PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate release

AUSTRALIAN MUSLIMS MAKE MOOLAH FOR MELBOURNE

Sydney, NSW February 16 2009--- Mission of Hope, will be running a Family Fun Day BBQ on Saturday 21st February to raise funds for the victims of the Victorian Bushfires. It will be held at Paul Keating Park in Bankstown and all proceeds will go to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Mission of Hope's President, Hanan Dover stated, "The tragedy experienced by the Victorian communities devastated by the bushfires has hit the heart of every Australian. We wish to assist in relieving their sufferings and providing them with some hope by doing our bit to assist our neighbours".

Franklins, the supermarket chain, have donated all condiments for the barbecue in addition to access to their local cool room for the day. Rabih Khalil from Khalil and Sons PTY will be donating all the meat and coordinated several other businesses to come together and support the appeal. "You just can't sit down and do nothing to help the victims of this great tragedy and I wanted to make sure I did my part to assist", said Mr Khalil.

Principal of Punchbowl Boys High School, Jihad Dib, will be bringing his students and providing in-kind support to assist in making the day a success. The boys will be manning the barbecues and helping through the day.

Mission of Hope is an Australian Muslim health promotion charity organisation. All money donated at the event will be tax deductible and Mission of Hope will not deduct any monies to cover the costs of the event.

To volunteer for the event, please call Rose Dandachli on (02) 0709 4659 or email info@missionofhope.org.au

COME ALONG WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.

BRING YOUR PICNIC MATS ON THE DAY TO ENJOY THE EVENT

SATURDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 11AM-4PM

All Donations above $2 are Tax Deductible

Good that one good story amung the sadness welcome back.
A fire fighter died yesterday and the death toll is still climbing ,yes may the RC find answers ,may they be put into use.
As a result of this tragic event we will see much more burning in colder months as a preventive measure.
Once the smoke begins to rise we must understand some who complain have little idea of the true nature of the bush.
Others may well have to stand against them, to save lives.
On a personal note grass in unattended paddocks is nearly my hight, no fire has seen it for years, after frosts this winter, or one soon to come a fire storm may well take homes here as it reaches trees.
Sad fact council has rules in place, brigades must fill in so many forms, owner is so unconcerned, that it may well have to burn, no one is able to sort out the mess and reduce the danger.
examinator no worries mate I am aware of the quote, and that it is a well known one.
I value your great threads, mind, and heart,I too without shame find my heart pumps faster as yours does and at the same times.

No joy and no surprises in the headlines story in todays Sydney daily Telegraph news paper.
Volunteer firemen are up in arms that they have not been allowed to control burn.
A woman was told she could not have her escape path burnt as it was a corridor for native wildlife.
Has any one considered that wildlife too dies in fire storms?
The Royal commission could be about any state, we all have the wrong rules and the wrong people controlling bush fire policy's.
While that paper is little more than a comic book, like most owned by that group, it has got it right here.
Truly volunteers giving up weekends to control burn need to spend more time preparing and reporting the burn than doing it, all in unpaid time.

Belly,” Volunteer firemen are up in arms that they have not been allowed to control burn.”

I guess the Fire fighters are expressing their frustration and anger at what the second poster on this thread wrote in the opening line of his post

“Maybe a Royal Commission to check the quality of controlled burns which have not been undertaken because of enviromentalist/green protestors asserting their authority to protect the lesser-known dingbat”

As I have said Col we agree with the basic things we see standing in the way of true fire fighting, controlled fires as a preventive measure.
Not all the opposition to controlled burns comes from true radicals.
Most comes from the truly uniformed.
One early spring, unfortunately years ago, every brigade was out in the field reducing the fuel load.
Local press in a rural area, was full of tree changers insults and complaints about smoke.
Most had no idea about the true impacts of fire, the history of burning this country and that some coastal trees could not grow without fire.
On the ground, right in the fire sheds, right now, every one is re committing to winter burns, spring burns, every one but those who stand in the way of, preventing fire storms.
No actions can stop bush fires, but no action at all gives birth to fire storms.

Burns can only be used in conjunction with proper grazing. There has been many a fire started by burns also. The wind can change direction a whip up within seconds. I was listening to an old farmer on the radio the other day. He said he knew that area down there and most places in Australia. He pointed out that the grazing stock did more to control fires than anything else. Another thing that people dont understand is Roos used to come along and eat the grass down after the cattle or horses Roos dont like long grass and cattle dontlike it short.

Now the Cattle have been tossed off and the Roos shot out all together prety much.

The wild horses goats etc are shot in each State or poisoned.
So our stupid cruel Governments shoot our beaufiful brumbies and wild 0gat pluss our Roos.
Then wonder why the our country is burnt to a crip.

Its time to get out of the farmers way and do things the way they were.
Mind you we are getting less and less real farmers by the minute.
This new so called breed of farmers with their cruel insentive feed lots wouldnt have a clue. Its also far cheaper to run livestock than pay men to burn off.