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Topic: Teresa Gambaro


In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Teresa Gambaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teresa Gambaro (born 29 November 1958), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Petrie, Queensland.
She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was educated at the Queensland University of Technology.
Gambaro was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence in July 2004, and has, subsequently, been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs since January 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teresa_Gambaro   (145 words)

  
 Friends of Pooh Corner - Gambaro's selloff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Teresa Gambaro is the Queensland/Brisbane Federal member for the electorate of Petrie.
Pooh Corner is outside Teresa Gambaro's immediate electorate however it is still a part of the Brisbane metropolitan area and a part of what the Brisbane region has to offer.
Hence Teresa Gambaro's decision to sell off public land with extremely high nature conservation values at Pooh Corner will be a slap in the face to the entire Brisbane community, including the people of her own electorate Petrie, if she allows the sale to proceed.
www.poohcorner.info /federal.php   (350 words)

  
 AM - Driver from Egypt bus crash is sentenced
TERESA GAMBARO: Our consular officials in Canberra with the assistance of the Victorian police have notified the families of all those involved and it was a terrible tragedy - six Australians were killed and 26 were hospitalised.
Teresa Gambaro says the driver has lodged an appeal against the sentence, which will be heard in about two-month's time.
TERESA GAMBARO: He was sentenced on culpable driving charges.
www.abc.net.au /am/content/2006/s1589359.htm   (500 words)

  
 The World Today - Prime Minister rejects weight watcher tax break
One of his backbenchers, Queensland Liberal, Teresa Gambaro, is tossing around ideas for ways the Government can be even more active in battling the nation's weight problem.
TERESA GAMBARO: We were discussing ways where we could encourage people to be much more preventative and look after their health, and one of the things that was suggested to me was Body Mass Index, which is your height over your weight squared.
And if people are in a healthy range, and a healthy range is 20 to 25, they could be rewarded by perhaps some sort of an incentive in terms of reducing their health risk and the disease impact in the community.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s953946.htm   (800 words)

  
 NAMHA - Chronology of Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Ms Gambaro announces that the community would be consulted regarding the options for the future of Kissing Point and Jezzine Barracks, once the Army vacates the Barracks.
Ms Gambaro had indicated that a consultant would be appointed in Apr 2005 to look at options for the use of Jezzine Barracks.
Reply from Ms Gambaro confirming that there would be a consultative process to determine the future of Jezzine Barracks once the decision is made to dispose of the land.
www.savejezzinebarracks.asn.au /chronology.php   (1637 words)

  
 Waste System Boon for Hospitals & Environment
Federal Member for Petrie, Ms Teresa Gambaro MP today congratulated Brisbane-based company, AWS Clinical Waste on the successful completion of its compact automated onsite hospital waste treatment system, located at the Redcliffe Hospital, which cuts harmful emissions from the disposal process to a fraction of the current level.
Ms Gambaro, on behalf of the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin, presented the company with a certificate in recognition of its commitment to research and development at a function in Redcliffe today.
Ms Gambaro said that emissions from the sterilisation process are only a fraction of those from incineration and wet scrubbers.
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 Territory Live   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The soldiers are from the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR), the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2 CAV REGT), 2/14th Light Horse Regiment Queensland Mounted Infantry (2/14 LH QMI) and the 1st Military Police Battalion from Sydney.
Ms Gambaro was joined by Major General Mark Kelly, Commander of the 1st Division as well as family and friends to officially farewell the soldiers at a ceremony at Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane.
Ms Gambaro said the high standard of their training, preparation and equipment was a credit to the entire Defence organisation.
www.territorylive.com /news_details.asp?id=659   (360 words)

  
 Address at Petrie Community Lunch Southern Cross Catholic College, Caboolture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Can I first of all thank the Southern Cross Catholic College for the hospitality that it is extending to all of us today, the opportunity for me to meet you and to exchange a few thoughts with people from all over the communities that make up the electorate of Petrie.
There is nothing elitist or privileged about those fee levels and indeed it's a cardinal principle of freedom of choice in this country that parents should have the right, and above the government, above anybody else, of deciding the nature and the quality of the education that their children should receive.
Teresa has been kind enough to speak earlier of the journey that we have travelled over the last eight and a half years and there were some, as she rightly said, there were many things that I would never have dreamt back in March of 1996 that I would encounter as Prime Minister.
www.pm.gov.au /news/speeches/speech1006.html   (2271 words)

  
 Evacuated Aussies arrive safely | | The Australian
Parliamentary secretary for Foreign Affairs Teresa Gambaro said the group, which included young members of a Armenian dance troupe, have arrived in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Ms Gambaro said a ferry capable of evacuating up to 600 Australians could be available as early as Wednesday.
Ms Gambaro said currently 6291 had registered with the Australian Embassy and that it was likely the majority of that number would want to leave.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,19828092-1702,00.html   (578 words)

