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Mt Arapiles - Camping fee booking changes 1st July 29-Jun-2014 At 11:42:05 AM kieranl

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On 28/06/2014 Stugang wrote:
>Jeez kbomb you really got up on the shitty side of bed today
>
>Rather than flaming peeps why don't try and be constructive on what I
>think is a legitimate issue.

Apologies if it came across as a flame. I was probably a bit terse but to me the idea of a boycott in isolation is pretty ineffectual. It might make you feel good but it doesn't achieve much.

What are you boycotting, why and what do you hope to achieve from it?
If you want to achieve something then someone has to notice it. Any boycott will only get noticed if A) it hurts the target and b) it's known about.

It also has to be timely. The bureaucrats at the ParksVic aren't going to give a stuff about our protests/boycotts etc. The MBA solution if a park doesn't meet its fee target will be to extract an "efficiency dividend" from the budget of that park.

The only chance of changing policy on things such as bush camping and fee-levels is to get politicians onside before the next election in just a few months time. There's probably buckley's of getting any concession from the libs/nats but I'll write to my local conservative candidate and presumed next MP, Emma Kealy, in any case.

It will be probably more effective to write to labor candidates and the shadow minister for environment, Lisa Neville ( lisa.neville@parliament.vic.gov.au )