AABC's ~ "Antipodean News Update" No 003 - 21st July, 2016

Dear Friends, Future Members & Associates,

On 22/06/2016, Mr. Rod McGeoch AO (AABC Co-Founder/Patron) and Enrique TOPO Rodriguez (AABC, Co-Founder/Executive Director, invited Mr. David Mason to join the Board of directors as the inaugural Non-Executive Chairman. It is also our great pleasure to communicate to you, His Excellency Hugo Javier Gobbi, Argentine Ambassador in Canberra has been invited to become our inaugural AABC Honorary Chairman (ex oficio).

LAUNCH: After completion of our website and other matters of compliance, currently with HopgoodGanim Lawyers (pro-bono) we will hold the AABC Official Launch on 19th August 2016 – Further details will be confirmed in due course.

We’d like to advise the AABC members that, independently from the AABC, TOPO is taking a consulting role with Dark Horse Resources (DHR) as a Public Relations Executive Consultant, assisting DHR in progressing their mining and energy interests in Argentina, in particular the Pico Power Plant, a large 1000 MW power generation project in the Rio Negro province.

Furthermore, Ms. Pru Maclean and Ms. Eliza Michael of DHR’s parent group, DGR Global (Ltd) (ASX), have been invited to join the AABC Secretariat, assisting the Board and the Executive on a voluntary and 'need' basis. AABC Operations (for the time being) will be conducted from Sydney Head Office: C/o Max Prentice L.18, AON Tower, 201 Kent St. Sydney NSW 2000 as well as from QLD Office: C/o DGR Global, L.27, 111 Eagle St. Brisbane QLD 4000.

We also take this timely opportunity to most sincerely thank the invaluable ‘assistance and coaching’ received from our friends/coaches/advisers from the AABC ‘Corporate Advisory Team’ comprised by:

The Hon Nick Greiner, Mr. Jason Collins, The Hon Michael Yabsley, Mr. Max Prentice, Mr. Arthur Porter, Mr. Pat Slattery, Dr. Tony Fischer, Mr. Pedro Villagra-Delgado (Former Argentine Ambassador in Canberra and current Chief of Cabinet in Argentina). Mr. Alan B. Jones AO, Mr. Nicholas Whitlam, Mr. Peter Freund, Mr. Cesar A. Fernandez (President, Australian. Ch. of C. in Argentina), Ms. Tracey Holmes, Ms. Wendy McCarty AO, Mr. John Tesoriero, Mr. Andrew Slack, Mr. Nick Farr-Jones AM, Ms. Deborrah Lambourne, Ms. Dy Webb-Breen, Mr. Alan Whitehead, Mr. Ignacio (Iggy) Rodriguez, Mr. Nick Mather, Mr. Brian Moller, Mr. Karl Schlobohm, Mr. Bruce Ross,  Mr. Priy Jayasuriya, Mr. Damian Bender and Mr. Michael N. Fox (Performance Psychologist).

To this juncture, we very much look forward to a continued and fruitful association, committed to enhance the 'bilateral links' in areas such as: culture, the arts, trade, education, tourism, agribusiness, as well as sporting endeavours, between these two wonderfully rich countries which TOPO has with distinction represented in an international rugby union career of 15 years (1977-1992) uninterruptedly, Argentina and Australia (Aus. Captain in 1987 vs. Mendoza province).

With kindest regards;                                                                                               and best wishes,

Roderick H. McGeoch AO, LLB ~ [AABC, Co-Founder/Patron]                       Enrique Edgardo Rodríguez Basi ~ [AABC, Co-Founder/Exec. Director]       David Mason [AABC, Non-Exec. Chairman]