  
 SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
But the judge, Justice Peter Longley, said that was no excuse for such a serious crime, and sentenced Diaz to 10 years and eight months, Tran to 13 years, and the younger defendant to to nine years in prison.
Teresa Gambaro, parliamentary secretary for the Minister for Foreign Affairs, says it is a tragic case.
Lawmaker Teresa Gambaro said that while prisoner exchange negotiations are still in progress, the three former Sydney residents have 28 days to appeal the severity of their sentences.
www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/news-hongkong10.html   (1418 words)

  
 Joint media release - A bright future for HMAS Platypus
Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary with ministerial responsibility for the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Teresa Gambaro MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, and the Hon Joe Hockey MP, Federal Member for North Sydney today announced the handover of HMAS Platypus from the Department of Defence to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
Mr Hunt said the former submarine base at Neutral Bay will be remediated and the community will be consulted on the future uses of the site's buildings and facilities.
Teresa Gambaro, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, said the transfer of the former naval base to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust was a creative solution to the debate about its future.
www.deh.gov.au /minister/ps/2005/psmr23jul05.html   (592 words)

  
 PM calls fat tax a thick idea, albeit a Liberal one - National - www.theage.com.au
Told it was Ms Gambaro's proposal, Mr Howard quickly qualified his remarks by adding that he supported weight loss and exercise regimes.
Ms Gambaro, a member of the Government's Health and Ageing Policy Committee, wrote to Health Minister Kaye Patterson last week with ideas to tackle Australia's obesity crisis, including reducing the 1.5 per cent Medicare levy people pay on their taxable income if they lose weight.
Ms Gambaro said it was a shame the idea was picked up yesterday as a "fat tax".
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/09/25/1064083128033.html?from=storyrhs   (275 words)

  
 Local Company Pioneers Pathology
Federal Member for Petrie, Ms Teresa Gambaro MP, today congratulated Scarborough company Ai Scientific on behalf of the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin, for the successful completion of its Commonwealth Government funded PathFinder blood-sorting research and development project.
At a function in Scarborough today, Ms Gambaro presented Ai Scientific with a certificate for its outstanding contribution to medical science and in recognition of its successful completion and commercialisation of its PathFinder product.
Ms Gambaro said PathFinder, with its intelligent software and five independent robots, provides a hands-free operation, which removes any potential human error associated with the manual sorting and splitting of blood specimens.
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 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Australia increases assistance to Sri Lanka to fight landmine menace
Australia’s Special Representative on Mine Action and Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Teresa Gambaro, said that she was pleased to announce the mine action assistance for Sri Lanka during Landmine Action Week.
Australia is providing $1.4 million to the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action for its Future Operations Project, which aims to build the ability of mine-affected communities to clear mines in the districts of Mannar and Vavuniya.
Ms Gambaro said the program would also enable the resettlement of families displaced by conflict.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6Q57AM?OpenDocument   (403 words)

  
 NAMHA - Letters - To and From Politicians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Letter to Hon Teresa Gambaro MP from Brig.
Letter from Hon Teresa Gambaro MP (194 KB).
Letter to Mr Rod McLeod from Hon Teresa Gambaro MP (224 KB).
www.savejezzinebarracks.asn.au /letters.php   (73 words)

  
 Web Design - Betterstill.com
Gambaro Seafood restaurant wanted to establish an online presence whilst not outlaying a lot of money.
Member for Parliament Teresa Gambaro wanted to establish her first online presence with an informative website that would give her another medium in which to interact with her consitutents.
From the provided office material we were able to provide her with an informative and interactive website.
www.betterstill.com /webdesign.html   (726 words)

  
 Redcliffe City News :: Online News for Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Federal Member for Petrie, Teresa Gambaro held a community forum on her proposal to introduce a nationwide Active Civics Program to secondary schools.
The forum, held in Redcliffe on Friday, allowed Redcliffe organisations and residents to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns on the proposal with their Federal member, as well as gaining a considerable insight from organisations already trialling the idea.
Ms Gambaro’s proposal has been met with mostly positive nationwide acclaim — but gaining the perspective of Redcliffe community groups and schools is very important to Ms Gambaro.
redcliffecitynews.com.au /index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=1&pid=939   (435 words)

  
 Aussie dance troupe stranded | NEWS.com.au
The parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer, Teresa Gambaro, said 2200 Australians were registered as being in Lebanon.
Ms Gambaro said the Australian embassy in Lebanon has temporarily closed.
The advice from DFAT was for Australians in Lebanon is to "stay put" in what is a "very volatile situation".
www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,19785432-29277,00.html   (451 words)

