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Post date: Feb 20, 2012 10:53:47 AM
Jerry Guirguis interviews Port Pirie Regional Council Mayor Brenton Vanstone on 96.5FM - Egyptian radio show [ Monday 20th Feb 2012 ]
6:30pm - My special guest tonight will be Mayor Brenton Vanstone, Port Pirie Regional Council Mayor Brenton Vanstone will speak to us live-to-air from SA to discuss the current situation with the proposed camel abattoir that's scheduled to be built at Port Pirie South Australia in the next 4 months.
Q1] Where is the Warnertown ?
Port Pirie is North of Adelaide and Warnertown is just 16km south of Port pirie
Q2] Tells us about the company Magidens Australia and their application lodged with Port Pirie to build a Camel abattoir
Q3] When will the construction begin and how long to complete construction ?
Q4] What will this mean to the town?
Q5] Will this meat operation end up being the largest plant & third of this kind in Australia ?
Q6] How much has the Federal Gov, state Gov & Local Gov allocated to this project ?
Q7] When and where will we be able to buy camel chops from major retail stores ?
Q8] How are your camel chop skills on the barbie going ?
Federal Government
Allocated $20 million/4 years to aerial cull 1.5million camels [ doubling every 9 years ]
15 million camels world wide doubling every 10 years !
Australia has 10% of world camel Popn.
It Started back in 1860 for Burke & Wills expedition
46% - WA [ camels popn is in WA ]
27% - NT , 17% - SA , 10% - QLD
Federal Minister for Agriculture : Mr.Joe Ludwig
SA State Government
Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries : Mr. Michael O’Brian [ Thinks it’s great option]
$1.5 million will be spent over 2 the next years to fund POWER, ROAD UPGRADE to [ Warnertown / Gladstone plant site ]
Port Pirie is North of Adelaide, and Warnertown is 16K south from there, the plant will be build in a industrial site of Gladstone site
Local Government, Port Pirie Regional Council Mayor Mayor Brenton Vanstone will be on our 96.5FM – Egyptian radio show at 6:30pm live-on-air
This project will develop
Meatworks / Knackery
Feed Industry
Cannery
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Breading Stock [ Racing ]
Magidens Australia – Magdy El Ashram Egyptian Businessman
Has submitted an Applaction to Port Pirie to build the 3rd and the largest multi-species plant in Australia
Magdy El Ashram is only asking the Fed Gov. for special dispensation to muster camels, requesting
Not to spend the Allocated $20 million/4 years killing these animals, just allow me to muster them”
In his business plan, he outlines his plight to put a stop to world’s hunger, [ every 3.5sec someone in the world dies from hunger]
Magdy El Ashram is projecting to generate $60 million/pa for the South Australian economy - $100 million to Australia’s economy
Creating Jobs in Port Pirie for 22 employees at the Start and to grow to 300 strong
At the beginning, they will slaughter 300 camels/week ~ 10,000pa, move up 500 camels/week ~30,000pa then scale up to 100,000 camels/pa
3000 goats/week ~ 100,00pa Goats
Donkeys
Kangaroo stake
Crocodile fillets
$20 million to finance the poroject [ Egyptian central Bank blocking financial transfers over $100,000 ]
www.EgyptianGazette.org.eg 21st Jan 2012 [ Reuters ] ..... " Egypt bank tightens money transfer rules "
Indigenous communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga
Believe aerial camel execution, presents a spiritual conflict for some indigenous groups.
Australia has 2 accredited Export & processing Camel processing plants
1] Peterbourough [ Velda ]…… 100 – 255 Camels /week ~ 10,000 camels/pa
2] ?
MARKTEERs
Meat & Livestock Australia [ mkt group – Blair Brice ]
Pest to Profit
Camel meat = High in Protein / High in Iron
ORGANIC
Low in cholesterol / Low in Fat
Rich in fat MILK [ Chocolate Al- Nassmia sold on QANTAS air , Ice Cream ]
Buyers:
400 tonnes/mth - Middle East
50 tonnes/mth - Europe
25 tonnes/mth - USA
Jerry Guirguis
96.5FM - Egyptian radio show
Presenter
+61 400 718 817
Hard copy of this interview can be requested via email to; JerryGuirguis@bigpond.com
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