Today’s Liberal leader Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices. Now, he wants to bring it back. He just won’t call it WorkChoices.
We need to go forward on workers' rights, not backwards to the Liberals' new version of WorkChoices.
At this election, the "Your Rights at Work" team will be targeting the federal electorate of Lindsay. On this page you'll find:
- A summary for the federal electorate of Lindsay
- Contact details for your campaign coordinator
- Materials to download and
- A sign up form to help out with local campaign activities
The information below has been sourced from the
Australian Electoral Commission.
State: New South Wales
Name derivation: Named after Norman Lindsay (1879-1969), a well known writer and artist.
Size & location description: Lindsay covers an area of approximately 339 sq km from Berkshire Park and Londonderry in the north to Mulgoa and Orchard Hills in the south, Colyton in the east and Emu Heights in the west. Suburbs also include Cambridge Park, Cambridge Gardens, Castlereagh, Claremont Meadows, Cranebrook, Emu Plains, Glenmore Park, Jamisontown, Kingswood, Leonay, Llandilo, North St Marys, Oxley Park, Penrith, Regentville, St Marys, South Penrith, Werrington, Werrington County, Werrington Downs and parts of Agnes Banks, Luddenham and Wallacia.
Products/industries of the area: Agriculture, farming (dairying, poultry, beef, fruit, vegetables), distilling (saki), construction and service industries, tourism, wholesale and retail trade, building materials, engineering and electrical equipment, textiles, plastic and aluminium products, colour TV manufacturing, pharmaceutical goods and concrete and gravel extraction.
First proclaimed/election: 1984
Demographic rating: Outer Metropolitan
Members:
- Bradbury, D (ALP) 2007-
- Kelly, J (LP) 1996-2007
- Free, R V (ALP) 1984-1996
Mary needs your help to tell even more Australians about the Liberals' plans to bring back WorkChoices. You can help by signing up to:
- letterbox your local neighbourhood;
- hand out leaflets at your train station;
- help with information stalls; and
- a range of other things.