Melbourne Comedy Festival is on again in Melbourne.
Darebin Councils most sustainable Councilor the
very talented and delightful Trent McCarthy has
two current and very amusing shows at this years
Melbourne Comedy Festival.

Trent's shows are always insightful current and well
worth a look see....

MO THE PLUMBER - opens 7th April 2009
Mohammed El-leissy plays a Muslim Australian
?Joe the Plumber?, Trent shines as a political
apparatchik. within the Brumby Government..
With two messy leaks to deal with..... Some
have said It? has touches of "The Hollowmen"
meets Kenny, with a touch of My Fair Lady!

linkwww.trentmccarthy.com/motheplumber/

Tues-Thurs, 7-23 April, 7.00pm @ Northcote Town Hall
$20 full, $15 conc, $10 groups of 10


wwww.northcotetownhall.com.au

or call
03 9481 9500
RETURNING SUDANESE - opens 17 April

This new show is explores former Sudanese refugee
Akoc Manhiem's journey back to his village for the
first time in almost a decade.

Songstress Ajak Kwai and Trent join Akoc on stage
for this hilarious and heartfelt story.

linkwww.trentmccarthy.com/returningsudanese/

Fri-Sun, 17-26 April, 7.00pm @ Northcote Town Hall
$20 full, $15 conc, $10 groups of 10

Bookings for this 2nd show can also be made at the
Northcote Town Hall (Arts Precinct) site above...

"Turning Sudanese," had extremely positive reviews
and was a sell out every night at previous events...
Be quick to see either (or both) of these!

Vita and Trent

Lets do it for the next generation. lets move
forward and create a viable future..

The USA and Australia are the ONLY two developed
countries without paid maternity leave. One is
inclined to question how we as society's value
those who birth the world??

The Australian Federal Government has delayed the
introduction of the paid parental leave scheme -
waiting for the Productivity Commission to report
on it's findings...The Government are making grand
promises to parents around Australia regarding
Parental Leave. But frankly not acting on it...
One wonders about the priorities and seriously
their ideas on stimulus and genuine productive
change??

The Productivity Commission has now reported and the
evidence is in: government-funded paid parental leave
is good for babies, good for parents and good for the
economy.

And at $450 million a year, it's a sound investment.

We've just found out though that a decision on whether
to include paid parental leave in this year's budget
sits on a knife's edge.

Click below to sign the petition telling the Government
this delivery is WELL overdue..We'll take it directly
to Canberra next week as the Budget decisions are being
made:


link/www.getup.org.au/campaign/AllTheOtherKidsAreDoingIt&id=381

The Government's excuse for not introducing it -
the global financial crisis - simply doesn't stand
up. Paid parental leave has proven economic benefits.
It will stimulate the economy, retain parents in the
workforce, and safeguard the nation's future
prosperity.

A government-funded parental leave scheme would mean
those working in small businesses or in low-wage
sectors will have access to something previously only
the domain of those lucky enough to work within big
corporations that have their own scheme.

Decisions are being made now about this year's Budget.
This is our one opportunity to show the Government we
aren't willing to wait any longer for paid parental
leave:

There's no good reason to delay this scheme any longer
without our/citizens support, the Government will without
doubt sit on its hands and do nothing.

It's easy for a government to make grand promises like
this - now it's up to us to make sure they deliver.
Join the Getup petition above today and we will deliver
it to Canberra next week.

Vita and the Getup Team