Woops - I thought I posted this already...

NT residents ...
- here is your membership application form. Don't forget the SFP Branch formation meeting this Saturday evening, 1st, at 6.00pm Mickett's Creek SSAARange. Free BBQ for all AR members!!

"Whether you’re a Hunter, Shooter, Fisher, Boater, 4 Wheel Drive enthusiast or Camper we’ve all suffered increasing restrictions on our outdoor activities and way of life. Instead of making sensible and balanced public land management decisions; politicians and bureaucrats give us increasing exclusions, lock-outs and more restrictions. Enough is enough! The Shooters and Fishers Party is planning to establish a strong presence in the Northern Territory to fight excessive Government interference and restrictions to our outdoor sports and way of life.

We cordially invite all interested persons to hear Shooters and Fishers Party member in the NSW Parliament, Robert Borsak MLC, outline plans for establishing a branch of the Party in the NT. Date: Saturday 1st December 2012 Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm followed by BBQ dinner Venue: SSAA Darwin Branch Club House Mickets Creek Shooting Complex Brandt Road, Berrimah Please join us for this important meeting. Please confirm your attendance with Matt Graham before 5pm, 30 November 2012 on: mobile: (0439) 780 722 or
office@huntaust.com.au"


Membership PDF Doc here
http://www.huntaust.com.au/ima...012/NT_SFP_FLYER.pdf

Bakes - If you are able to resize and edit these pics that would be great. Sorry I am on the road and cant do it from here...

How's that Matt?

Woops - I missed it! Thanks Bakes, perfect!!!

The branch formation meeting went very well - we are off and racing!!!

We need more SFP members to form a voluunteer base... sign-up boys.

Media Release 6th Dec 2012

Shooters and Fishers Party to set up in NT

The Shooters and Fishers Party hosted four-wheel drivers, primary producers, sporting clubs and tourism operators, as well as hunters and fishers, as it outlined plans to establish itself in the Northern Territory.

After very encouraging results in the NT during the last Federal election, the SFP is confident it can challenge for seats during the next Territory election.

“Access to public lands and waterways is always the biggest issue that we have in NSW and this is common right around Australia these days,” keynote speaker Robert Borsak, an SFP MLC in the NSW Parliament, said at the formation meeting held last weekend at the Sporting Shooters Association’s Micket Creek Shooting Complex outside Darwin.

“We have had some decisive wins, with NSW hunters gaining access to National Parks and State Forests, and in slowing the progression of Marine Parks, but it will be up to NT members to decide what the most urgent local issues are here.

“These access issues affect many different user groups including hunters, anglers, four-wheel drivers and campers – so it was fantastic to have all of these groups represented at the NT formation meeting,” Mr Borsak said.

The SFP’s Western Australian branch was registered last month after more than 600 members joined the party in this year alone. The party now aims to repeat that in the Northern Territory, where similar issues confronting outdoor users are encouraging them to seek direct political representation at the Territory level.

Local SFP coordinator Martin Reinhold highlighted the party’s NT electoral successes in the 2010 Federal election and said it could capitalise on the interest shown in certain areas. He also discussed how the SFP could effectively distribute preferences to the major parties.

One of the 2010 polling booths, Humpty Doo, returned almost 15% of the primary vote to the SFP, a point hammered home to the meeting attendees.

“NT locals have told us that they appreciate our attention to protecting their ‘NT lifestyle’, especially when it comes to outdoor activities like fishing and hunting,” Mr Reinhold said.