Save Our Aussie Icon - The Great Australian Ugg Boot

Issue 2 - The Australian Sheepskin Association Supporters Newsletter

Wednesday, 18 February 2004

Fellow ugg boot supporters,

Welcome to all of those who have joined our support list since the last issue. We thank you for taking the time to listen and help us with our quest.

It is with great urgency that we send you this message. Last week, Ms Sharryn Jackson MP, made a speech on our behalf to the Australian parliament. We have a copy of this linked from our website. Ms Jackson did a terrific job. She is supported by a number of MP’s who have also taken on our plight including Mr Bob Baldwin MP and Mr Michael Organ MP.

It has come to our attention that discussion of her speech is going to occur any day so we urge all of you to ring your local Member of Parliament’s office and give your vote of support. If you are not sure who your member is then please refer to the Who’s Who section of the Parliament of Australia website. We understand that this may be difficult for our International supporters however, if you do want to pledge your support internationally, then we can suggest the following contacts:

• The Hon Mark Vaile (Minister for Trade) +61 2 6277 7420
  (https://www.trademinister.gov.au/)
• The Hon Alexander Downer (Minister for Foreign Affairs) +61 2 6277 7500
  (https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/)
• The Hon John Howard (Prime Minister) +61 2 6277 7700
  (https://www.johnhowardmp.com/)
• The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC (Minister for Communications, Information Technology & the Arts) +61 6277 7480
  (https://www.darylwilliams.dcita.gov.au/Home/0,,0_7-2_4011,00.html)
  

Every day, we are receiving press coverage and as such are grateful to the media. One of the most recent articles is by UK “The Independent” news and is titled: There’s No Business Like Shoe Business. It gives a very good account of the whole debate.

Get Involved - i98FM - "Save the UGG" March

For those of you in or near the Wollongong region of New South Wales, the local radio station “i98FM”, is organizing a “Save the UGG” march and breakfast. It is this Friday (20 February) from 7:00 am at Belmore basin. There will be a BBQ breakfast provided by i98FM with lots of giveaways by the i98FM street fleet. Wear your uggs with joy as you march towards the beach!!!

Don’t forget… forward this to all your family, friends and colleagues and also encourage them to sign up to our supporters list at https://www.SaveOurAussieIcon.com.

Lastly, a continued thanks to the people at Seascape for offering their resources and time for developing our website.

Please keep an eye on the website at https://www.saveouraussieicon.com as we update it with new information. If you have a website, feel free to upload our campaign banner and link it to our website.

Regards

The Australian Sheepskin Association