Page 2939 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 15 August 2018
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The Southern Cross Club said:
… CSCC does not believe that there is a basis for the significant and potential harmful reforms to the community contributions model …
Mr Ramsay has responded to a number of the writers. One of them has responded to him in turn. They said:
Your response below, either through ignorance or wilful design, overlooks the key points of my correspondence i.e. the politically deceptive (in name) “Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund” should not have ever been created, and should be dispensed with as a matter of priority. Therefore, it follows that not one cent of money from clubs in the ACT should go to this or any other politicised fund for distribution.
I will make a quick comment here. The Vikings club nominates a charity of the year. The first one was Red Nose. The second one was OzHarvest. Recently they have nominated Marymead. I went to the presentation of the annual collection when they presented a cheque to OzHarvest. The cheque was for over $60,000 that they had contributed. They also support the Pines Tennis Club. I have had emails from the Pines Tennis Club outlining the value and benefits of support for the Pines Tennis Club. There is so much that goes on in our community that would not be possible without the support of the clubs.
Finally, I would like to quote my friend Artur, from Isabella Plains, who said:
Please take note that I do not Approve of your intentions & proposal to create a new bureaucracy to administer the combined funds available from all the clubs in the ACT, Keep your Fingers out of the Clubs funding arrangements, this is an attack on the rights of the citizenship, and will not serve the community to the best advantage, we the Citicen are happy with the distribution as presently occur.
He quotes Albert Einstein:
A foolish Faith in Authority, is the worst enemy of the TRUTH.
And he said in Latin that an argument to the purse is to one’s self-interest.
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (11.47): I thank Mr Parton for bringing forward this important motion today. It allows me an opportunity to briefly put on record the appreciation that I have, as a local member, for the many community organisations and for the clubs who support them. I will start at the top, with those where I have to declare a conflict of interest.
Radio 1RPH, where I have volunteered for more years than I can count—in fact, I have lost count—has written to me and other members about their gratitude for the support that they receive from the Canberra Southern Cross Club for “bringing you this radio reading service”, as the promo says. And we have to remember, Madam Assistant Speaker, that the Southern Cross Club continued to support Radio 1RPH when this Labor government did not.
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