The South Australian Nationals

It is my pleasure to invite you to the SA Nationals 2011 Annual General Meeting to be held this year in the Wakefield Room, Quality Hotel Old Adelaide Inn, 160 O’Connell Street, North Adelaide on Saturday July 2nd 2011 with registrations at 9.30am for a 10.00am start.

Please download, complete and post this Registration Form [46KB .DOC] to Jan Centofanti at your earliest convenience.

Whilst the political scene in SA has been dominated by the woes of the State Government, it is interesting to note the latest Advertiser polling showing that 19% of country voters intend to vote for independents and others at the next State election, in preference to the two major parties and the Greens.

The SA Nationals, together with like minded independents need to be focussing on opportunities to best represent the interests of their regional constituency, no matter what the outcome of the 2014 State election.

The Party is being competently guided through this period without any Parliamentary representation. I regret that after two terms as President, it will be necessary for me to stand down given the demands of work commitments interstate

I am confident the loyal membership will continue to represent the interests of Rural & Regional South Australians in the future, and encourage you to take an active role in facilitating the opportunities for future political representatives from your region to be actively involved in governing this State.

The AGM will not only be an opportunity to renew acquaintances. Our former State Leader Karlene Maywald, will we hope address us on the progress of the Murray Darling Basin Authority, and her role as recently appointed SA Water Board Member. It is also envisaged that another guest speaker will also be arranged.

A couple of house-keeping measures need to be addressed at the AGM, being proposed Constitutional changes which will enable the Party to function more efficiently in the future. Advice of these proposed changes are included in the Agenda sent with this invitation.

I look forward to meeting with you on July 2nd and spending an enjoyable Conference discussing the way forward for our State and Party.

Yours sincerely,

Jacky Abbott

Dr Jacky Abbott
President
SA Nationals