In The Lead Up To the 2004 Federal election; At Moana (South Australia)

Surfrider Foundation SA (South Australia) are a canny crew.

No, we're not talking about a campaign to turn empty drink containers into sustainable surfboards.

Nor are we talking about the common sense of having a recycling reward from empty drinks containers in the first place.

We're talking about having the nous (pure intellect) to corner a few election promises from the potential politicians in the lead up to an election!

This tactic is encouraged from all Surfrider branches whenever there is an election at any level of government. The positive result of strong lobbying and intensive follow up saves or repairs a lot of Australian coast.

Current Federal Environment and Heritage Minister Ian Campbell met with Surfrider Foundation on his recent tour to SA and talked up how he was going to improve local Adelaide coastal water pollution through recycling waste water in the Adelaide Parklands.

The Senators, state and federal government, and the local candidate visited us because they had been recently invited to our Surfrider/Green Corps project launch.

It was a great opportunity to plug the work of Surfrider Foundation and we organised a working bee for the event to get as many people out weeding and revegetating our site at Moana (just south of Adelaide).

The crew peppered the politicians with questions even a few that they didn't want to answer.

All the Best,
Corey Jackson
President Surfrider Foundation SA

Photo: From left to right is Sam Davis (Surfrider SA Committee member), Senator for SA Grant Chapman at the back, Kym Richardson Liberal Candidate for Kingston at front, Angie Davis-Howe (Surfrider SA Committee member), Claire Petherick (Surfrider SA Treasurer, Committee member), Federal Senator for Environment and Heritage Ian Campbell, and in the Green Corps uniform Corey Jackson President of Surfrider SA.