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DARRYL  STEWART

CANDIDATE  FOR  DIVISION 2,

FRASER  COAST  REGIONAL  COUNCIL

                       Darryl Stewart to Stand for Council

 Fraser Coast Chronicle MEDIA RELEASE 

MEDIA RELEASE

13 JANUARY, 2012

“Darryl Stewart to Stand for Council”
Named a Fraser Coast Hero after his leadership role in the fight against Traveston Crossing Dam, Darryl Stewart will stand for election to Fraser Coast Regional Council as Councillor for Division 2. Whilst holding down a full time job, Mr. Stewart has continued his work for the Fraser Coast community for the last 4 years by volunteering his services to both the Council appointed Economic Development Advisory Group and Environmental Advisory Committee, as well as his long term Presidency role with the Tiaro and District Chamber of Commerce.
Committee talk-fests with little Council action have been very frustrating for someone accustomed to weighing up the facts and then making decisions. After being NSW State Manager for a national and international smallgoods manufacturer with full responsibility for production, sales and marketing from a factory with around 330 employees, Mr. Stewart operated his own livestock farming business at Mungar for 18 years. Mr. Stewart will bring proven and experienced leadership and a strong, verifiable business and financial background to Council.
In addition, Mr. Stewart has been appointed to international, national and state panels and task forces in livestock and meat production, and natural resource management, working with all levels of government and industry. He is currently an executive member of the Board of Directors of the Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management as well as the Chair of its Governance Committee.
“While having a strong interest in the sustainable preservation and protection of our unique natural resources, my roots are in primary production and I am well aware of the needs of primary producers and the vital importance of producing Australian food for Australians,” he said.
“The present Council may have amalgamated the previous 4 Councils but it certainly has not amalgamated the Fraser Coast,” he said. “We must forget we ever had 4 previous Councils and Council areas. They are gone forever. All of us are now part of “Fraser Coast Country”. From Boompa to Burrum and Boonaroo, from Eurong and Urangan to Urah, from Tinana, Teebar, Tinnanbar and Tiaro, each one of our residents must feel that they are part of a united community.”
Mr. Stewart explained that the regional and rural areas are the economic powerhouse of the Fraser Coast and generate most of its primary income. “We do not expect special treatment, but we certainly expect our Council to support us equally and fairly in relation to our city cousins,” he said. ““We are rich in resources, both natural and developed, we have major lifestyle and tourist potential from our country to our coastal areas just wanting and waiting to be promoted to contribute fully to the recognition of the Fraser Coast as a wonderful place to live, work and play. Why have our current Fraser Coast authorities ignored us?”
“My business will be your business. Business, both large and small, provides the impetus that will position the Fraser Coast for a sustainable future. Council is a business that must perform like any other business. If I am elected, I will ensure that our region is open for business,” he said. “We must develop and we must grow, but that growth and development must be sustainable economically, environmentally and socially and it is the duty of Council to ensure it happens equitably across the whole Fraser Coast region.”
“Council is a balancing act between providing efficient and “value for money” services to current ratepayers all over the Fraser Coast and facilitating new initiatives to encourage the continued growth of our region,” said Mr. Stewart. “Council must be a shining example of the principles of good governance and good government.”
Leadership, action, a clear and dynamic vision of a united, sustainable and growing region, and true community representation will be core Council business for the former Tiaro and District Citizen of the Year.

“I am encouraged to stand because I believe that our rural and regional Division 2 needs strong representation as part of a Council that must have massive change,” said Mr. Stewart. “I believe that Division 2 is by far the biggest and the best and has by far the greatest future potential as it contains a smorgasbord of everything the Fraser Coast has to offer from urban to regional and from rural to coastal.”
“I am not at all interested in playing any political games and I will not be accepting any campaign donations from developers or their associates just as I will not be making pre-election promises I cannot keep,” he said. “My entire focus will be to ensure that our “Fraser Coast Country” receives at least its fair share of external assistance, that ratepayers receive value for their money and that all residents share in our vibrant future.”
”Unfortunately there are many idle statements made, and divisional politicking done, before an election,” said Mr. Stewart. “However I know the electors of the Fraser Coast will sort the prime hard wheat from the lightweight chaff in choosing to elect 10 Councillors who will “walk the walk” so that the new Council can get on with business for us all.”
“I have already shown that I am prepared to fight for our lifestyles, livelihoods and landscapes by standing up for the whole Fraser Coast in the fight against the State proposed Traveston Crossing Dam,” he said. “I am not afraid to stand up and be counted again.”
Mr. Stewart’s full resume is publicly available and he can be contacted at:
 

Email: stewart.darryl@bigpond.com
Mobile Phone: 0409208336
Fax: 41296290
 

RESUME

DARRYL STEWART

PERSONAL:

ADDRESS: 600 Antigua Road, Mungar, 4650

PHONE: Home/Business: 07 41296190

Mobile : 0409208336

FAX: 0741296290

EMAIL: stewart.darryl@bigpond.com

 

FAMILY:

Wife – Fiona

Children – Jessica (16)

Lachlan (14)

Angus (10)

 

FORMAL TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS:

Qld. Diploma in Animal Husbandry (University of Qld – Gatton College)

Diploma in Meat Technology (Hons) (Massey University – New Zealand)

 

OCCUPATION:

Current – Livestock Co-ordinator for The Kewpie Group of Companies

Immediate Previous - Farmer - Pork Producer – 18 years at Mungar.