  
 The Office of Australian War Graves - Canberra Garden of Remembrance Photo Gallery
The Hon Teresa Gambaro MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, opened the ACT Garden of Remembrance
The Hon Teresa Gambaro MP and Mrs Helen Connor
The Hon Teresa Gambaro MP lays a wreath at the opening
www.dva.gov.au /commem/oawg/gardens/act_photo.htm   (197 words)

  
 NATIONAL SERVICEMEN
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, the Hon.Teresa Gambaro MP unveiled a plaque after praising the project and the contribution Nashos have made to Australia.
The Precinct, covering 1.3 hectares, includes the Chapel, the Everyman’s Hut, three other buildings and a former company parade ground.
The Hon.Teresa Gambaro MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence shaking hands with Colin Bell after unveiling the plaque is pictured here.
www.nashoqld.org.au /WacolPage.html   (304 words)

  
 Canberra Liberals
ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries has experienced a night out in the bush in a hoochie during his visit to the Army Combat Arms Training Centre at Puckapunyal, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Teresa Gambaro announced today.
Senator Humphries has received a thorough education on the lives and work involved in being a soldier with the Australian Defence Force.
Parliamentarians who participate in the Program are able to contribute to debate on Defence and National Security issues from a more informed perspective.
www.canberraliberals.org.au /default.cfm?action=news_detail&ID=4858   (507 words)

  
 The Hon. Teresa Gambaro MP - Federal Member for Petrie
Teresa Gambaro MP - Federal Member for Petrie
The Camp Quality team, Queensland’s first entrants into the EsCARpade held in October is in need of our help.
Funding from the sale of a $2.00 funny red nose captured Australia’s imagination eighteen years ago as Red Nose Day has saved the lives of some 4,500 babies through the reduction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by ninety per cent.
www.teresagambaro.com.au   (247 words)

  
 The Hon Gary Hardgrave MP - Australian Government Minister for Vocational and Technical Education - Media Centre
Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, the Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, along with Federal Member for Petrie and Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Teresa Gambaro MP, today welcomed the signing of the Funding Agreement for the Australian Technical College – North Brisbane.
Mr Hardgrave said the signing of the Agreement is the final step in ensuring the College will commence operations in 2007.
Federal Member for Petrie and Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Teresa Gambaro MP, said the College will be located at a refurbished site in Scarborough at the Southern Cross Catholic College, with a second campus at St James College in Fortitude Valley to open in 2007.
www.dest.gov.au /Ministers/Media/Hardgrave/2006/02/h001100206.asp   (320 words)

  
 Australia aids Sri Lanka mine clearance
The federal government has announced more than $1.6 million in aid for Sri Lankan communities plagued by uncleared landmines.
The funds will be used to destroy an estimated 3,000 anti-personnel landmines and 1,500 unexploded devices in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Secretary Teresa Gambaro said.
Some of the money would be used to resettle families displaced by conflict in the war-torn country, she added.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=71453   (295 words)

  
 Aussies could serve HK sentence at home
Foreign Affairs parliamentary secretary Teresa Gambaro said while prisoner exchange negotiations were in progress, the three Australians still have legal options to fight their sentences.
"Under Hong Kong law, defendants have 28 days to appeal their sentence, so there is an appeal process that they can go through," Mrs Gambaro told ABC radio.
The three have been in custody since they were arrested last year in a budget hotel room, preparing to smuggle the drugs.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=94289   (424 words)

  
 Landmine strategy launched | The Sunday Mail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Landmines kill and maim around 20,000 people every year, many of them children.
"Land cultivation is almost impossible due to landmine contamination and communities can be faced with the long-term burden of caring for survivors," Ms Gambaro said.
The funding will be spent on rehabilitating victims, reducing the threat of explosive remnants of war and improving the effectiveness of anti-mine action.
www.thecouriermail.news.com.au /story/0,20797,19196711-1702,00.html   (175 words)

  
 PRMBC - Peter Dutton, John Howard and Teresa Gambaro
PRMBC - Peter Dutton, John Howard and Teresa Gambaro
Teresa Gambaro MP PM's visit - list of photos
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www.prmbc.com.au /gallery/pmvisit/pmvisit7.htm   (97 words)

  
 Defence Talk Forum - View Single Post - Australia's first 2 Tiger ARH helo's delivered.
The Army will be able to conduct tactical reconnaissance and escort and protect our Black Hawk helicopters as they transport troops and supplies."
Today’s ceremony was attended by the Industry Minister and Member for Groom, Ian Macfarlane, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Teresa Gambaro.
Senator Hill praised the work of the Defence Materiel Organisation and Australian Aerospace for their outstanding work in delivering the helicopters to the Army.
www.defencetalk.com /forums/showpost.php?p=34583&postcount=1   (448 words)

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