Over 1200 people have now signed up the email newsletter from the
http://www.stoptheselloff.org.au campaign website with the first message expected to go our today. The petition campaign has done very well; the petition can be downloaded from this blog.
As well as the Blue Mountains, the campaign is off and running in Lithgow, Bathurst, the Central Coast and Newcastle. The 46 'Your Rights At Work' groups across the state are also getting involved in the campaign, including in Western and South Western Sydney.
On the 17th of January Unions NSW met with community groups to build a coalition against the proposed sell off. Groups supporting the campaign include:
- The Nature Conservation Council
- NCOSS
- Public Interest Advocacy Centre
- Uniting Care
- Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association
- Cables Down Under
- Returned Services League
- St Vincent De Paul
- Blue Mountains Unions Council
An anti-privatisation forum in Newcastle on the evening of Wednesday January 23 attracted over 600 people with limited publicity. Local media provided extensive coverage following the meeting, which was also attended by some local ALP MPs.
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