Archive: Fran Bailey MHR

 Last Updated 9/5/06 

Meeting With Fran Bailey

(31/5/05 – SP) MRRA asks: is it in the national interest to preserve Macedon Ranges?

MRRA reps last week met with local MHR, Fran Bailey, who is also the Federal Minister for Small Business and Tourism.  MRRA has asked for help from the Federal government to protect Macedon Ranges now that the State government has turned its back on the Shire.  MRRA gave Ms. Bailey a Federal report which says it would be in the national interest to preserve scenic areas such as Macedon Ranges.   Ms. Bailey has agreed to look further into the matter.

MRRA To Meet With Federal Member for McEwen, Fran Bailey

(18/5/05 - SP) Meeting next week.

MRRA reps will meet with Federal member for the Macedon Ranges area and Minister for Small Business and Tourism, MHR Fran Bailey, next week.  MRRA contacted Ms Bailey after the Victorian Minister for Planning said the State government would not provide further help or money to Macedon Ranges.  Ms. Bailey previously attended MRRA’s Say NO To Suburbia meeting in Gisborne last October where she spoke about the beauty of the Macedon Ranges, the importance of tourism in the region and the need to protect its natural significance.