Friday 31 May 2013

Regents Park Community Cabinet

The Regents Park Community Cabinet meeting was held at Regents Park Christian School on Wednesday 22 May 2013. The Prime Minister arrived at 1:30pm and was given a welcome to the school by Principal Gary Brummell along with school captains from the primary and secondary departments. Ministerial meetings were held inside Regents Park Christian School from 4:30pm followed by the public forum which commenced at 6pm.

See our YouTube clip with photos and video from Regents Park Community Cabinet

Regents Park Community Cabinet Independent News and Political Blog - RPCommunityCabinet13 attended the event and provided freelance media coverage for the public.

Prior to the commencement of Regents Park Community Cabinet on Wednesday 22 May 2013, RPCommunityCabinet13 conducted a survey of local residents in the electorate of Blaxland. The survey asked the question of "are you aware of Regents Park Community Cabinet?" We believe that knowledge of such events is symbolic of the overall public engagement and reception towards the current Australian political environment. The results for our survey are as follows:

33% of survey participants were aware and had knowledge about Regents Park Community Cabinet
67% of survey participants were not aware and did not know about Regents Park Community Cabinet

Here are some of the comments that RPCommunityCabinet13 collected from Blaxland locals about Regents Park Community Cabinet, Julia Gillard and the current Australian political environment:

"looking forward to it" - man interested about Community Cabinet
"last women I'd want to see, [she's] disgraceful" - women angry at Julia Gillard

The introduction by Regents Park Christian School Principal Gary Brummell can be found in the school's Community News newsletter for 31 May 2013.

To see our gallery of photos from Regents Park Community Cabinet taken on Wednesday 22 May 2013, please visit our Gallery page or click here. RPCommunityCabinet13 also has links to the full television footage of Regents Park Community Cabinet in our playlist on YouTube.




~ signing off, RPCommunityCabinet13 - it's been a good month!

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