Conference Paddle-Out Protest Mentioned in NSW State Parliament!
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
On 24 October 2007 the State MP for Pittwater, Rob Stokes gave a speech in New South Wales Parliament in which he mentioned the paddle-out protest and acknowledged the work of Surfrider Foundation.
Below is an extract of the speech taken from Hansard:
“Mr ROB STOKES (Pittwater) [5.23 p.m.]: I inform the House of an event in
my electorate of Pittwater last weekend and I acknowledge the valuable work
being carried out by the Surfrider Foundation throughout New South Wales.
On Sunday the Surfrider Foundation, as part of its annual conference held
at Narrabeen, organised for more than 70 surfers to paddle out to the
beautiful Turimetta Head. This is the site of the largest remaining
cliff-face sewage ocean outfall in Sydney. Every day 16 million litres of
effluent from the Warriewood sewage treatment plant is pumped into the sea
at Turimetta. …..
…..The Surfrider Foundation has done considerable work over the years to
highlight this issue. I was delighted to take part in the paddle on Sunday
as part of its campaign. Indeed, I am proud to have been a member of the
organisation over the past decade and to support the work that it does. I
take this opportunity to acknowledge and congratulate members of the
foundation for fighting to clean up the ocean, in particular Chris Tola, Dr
Rex Campbell, Brendan Donahue, Paul Maddock, Don Norris, Professor Andy
Short and Tom Kirsop-a veteran of the surfing community who has many years
experience of the particular issue at Turimetta Head…….”
Read the entire speech by clicking here