John Bethel, Australian Horizons Foundation, Georgetown; Eric Perez, CEO, Queensland Seafood Industry Association; and Tony Hopkins, president, National Road Freighters Association.

A quiet meeting in Brisbane a couple of weekends ago could herald an outspoken new era in rural lobbying, if the latest words from the Green Shirts movement are any indication.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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