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Fluoride protesters go directly to the leaders
MORE than 70 protesters filled Warrnambool’s council chambers last night as the campaign to crush moves to fluoridate the city’s water heated up. A month after the councillors spurned a public rally on the controversial issue, the people decided to deliver their message directly to them. They came with placards bearing slogans such as “Fluoride […]
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Lithgow meeting to determine fluoride support
Lithgow City Council will convene a public meeting in the next few weeks to gauge public opinion on putting fluoride into the central western New South Wales town’s water supply. Mayor Neville Castle says there has been some unhappiness about a poll of residents’ attitudes to fluoridation which was conducted recently by the Western Research […]
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Unions plot anti-fluoride campaign
Unions will attempt to derail State Government’s fluoridation push unless it earns the community’s blessing, according to Geelong Trades Hall boss Tim Gooden. Mr Gooden said Trades Hall had passed a resolution supporting calls for a referendum on fluoridation. “I’m no chemist but for us it’s a question of democracy,” Mr Gooden said. Trades Hall […]
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No real choice on fluoride in Geelong
AN EVEN split in opinion on fluoridation means State Government has a long way to go before it should add the chemical to Geelong’s water supply. But whether the Government takes Geelong residents’ opinions seriously is another matter. Already Department of Human Services officials have briefed Barwon Water on its plans to fluoridate Geelong’s water. […]
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Protest to rally fluoride critics
THE region’s anti-fluoride movement is growing, with a public rally in Geelong later this month expected to call for a state referendum. Organisers hope Warrnambool’s fluoride opponents will add their voices to the protest and join a wider delegation to lobby the State Government. Fluoridation of Geelong’s water supply was announced last month, following the […]
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Fluoride battle goes to Prime Minister Howard
PRIME Minister John Howard will weigh up calls to hold a plebiscite on the controversial move to fluoridate Warrnambool’s water. Federal Wannon MP David Hawker wrote to Mr Howard late last month, detailing the anti-fluoride campaign in the city. “He has taken up the matter with the Prime Minister, outlining the community’s views and their […]
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Unions call for vote on fluoridation in Ballarat
UNIONS have threatened industrial action if Ballarat’s water supply is fluoridated with no community vote. The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council on Friday called for a plebiscite to settle the issue. Secretary Graeme Shearer said unions which would be involved in the installation of infrastructure for fluoridation, the CEPU electrical and plumbing divisions and […]
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Fluoride meeting ire
THE only politician who attended this week’s fluoride public meeting is angry he was not given a chance to address the crowd of 800 people. The Democratic Labor Party’s Peter Kavanagh, a Western Victoria upper house MP, said he had been promised the chance to speak at the meeting by organisers. “Given that I went […]
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Why the empty chairs filled a room with vitriol
AS far as symbolism goes, it was powerful. An empty row of seats sat at the front of the stage, bearing the names of local and State Government figures and fluoride advocates who didn’t attend the public meeting. The absentees squarely in the firing line were Warrnambool’s seven councillors who have backed the move to […]
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ONE of the biggest public meetings in Warrnambool’s history resolved to fight the introduction of fluoride to the city’s water supply.
ONE of the biggest public meetings in Warrnambool’s history resolved to fight the introduction of fluoride to the city’s water supply. Confirming that the issue has become one of the city’s most contentious, last night’s meeting attracted an estimated 700 to 1000 people to the Emmanuel College hall, with many others apparently turning away when […]
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