Michael Kiely, convenor, Carbon Coalition, gets his man! The Hon. Tony Burke was the guest of honour at the RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year event in Canberra. The Coalition had made an approach to see the Minister and received a curious letter from a senior public servant which said, in effect, that the Minister was too busy to see people from the country like me because he has to get around to see people from the country.the Minister immediately agreed to accept a proposal from the Coalition. He is a charming man who speaks well and said some touching things, like "It's such a privilege to be here with the people who provide the rest of us with food, clothing anf shelter."
Also at the event - and sitting on Louisa's table at the event - was the Hon. Mark Coulton, Member for Parkes (Michael stood against him in the election in November.) We agreed to help him with climate change information. Mark's probably too nice for politics and probably hates Canberra by now. (All politicians are charming and most National Party people are nice.) I also spoke with Wilson Tuckey who said he had a car engine that ran on air and the transmission comes from a Fisher and Pykel washing machine. He's a wild man
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