"Sir John Howard" <pmjwhowardj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/clamour-to-join-brains-trust/2008/03/01/1204227048694.html
>
> MORE than 7000 people have put their hands up to be considered for
> inclusion in Kevin Rudd's ideas summit in April.
>
> By the close of nominations at 5pm on Friday, 7251 applications had
> been submitted to the secretariat established to manage the Australia
> 2020 summit.
>
> The number of people wanting to become delegates will far exceed the
> number of applications, as multiple names were included on many
> application forms. The gender split in the nominations is not known.
>
> Overseen by Melbourne academic Professor Glyn Davis, the male-
> dominated 10-person steering committee will now plough through the
> applications to select the 1000 delegates to attend the weekend
> talkfest slated for mid-April.
>
> The heat will be on the nine male and one female committee members to
> achieve an equitable gender balance after a public outcry over the
> inclusion of just one woman, actor Cate Blanchett, on the steering
> body.
>
> The Prime Minister says the summit is a chance to bring together "the
> best and brightest brains from across the country to tackle the long-
> term challenges confronting Australia's future".
>
> Delegates will be divided into 10 groups of 100, and they will be
> chosen for their expertise in the economy, infrastructure, climate
> change, rural Australia, health, communities and families, indigenous
> Australia, creative Australia, governance and Australia's future in
> the world.
>
> As well as asking "ordinary" Australians to take part in the summit,
> Mr Rudd has urged everyone to make submissions for consideration by
> delegates. Submissions on any of the above topics must be no longer
> than 500 words and be lodged by April 9.
>
> Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson initially welcomed the summit, which
> has a number of former coalition MPs as chairmen. However, last week
> he was cooling on the idea, describing the spectacle of 1000 people
> converging on Canberra to discuss Australia's future as "a dog's
> breakfast".
>
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>
> With all the ****wits they're going to get going to this thing, they
> might as well invite the local retards from here like Bendway Over,
> Sergay and FlangesBum.
They might as well use the dartboard selection methodology to pick the
1000.
What a total waste of public money this gabfest is. Labor should be
charged
for it when they lose the next election.
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