Anti-whaling wristbands

Member for Robertson Mr Jim Lloyd recently presented students at Umina Public School with Australian Government "Save Our Whales" wristbands.

The wristbands serve to highlight measures adopted by the Federal Government to protect whales and were designed to increase awareness of the need to protect whales and to promote the Australian Government website: www.saveourwhales.gov.au.

"The waters off the Central Coast usually play host to the annual migration of whales along Australia's East Coast and the Central Coast community is more than aware of the need to push for a permanent ban on whaling, something that the Australian Government has been trying to achieve," Mr Lloyd said.

"Whaling may have been a practice that was widespread around the world decades ago, but as far as I and most Central Coast residents are concerned, it should cease forever and be confined to its place in history."

The wristbands were presented to the children on Tuesday, November 21.

Press release, November 20 Jim Lloyd, Member for Robertson