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Patrick Star Patrick Star is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon TV cartoon series, Spongebob Squarepants. He is less keen than Spongebob, but often has brief moments of rare insight. Patrick cooks up crazy ideas that often get Spongebob and himself into a mess of trouble. www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Patrick_Star.html   (217 words)

Secker boosts support in Barker. 11/10/2004. ABC News Online Patrick Secker, the Federal Member for the South Australian seat of Barker, is celebrating his third term in office, after overwhelming support at the polls during Saturday's election. Mr Secker says the outcome is a welcome relief after weeks of campaigning. She also claims to be somewhat relieved to have finished the runner-up to the Liberals' Patrick Secker. www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200410/s1217185.htm   (311 words)

Growing swell of Liberal protests led to change of heart - National - www.smh.com.au Patrick Secker, a Liberal South Australian MP, said he had been given a gentle ribbing from colleagues when he stood up in his party room in February and argued for a change in the Government's policies on temporary protection visas. Mr Secker said yesterday the Government's decision to make it easier for refugees living under the visas was pleasing because "it wasn't exactly party policy and when you're in government it's not easy to oppose government policy". Mr Secker was among the backbenchers holding safe regional electorates where most of the visa holders were employed in jobs that locals didn't want to do, such as fruit picking. www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/07/13/1089694362628.html   (440 words)

RAR: facts: rightside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) PATRICK Secker, former farmer and straight-talking conservative, rose in the Coalition partyroom last week to argue for more compassion in Australia's refugee policy. But it is conservative regions such as Secker's that have seen a remarkable groundswell of support for allowing the 8912 refugees on temporary protection visas to stay permanently in Australia. Secker had been aware of their situation for some time, but what prompted him to speak up in the partyroom was a meeting of the Afghans that he and his wife attended two weeks ago. www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org /template.php3?area=facts&content=rightside   (940 words)

OptusNet News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) South Australian federal MP Patrick Secker says he is considering whether to challenge a fine and penalty handed down by a magistrates court yesterday in Mount Gambier. Secker, the federal Member for Barker, pleaded guilty to driving at 127 kilometres an hour while overtaking a B-double truck near Penola last year. Secker says he is disappointed with the decision and will consider a Supreme Court challenge. www.excite.com.au /news/story/abc/20061026/13/regional/sa/mount_gambier/1773853.inp   (194 words)

Margo Kingston's Webdiary - smh.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) I live in Patrick Secker's electorate (Barker, SA) and in my opinion, he is a waste of space. Secker helped the Hazara in his community, the town my mother lives in, only after one poor bugger hung himself from the power lines in terror of being sent home to Afghanistan. Posted by: Jack H Smit at June 23, 2005 01:12 AM John Forrest and Patrick Secker are everything that has no place in the true country I grew up in. webdiary.smh.com.au /archives/margo_kingston_comment/001208.html   (1084 words)

The Australian: Liberals form new Centre faction [ 26sep06 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) The rift was triggered after conservatives moved to tip out one of their own, orchestrating a challenge against federal MP Patrick Secker. Mr Secker narrowly survived a preselection ballot on Sunday for his blue-ribbon seat of Barker in the state's southeast, one of the country's safest Liberal seats. Mr Secker was elected in 1998 with the support of the influential Senator Minchin, with the staunchly conservative country seat cradling the Right's party membership in South Australia. www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,20476742,00.html   (471 words)

Secker urges full investigation of weir plan. 09/11/2006. ABC News Online The federal Member for Barker, Patrick Secker, is urging the South Australian Government to thoroughly investigate the possible impacts of building a temporary weir in the lower Murray. Mr Secker pleaded guilty to speeding up to 127 kilometres an hour to overtake a B-double truck in the south-east last year. After the decision, Mr Secker said he was considering an appeal, but he now says there is not much point. www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200611/s1784767.htm   (243 words)

Bloglines | Search: Secker South Australian federal MP Patrick Secker says he is considering whether to challenge a fine and penalty handed down by a magistrates court Secker pleased with evidence given in speeding case The federal Liberal MP Patrick Secker says he has been unfairly criticised during a preselection fight in the safe seat of Barker in South A... www.bloglines.com /search?t=1&q=Secker   (198 words)

The Poll Bludger THE CANDIDATES: Patrick Secker came to the seat in 1998 upon the retirement of Ian McLachlan, winning preselection as the favoured candidate of Senator Nick Minchin's Right faction over former state president Vicki Chapman, aligned with the moderate faction associated with Christopher Pyne. As talk of her candidacy gained momentum, Secker made the courageous decision to stand by a recommendation of a parliamentary committee on which he sat that would have deprived South Australia of 500 gigalitres of Murray River flows. All the elements for a fascinating contest were in place, but with the effectively independent Maywald having proved a fairly agreeable cross-bencher in the view of Mike Rann's minority government, Labor did not want the Liberals recovering her seat of Chaffey at the by-election that would follow a move to federal parliament. www.pollbludger.com /fed2004sa.htm   (5197 words)

farmonline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) Federal MP Patrick Secker has praised the program extension, and has challenged the State Government to increase its funding at a local level. Mr Secker said Western Australia and Queensland state governments each gave about $63 million to their local governments for roads, while SA gave only "a pathetic" $800,000. Mr Secker said when the Roads to Recovery project began, it acknowledged local governments was not getting enough support, and increased funding by 118pc in SA ­ well above the national average of 70pc. sj.farmonline.com.au /news.asp?editorial_id=56772   (288 words)

