State
Election 2010
Victorian
State Election 2010 - Have your voice heard!
With
the upcoming state election on Saturday November 27th 2010,
make sure you inform your local state candidate that improved
services and support for people living with Parkinson's
are greatly needed.
Below
are two documents which you can use as a template to lobby
your local candidate.
The
first is a briefing document for politicians on our request
for the funding of ten Parkinson's specialist nurses to
be deployed across Victoria, and the second is a covering
letter. Please either print and post, or email this briefing
document to your local state candidates in the Victorian
election.
Ensure
that you amend the letter below with your candidates name
and address and your signature. Please send it together
with the briefing document.
Media
Release - Parkinson's Victoria makes pre-election call for
$1.8 million in funding
Briefing
document for state candidates
Template
Letter requesting nurses funding -use this as a basis
to write to your local candidate
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You can find the contact details of your local candidates
on the Victorian Electoral Commission website: http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Current/State2010candidateinfo.html
Email
them today our briefing document or media release about
the need for ten Parkinson's nurses in regional Victoria.
Regional
MP's support the call for Parkinson's Nurses
Denis
Napthine, state member for south west coast, calls for a
Parkinson's nurse in south west Victoria. 
Read
his media release here
Russell
Northe, state member for Morwell, calls for a Parkinson's
nurse in Gippsland. Read
his speech here
We
are in the final week in the lead up to the election. Contact
the Health Minister Daniel Andrews daniel.andrews@parliament.vic.gov.au
and Shadow Health Minister David Davis david.davis@parliament.vic.gov.au
today and tell them they need to commit to regional
Parkinson's nurses in Victoria.
Electronically
Assisted Voting
If
you have sight, literacy or English language difficulties,
or a motor skill impairment, you are now eligible to vote
using a telephone or touch screen.
For
more information about EAV, call 131 832, or visit the Victorian
Electoral Commission's website at http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Vote/vote-eav.html
