Activists Blog

A separate blog for LDP candidates and others involved in the election campaign has been established here: http://ldpactivists.wordpress.com/

It’s not public and you need to log in. If you haven’t already been invited, let me know and I’ll fix it.

Victorian Division Meetings

The Victorian Division is now holding meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 pm.

Cafe on Bourke, 50 Bourke St, Melbourne. More details:  http://ldpblog.wordpress.com/get-involved/

APEC 2007

The LDP free trade rally held on Saturday (8th September 2007) during APEC was a great success. We braved the rain and the (at times) negative abuse from opponents of free trade. The crowd was quite mixed and many people were marching with quite different agendas. A surprising number of those that approached us to see what we were on about notionally agreed with the ideals of free trade.  Some of the marchers even elected to stand with us for part of the morning and said that they agreed with free trade.

Of course many people clearly disagreed with free trade (or other aspects of our placards) and a few people swore at us as they walked past us. However all up the day was peaceful.

For more background read the LDP policy on free trade.

Photos courtesy of Jarrah Job and Lindsay Jones.

Official Registration

The LDP has been formally advised that it is now federally registered. A notice in the Government gazette and amendment to the AEC website will appear in the next few days.

Many thanks to all the members who contributed.

APEC assembly point update for LDP rally

For tactical reasons the assembly point for the LDP rally this Saturday is being moved. The updated details are as follows:-

DATE: Saturday 8th of September.

TIME:  9:00am

PLACE: In Hyde Park at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Park Street (north side of Park Street). A prominant Star Bucks coffee shop is diagonally across the intersection from this location . The following URL shows the relevant map:-

http://tinyurl.com/36r7hz