Secker hits back after preselection win The federal Liberal MP Patrick Secker says he has been unfairly criticised during a preselection fight in the safe seat of Barker in South Australia. Mr Secker has won preselection for the seat he has held since 1998 after being challenged by three other candidates. Mr Secker says a campaign waged against him was destructive. www.newsty.com /politics/id_51545   (107 words)

Patrick Secker addresses concerns about non attendance at drought meetings :: ABC Riverland SA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) Patrick Secker addresses concerns about non attendance at drought meetings :: ABC Riverland SA ABC Home Radio Television News …More Subjects Patrick Secker addresses concerns about non attendance at drought meetings Patrick Secker discusses his non attendance at the recent drought meetings www.abc.net.au /riverland/stories/s1789737.htm   (274 words)

NameTraq | Last Name: Secker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) Mr McKenzie, Robert Rawolle and Ian Jervis were each presented with an ANSM by Federal Member for Barker Patrick Secker recently. Federal Member for Barker Patrick Secker said last year saw a brightening of people's attitudes. The rural city is in the electorate of Barker and the sitting Liberal member is Patrick Secker. www.nametraq.org /Jan04/S/Secker.shtml   (213 words)

Patrick Secker MP, Federal Member for Barker - Home Page This Website has been designed to provide information to the constituents of Barker and to give others an insight into the fantastic electorate I have the honour of representing. Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker MP today announced students and staff at Murray Bridge Christian College will benefit from an Australian Government grant of $35,000 under the Investing in Our Schools Programme. Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker MP today announced students and staff at two Barossa schools will benefit from Australian Government grants totalling $104,880 under the Investing in Our Schools Programme. www.patricksecker.com   (512 words)

media release: Dividing the Droplet - R&D helps lucerne growers meet licensing requirements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) Innovation in rural industries, and the development of 'people-power' to implement new ideas and technologies, is vitally important, especially with regard to the need for change and innovation in the management of water, Federal Member for Barker Patrick Secker said today. Mr Secker was launching a new report from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, titles Dividing the Droplet: A water balance study for lucerne seed production resourced by an underground aquifer. The remainder is exported from Victoria and New South Wales,” Mr Secker said. www.rirdc.gov.au /pub/media_releases/6march06.html   (445 words)

The Epoch Times | Telemarketing Protection Coming Soon South Australian Liberal Patrick Secker said Labor was going "over the top" in claiming credit for the measure. Mr Secker agreed that many calls were a nuisance and the best way to deal with them was to hang up. He admitted to three times hanging up on a caller with an Indian-sounding voice before realising he was from his bank and had a valid reason for phoning. www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-6-15/42776.html   (365 words)

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Results - enCompass Culture As a young boy Patrick Skene Catling's father sat him at the desk of his office at Reuters and encouraged him to two-finger type on his old Underwood typewriter. Better Than Working is a hymn to a vanished era in British and American journalism, as well as being an utterly enjoyable book about a remarkable life. Secker & Warburg 2004 hbk £16.99 ISBN 0-436-20624-2 www.encompassculture.com /results/?qs=Patrick%20Skene%20Catling   (231 words)

Patrick Secker MP, Federal Member for Barker Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker MP, today announced that one organisation from the Barker electorate is a finalist in the prestigious Prime Minister’s Employer of the Year Awards, to be held in Canberra on Wednesday 8 December... Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker MP, today announced that four schools in the Barker electorate have been awarded grant funding under the second round of the Australian Government’s $19.4 million Success for Boys programme. Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker MP, today welcomed the announcement by the Australian Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, the Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, of approximately $2.2 million in Australian Government funding for 13... www.patricksecker.com /news/?archived=true§ionid=1   (474 words)

MP 'sorry' for lack of regional ads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) The Federal Member for Barker in South Australia, Patrick Secker, has issued a written apology to regional newspapers in his electorate over advertisements placed by his own Government. Mr Secker sent a fax to media outlets yesterday stating he was disappointed to learn of a new round of community water grants in the metropolitan press. The statement says that while he believes the grants are good initiatives, he was disappointed that they were not advertised in country newspapers to inform rural residents. www.bananas-in-pyjamas.com /news/items/200604/1620603.htm?sa   (149 words)

