Ballina Information Blog

Country doctors represented by a range of rural groups at the beginning of National Rural Health Action Week have backed much of the Nationals’ Plan for North Coast Hospitals, says Page Nationals candidate Chris Gulaptis.
National Rural Health Action Week is backed by the Rural Doctors Association, the Australian Nursing Federation, the National Farmers Federation and [...]

North Coast councils need cast iron guarantees from all local Federal election candidates that they will continue to enjoy record levels of Federal Government funding, according to Page Nationals candidate Chris Gulaptis.
Mr Gulaptis made the comments following the release of a new report by Fiscal Star which rated the financial positions of Clarence Valley, Richmond [...]

The back-drop to the Prime Minister’s press conferences proves what we have always known – even the Liberals think the National Party is irrelevant, according to Labor candidate for Page Janelle Saffin.
The back-drop says “Vote Liberal”, but contains no mention of the National Party or the Coalition, she said.
Ms Saffin said this proved the Nationals’ [...]

Thousands of North Coast seniors, carers and disability pensioners will benefit from increased support to manage their household budgets under a re-elected Coalition Government, according to Page Nationals candidate Chris Gulaptis.
“For a range of reasons including the sea change/tree change phenomenon, we have more low income residents on the North Coast than just about anywhere [...]

Thirty-two schools and community groups in the Page electorate have won $1.4 million in Coalition Government grants for initiatives which will save more than 67 million liters of water per year, Page Nationals candidate Chris Gulaptis has announced.
Mr Gulaptis said the biggest water saving initiative will be undertaken by Ballina Shire Council which has won [...]

I thought that anybody interested in the upcoming Federal election would like to read a very strong article about Janelle Saffin, the ALP candidate in our local electorate of Page.  The article was written by Piers Ackerman.
One of these litter lines leads to militant feminist Janelle Saffin, the endorsed ALP candidate for Page on the NSW [...]

The Pacific Highway Taskforce is rejoicing after the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday that $2.4 billion will be spent on upgrading the Pacific Highway.
However, Labor candidate for Page Janelle Saffin says it’s time to put an end to the broken promises on the Pacific Highway, and get on with the job of working to complete the [...]

Forty Ballina residents turned out last night to a community forum hosted by Janelle Saffin, Labor’s candidate for Page, with special guest Federal Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Robert McClelland.
The forum was held in Ms Saffin’s Ballina office, and focused on the key issue of climate change and the Kyoto Protocol.
Mr McClelland, pictured with Ms Saffin, told [...]

The Nationals and their candidate Chris Gulaptis may appear set to continue their hold on the seat of Page, but according to punters betting with Australia‘s biggest bookmaker Sportingbet Australia, there may be a close contest.
Mr Gulaptis who has a 5.5% margin is favourite in the betting market with odds of $1.70 compared with Labor’s [...]

The Your Rights At Work big orange bus, pictured, arrives in Ballina on Wednesday August 22, signalling the final countdown to the Federal election and an opportunity for hospital workers to get involved in the Ballina community campaign against WorkChoices.
“John Howard said nothing at the last election about his plans to hit families in the [...]