Kim Peart to Run in Prosser

On the campaign trail in the Lyons election, and also promoting the Australian Convict Trail

Kim Peart will be running in the newly created Upper House seat of Prosser as an independent.

Having run in Lyons, Kim attended the Declaration of the Poll yesterday at ~

1:30pm
The Function Room
4 Invermay Road
Inveresk

Kim has been keenly observing the creation of this seat of Prosser, and made comment to the committee with a representation. ~
https://lcredistribution.tas.gov.au/PDFs/SubmissionsInitial/08%20Kim%20Peart%20Submission.pdf

And had an article published on an unexpected implication of creating Prosser. ~
http://oldtt.pixelkey.biz/index.php?/pr-article/will-the-proposed-new-upper-house-seat-of-prosser-h/

FIXING THE HOUSING CRISIS

Kim is particularly concerned about the current housing crisis, and has seen how this hits country towns.

Kim has written an article on this called ~ Fixing the Housing Crisis ~
http://oldtt.pixelkey.biz/index.php?/weblog/article/fixing-the-housing-crisis-/

“Treasurer Peter Gutwein said “we simply need more houses”.”
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/no-easy-fix-for-housing-crisis-warns-premier-will-hodgman-as-emergency-summit-opens/news-story/15e1f19cae0fab7afa58d3ac1ed0cbc4

Kim suggests that we need to simply decide that every citizen in Tasmania will have a home, and meet this basic human need.

It is totally unacceptable that older women and children find themselves homeless, because of our wonderful casino economy.

Growth is great when it creates wealth, but stinks to high heaven when it drives people into poverty.

If we love growth as a society, we can also have a heart, and make sure that while we spin the wheel, we also make sure that every citizen has a home.

With this campaign for Prosser, Kim will be holding many community meetings in towns around the electorate.

Kim will be listening and learning about the needs for work and housing in country towns.

Kim will present a challenge to all elected representatives in Tasmania, to deliver an end to homelessness by Christmas.

If citizens rise up in number and demand that this happen, politicians will respond.

Communities can also take direct action to solve homelessness.

Kim hopes to see a couple of hands-on projects created, in a country town like Ross, where there is a rental housing need, and in Sorell, which is closer to Hobart.

The kindergarten days in Tasmanian politics of playing casino games must end.

There will be more tents at Elwick and other places, if we do not work out a permanent solution to the housing problem.

Finland solved homelessness, by providing homes.

We can do that, by waking up and seeing that simply building houses is not going to solve the homeless problem.

To solve homelessness by Christmas, we must provide homes.

The problem is that simple.

Homelessness is simply a political failure to care for all citizens.

If it’s time to care, then it’s time to end homelessness by Christmas.

EMPLOYMENT

Once the homelessness problem is solved, we can look into ways to provide real employment for all able citizens, at the minimum wage.

SUNDAYS

Kim will be at the campaign HQ at 39 Church Street, Ross, each Sunday, for anyone in Prosser who would like to catch up and discuss concerns.

ROSS BRIDGE ART

Kim is pursuing a project with the Ross Bridge art, to make these unique images in stone accessible to the general public. ~
https://www.northernmidlands.tas.gov.au/source-assets/files/2017-Council-Agendas-Attachments/2017-10-16-PLAN-3-p686-691.pdf

WORLD WAR TWO IN THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS

Kim is working with members of the community to pursue a project with a World War II site in Ross, with an exhibition and tour of the site on the weekend before ANZAC Day. The poster can be found at the end of this photo survey. ~
https://visionross.discussion.community/post/mysterious-site-in-ross-wwii-depot-11-mar-2018-9678385?pid=1303527524

JORGEN JORGENSON

Kim organised a Tasmanian bicentennial event in Ross in 2004, in the theme of Jorgen Jorgensen, who is believed to be the king among the carvings on the Ross Bridge.

In 2009 Kim was featured in stories in Iceland, with the bicentenary of Jorgenson’s rule of Iceland ~
http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5255670
and
https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1288476/

MIDGARD FIRE FESTIVAL

See posters below for the mid-winter fire festival that Kim is organising in Ross.

THE HIGH FRONTIER

In September last year Kim featured in an ABC News Online story about his space activities and dreams ~
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-16/kim-peart-tasmanian-political-hopefuls-space-dream-for-future/8892938

WORLD PEACE

Kim suggests that the key to world peace may be to get serious about space development. By expanding out, there will be less conflict on Earth. By all human activity being confined to Earth, the planet becomes a pressure cooker, at risk of blowing its lid.

And we are still at war with North Korea, after all these decades.

If space is the key to peace, we need to focus on space.

ABOUT Kim Peart ~ In 2007 Kim was listed among Tasmania’s top 200 movers and shakers for “An urban bushland conservationist who has worked tirelessly over the years to maintain walking tracks and protect wildlife from the encroachment of bush-front housing developments.” Kim is campaigning for an Australian Convict Trail, with the Tasmanian leg running from the ferry in Devonport to Port Arthur, along with foot and cycle paths by Tasmania’s highways and roads. After being at the launch of an Australian Space Agency last September, Kim is seeking ways to create employment, careers and new enterprise in Tasmania with the global space industry.

Authorised by: J Bolton, 39A Bridge Street, Ross
Kim Peart