National Trust Board Elections

Voting closes COB Fri 16 November and AGM to be held on Sat 24 November 10am at Observatory Hill

Members, please remember that voting for the National Trust (NSW) Board election closes at 5pm next Friday 16 November. You will have received in the mail your voting pack including ballot papers with the most recent issue of National Trust Magazine. Click here for the voting instructions and candidate information. We encourage all members to exercise their right to have a say in how the National Trust is run, and its future. Also note that the AGM will be held at 10 am on Saturday 24 November at the National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill. Please do come along to ensure that we have a quorum and to hear the reports of 2006-07 and our plans for the year ahead. The results of the Trust Board elections will be announced at the meeting. We look forward to seeing as many of our members as possible there, especially those who will be receiving Trust awards and commendations.  

Your chance to vote to save precious historic sites!

American Express has pledged $185,000+ towards preserving historic sites across the City of Sydney, Waverley, and Mosman council areas over the next year. Partnering with the National Trust of Australia (NSW), the Partners in Preservation initiative, to be launched later this month, will help protect historic and cultural landmarks and strengthen local communities.

Anyone can vote on this website for their favourite landmark, and ultimately, choose the winning historic site. Visit the Partners in Preservation Website now to register for voting and you will receive an email to alert you when the voting period starts. The various historic sites will be announced shortly with detailed information also appearing on the National Trust website.  Once you have registered, you will be able to vote daily for 4 weeks.

At its meeting on the weekend, the National Trust (NSW) Board passed a resolution expressing its concern about the process by which the Tasmanian Tamar Valley Pulp Mill was approved. The approval decision highlights the weaknesses in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in terms of Commonwealth involvement with the protection of both natural and cultural heritage throughout Australia.

The decision should have been postponed to allow the further investigations called for by 128 Australian scientists. It was agreed that the flexibility allowed in the EPBC Act to a Federal Minister will highly politicise such decisions. The NSW Trust will be contacting the Australian Council of National Trusts to seek the support of other state and territory National Trusts for changes to the Act, the extent of which will depend on the outcome of a current Federal Court action. The Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Resources has also been informed of the Trust’s concerns.

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