First weather forecasts for Robe Joint Media Release 13 July 2004 Mr Patrick Secker, Federal Member for Barker, welcomed the news and said the new service would be a significant benefit to the whole community. Dr Stone praised Mr Secker's commitment to continue to provide quality meteorological services to the Robe community. The Robe AWS is part of the Bureau's extensive network of over 500 stations Australia wide and Mr Secker understands the importance of being part of this network and its delivery of effective services including the new twice-daily weather forecasts for the Robe community," Dr Stone said. www.deh.gov.au /minister/ps/2004/psmr13jul204.html   (379 words)

Govt backbenchers brush off AWB poll Liberal backbencher Patrick Secker also wanted to wait until commissioner Cole handed down his findings. Mr Secker said Labor still lacked a smoking gun that tied the government to AWB's payment of $300 million in kickbacks. Liberal MP Warren Entsch pointed to a Newspoll which showed that despite the scandal, John Howard was considered the best prime minister of the modern era. news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=88940   (425 words)

New automatic weather station for Murray Bridge - media release 15 February 2006 The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary with responsibility for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Patrick Secker MP, Federal Member for Barker, today announced the installation of a new Automatic Weather Station at Murray Bridge. “I congratulate Patrick Secker for his commitment to ensuring the people of Murray Bridge and surrounding areas receive improved weather services,” Mr Hunt said. Federal Member for Barker Patrick Secker said he was pleased to be able to deliver more accurate weather services – particularly to the benefit of local farmers and recreational and commercial aviators. www.deh.gov.au /minister/ps/2006/psmr15feb206.html   (359 words)

News: Federal Member for Barker Patrick Secker said he lobbied heavily for the Resthaven funding application before the funding round closed recently. He said the decision would not be announced until February next year and you "can't get around that". Mr Secker has been a staunch advocate of aged care services in the Murraylands during his time as the region's federal representative. www.agedcarecrisis.com /acc/show_news.asp?id=newsitem&item=news0763   (467 words)

Major Investment for Environment Work in Barker Joint Media Release 31 July 2003 These reforms will play a significant part in improving the industry's long-term sustainability and reduce impacts current practices are having on the River Murray," Federal Member for Barker, Patrick Secker, said. Mr Secker said future NHT and NAP spending will complement major environmental work already underway in the Barker electorate funded by $37.9 million in federal funding over the past five years. Over the past five years, the Howard Government has also contributed $1.3 million from the Trust towards the Coorong District Local Action Plan which is targeting some 883,500 hectares in the Upper South-East and Lower Murray lands affected by dryland salinity, remnant native vegetation and wetlands degradation, erosion and unsustainable agricultural practices. www.deh.gov.au /minister/env/2003/mr31jul203.html   (799 words)

PATRICK SECKER OPENS PORT MACDONNELL SERVICE CENTRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) The Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government, Senator Ian Macdonald, who is responsible for the RTC programme, congratulated the community, the District Council of Grant and the community of Port MacDonnell on their joint efforts to improve local service access. Mr Secker said the Port MacDonnell RTC would also provide an Internet Café offering computer, Internet and email facilities, computer and Internet training, photocopying and facsimile services and a tourist information centre. Senator Macdonald acknowledged the determination and entrepreneurial spirit of the Port MacDonnell townspeople, saying the high level of community input had played a vital role in the success of this project. www.ministers.dotars.gov.au /im/releases/2001/july/m218_2001.htm   (332 words)

$1.5 million weather watch radar for Mt Gambier - Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia, media release Officially commissioned today by the Federal Member for Barker, Mr Patrick Secker, and the Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and Heritage, Dr Sharman Stone, the radar will allow better detection of approaching rainfall at a greater range and improved resolution. All of this will benefit a broad sector of the community when making important weather-related decisions, including the general public, emergency services, farmers, industry and aviation authorities," Mr Secker said. The $62.2 million radar upgrade project involves the installation of six state-of-the-art Doppler radars and the replacement of 15 aging weather-watch radars," Mr Secker said. www.bom.gov.au /announcements/media_releases/sa/20040224.shtml   (530 words)

Australia throws 9000 refugees a lifeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) A number of other backbenchers have followed, particularly those in electorates where temporary protection visa holders are employed in jobs where workers are scarce, such as fruit pickers or meat workers, and where they have assimilated into the community. Among the backbenchers to have spoken out in the party room are the conservative South Australian MP Patrick Secker and moderates Bruce Baird, Marise Payne and Petro Georgiou. Other backbenchers calling for the Government to let the visa holders stay permanently have been the NSW National Party MP Kay Hull, Trish Worth, who holds the seat of Adelaide by a margin of 0.6 per cent, Christopher Pyne of South Australia, Judi Moylan from Western Australia and Victorian MP Sharman Stone. www.sievx.com /articles/miscellaneous/2004/20040713CynthiaBanham.html   (605 words)

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