Minutes of HSAG Meeting

Tuesday April 4^th 2000

Orange PCYC

Meeting opened by Colin Barnes at 7.14 p.m.

Apologies

Bruce Tinsey, Tom Hetherington, Claire Braund, Kevin Sinclair, Graham Dun, Susan Young

Motion: That the apologies be accepted.

Movedr

Marj Bollinger

Seconded

Margaret Turner

Carried

Present

Colin Barnes, Moira Reynolds, Peter Lewis, Bob Burrell, Frank Bollinger, Margaret Turner, Moya Crowe, Marj Bollinger.

Motion: That the minutes of the previous meeting be adopted.

Moved

Moira Reynolds

Seconded

Moya Crowe

Carried

Business Arising

Meeting requested that the Secretary contact Peter Andren, Gerard Martin and Cowra Mayor asking their position and current status of negotiations regarding the Glendella project.

Moya Crowe reported that she has received a template from the Secretary to type up the minutes that are not electronically recorded for the web site. Lorraine Sullivan is scanning typed records to save time however Moya requested the original Minute Book as some photo copies are not clear.

Motion: That the meeting give a vote of thanks to Moya Crowe for her work and effort on this project.

Moved

Marj Bollinger

Seconded

Moira Reynolds

Carried

Correspondence

Inward

1. Invitation to secretary to attend RTA road victims remembrance service.

2. Letter from Senator Ron Boswell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services advising receipt of letter concerning the Newell Highway Road Train Study.

Motion: That the inward correspondence be received.

Moved

Moira Reynolds

Seconded

Margaret Turner

Carried

Outward

1. Letter to Daryl Taylor advising him his membership was accepted.

2. Press release 16/2 on need to value add Cowra-Blayney rail link to transport freight.

3. Letter from Graham Dun to Russell Turner MP outlining proposal for legislation to make RTA accountable to the public. Requested that letter be forwarded to NSW Minister for Roads.

Motion: That the actions of the secretary be endorsed.

Moved

Frank Bollinger

Seconded

Bob Burrell

Carried

Secretary's Report

Marj Bollinger and I spent a productive day after the last meeting amending and posting correspondence detailed in minutes. A press release relating to the Cowra - Blayney rail link was issued and several television and radio interviews done. I intend to follow this issue up with calls to the RTA, relevant Ministers and the media. Could the meeting advise me what is the latest on this issue - is the mining product being transported by road or rail? In relation to the funding options I have made several inquiries and started to do some searching on the Internet - yet to no avail. We aim to have the website operational by June. Apologies for the lateness of the minutes and my inability to attend tonight's meeting. The wedding was terrific and all involved had a wonderful weekend - wedding cake available at the next meeting.

Motion: That the secretary's report be received.

Moved

Colin Barnes

Seconded

Marj Bollinger

Carried

Treasurer's Report

In the Treasurers absence no Treasurers Report was available.

Account for payment

Marj Bollinger reported that she had met the cost of postage for the month and did not seek payment.

General Business

Marj Bollinger, Bob Burrell and Margaret Turner gave a joint report of the Road Accident Victims Day Remembrance Day Service (see attached).

It was agreed that HSAG would like to see this service continue be it annually or bi-annually on a national level if possible. Marj is hoping to attend a de briefing on Thursday and suggest to the RTA that HSAG are prepared to co operate with RTA to bring this about. Suggested that we write to appropriate State and Federal Ministers. (NB: Marj did not get to the meeting and is waiting on minutes.)

Marj Bollinger noted that the minute book had been given to Moya Crowe to type all the minutes into the computer for website development.

Next Meeting 6 June 2000 at PCYC Orange at 7.00 p.m.

Meeting Closed: 8.05 p.m.