Refugee Week - Meca Mount Druitt

My previous post was not based on this post but it seems this post is the icing on the cake.

So From Meca Mount Druitt  Mt Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency, we  have a  Refugee week Festival at the Mount Druitt Hub, 9 Ayers Grove, Mount Druitt on Saturday, June 24 at 10:30 AM -
2 PM

Come and join us at the Mount Druitt Hub for a celebration of family, fun and diversity. Enjoy a range activity for the whole family, including workshops, henna tattooing, drumming, face painting, music, dancing, raffles and much more. There will also be a FREE LUNCH provided. Special guest storytelling performance by Asfa Mosi - "My Refugee Experience".

REMEMBER - BOOKINGS are ESSENTIAL
To register email community@meca.org.au or Call 96259300 and speak to Daniel

NSW Electoral Commission Needs To Do A Better Job Of Promotion At ' Mount Druitt Hub'

 






Well voting pre poll at Mount Druitt Hub, the only way you can tell that there is a election at any time is when candidates cor-flutes are placed on A-Frames.

When it comes to media making sure the community are aware that there is an election, usually there is a lot of  hype and discussion in radio, television, State elections. There is debate after debate, there are polls after polls one says this the other side says this and then each party releases their policies, normally so close to the election date.  Pre Poll for this is automatically known, so the community come as they well educated in this.

Yet when it come s to local government elections the  wider media seem  to take a low key stance in it and  don't advertise much until the  day before itself. The local media do the best job they can do, in the meantime.

So With proper banners like the Electoral Commission do for other elections, there is no 'large' sign outside indicating it is an election. Community members may not understand what is happening and stated to me not everyone reads local newspapers and is involved in local social media face book groups. So this is where we need more than A4 signs outside the Mount Druitt Hub library, banners and A4 cor-fllutes  explaining the Council election is  on.

The Great Thing Of Australian Electoral Commission At Mount Druitt Hub: Early Voting - Good For Chifley, Lindsay and McMahon Voters!

In this Australian Federal Election, there is a great initiative happening for Prepoll or now otherwise called "Early Voting".

This is the second time I have done this in my life, the first in a former  State election, in my recall. I found this to be an easy way of freeing my day on Saturday, allowing me to know my vote has been counted and  I have polled by vote. As to how I voted all I can say is I haven't voted informal, the rest is private, like everyone's  vote is a private decision. Click here for my post on formal voting

At the Mount Druitt Hub, in Mount Druitt Town Square, the Australian Electoral Commission's Regional Office accepts voters  from Chifley, McMahon and Lindsay Federal Offices. This makes it so much easier for voters residing on the outskirts of Mount Druitt in different Federal Electorates like Minchinbury and St Marys for example.

Click here for Early Voting details 

Mount Druitt Hub Is Pre-Poll Time - Flooded With Candidates Campaign Posters!

If you wish to vote before this Saturday 28th, March 2015, you can vote by attending the Pre-Poll at Mount Druitt Hub. This is how it looks flooded with campaign posters that are legally allowed to publicise in public!

This is how it looked like yesterday, as I went to check it r Posters from Candidates from both NSW Londonderry and Mount Druitt State Seats!