 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Farming Business - pork production at Mungar, 1992 – 2008. (annual value of production – approx $1 million.)

Partner – Qld. Agricultural Consultants (1986 – 1992). Providing a complete range of consultancy services to the intensive livestock industry.

National Pork Industry Consultant to the Authority for Uniform Specification of Meat (AUSMEAT) (1987 – 1992)Manager, Barkers Bacon Pty Ltd, Tasmania (1983 – 1986). An intensive pork production unit with up to 1000 breeding sows and annual production target of around 18000 animals.

J.C.Hutton Pty Ltd – 16 years. Last Appointment – General Manager, NSW, based in Sydney. Responsibility for State-wide and international production, sales and marketing with factory and associated staff of more than 300 personnel.

 

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

Author of “Consultant’s Corner”, a monthly technical and practical article in the nationally and internationally distributed industry magazine, “THE PIG FARMER” – from 1986 to 1993.

 

INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION:

Member of an official Australian Delegation to the Peoples’ Republic of China under the Australia – China Agricultural Co-operation Agreement and tasked with assessing efficiencies in the Chinese Abattoir and Meat Processing Industries in the Beijing, Tien Jin and Shanghai regions.

 

RECENT POSITIONS HELD:

Director, Qld Pork Producers Inc, 2002 – 2006

Member, Queensland Farmers Federation Environment Committee, 2004 - 2006

Delegate, Queensland Farmers Federation Executive, 2005

President, Tiaro and District Landcare Group, 2000 – 2003

Member, Tiaro and District Lions Club, 2000 – 2011.

Vice President, Tiaro and District Lions Club, 2003

Member, Wide Bay Burnett Regional Ministerial Community Forum, 2001 - 2004

Member, Community Reference Panel, Mary Basin Water Resource Plan, 2004 – 2005. (Ministerial Appointment)

Chair, Steering Committee to form Tiaro and District Chamber of Commerce, 2004

Director, Fraser Coast Show Society, 2004 - 2006

Deputy Mayor, Tiaro Shire Council, 2006 – 2007

Councillor, Tiaro Shire Council, 2004 - 2008

Chair, Joint Tiaro/Woocoo BNT Improvement Committee, 2006 - 2008

Member, BMRG Finance Sub-Committee, 2005 - 2009

Foundation President, Greater Mary Association Inc., 2007 - 2010

Foundation Director, BMRG Services Pty Ltd, 2007 - 2011

 

CURRENT POSITIONS:

Director, Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management – from 2003

Executive Member, BMRG Board, from 2006

Chair, Governance Sub-Committee, BMRG – from 2011

President, Tiaro and District Chamber of Commerce – from 2008

Executive Member, Fraser Coast Chamber of Commerce – from 2008

Member, Fraser Coast Health Focus Task Force – from 2008

Member of Fraser Coast Regional Council Environmental Advisory Committee from inception in 2008

Member of Fraser Coast Regional Council Economic Development Advisory Committee from inception in 2009

Inaugural Member of BMRG Board Steering Group for the recently promulgated Great Sandy Biosphere, under the UNESCO “Man and the Biosphere” program, from 2009

Interim Chair, Maryborough Junior Cricket Committee.

 

MEMBERSHIP OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS:

Tiaro and District Landcare Group

Tiaro and District Chamber of Commerce

Tiaro and District Sport and Recreation Committee

Greater Mary Association

 

COMMUNITY AWARDS

Tiaro and District “Citizen of the Year”, 2010.

 

MILITARY SERVICE:

Commissioned Officer (Lieutenant) Australian Army Reserve 1965 – 1974. Last Posting – Unit Operations Officer in a specialised Officer Training Unit under the Northern Command Officer Training Cadre.

 

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS:

Queensland Representative - Under 21 Cricket - 1965, 1966

District Representative – Cricket (Incl Qld, WA, Tas, New Zealand), Soccer, Baseball, Rugby.

A Grade Tennis – Brisbane

 

CURRENT INTERESTS:

Uniting the Fraser Coast region and its community in a growing and sustainable future.

Sustainable solutions in Natural Resource Management

Helping to shepherd the Great Sandy Biosphere to regional, national and international recognition as an outstanding example of mankind living in sustainable concert with nature

Developing opportunities for competition and the advancement of Junior Cricket in the Maryborough/Fraser Coast region, and Senior Cricket in the regional areas of the Fraser Coast.