It is with great pleasure that I announce that the Hon. Bob Baldwin MP has agreed to open the IFDAA Inc. Conference.
Federal Member for Patterson
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry.
The electorate covers an area of approximately 6,652 sw km and includes
the towns of Anna Bay, Bulahdelah, Clarence Town, Dungog, Forster, Hawks
Nest, Lemon Tree Passage, Medowie, Morpeth, Nelson Bay, Paterson,
Raymond Terrace, Stroud, Tuncurry and parts of Nabiac, Thornton and East
Maitland.
The main industries of the area include timber, beef and dairy
cattle, mixed farming, maize, saw milling, fishing and oyster farming,
tourism and general engineering.