Paul Sellick, Rise Up Australia Party, candidate for Solomon.
At the Australian Christian Lobby forum on 2 September 2013 Paul said that it took courage to stand for election and that he was given a message by God to stand.
Paul Sellick was born in Adelaide in April, 1957. His loving parents passed on to him, many passions including music, art, athletics, travel, communication and the study of human behaviour.
Through his school years, Paul travelled Australia by road with his entrepreneurial father.
Paul observed that many of those Australians he met in his travels, were originally from other countries, and yet they had morphed into our culture so well that, apart from their accents, they had become just like those who were born here.
Paul was a State Champion 100 metres sprinter, and also played football, tennis, and baseball throughout his Primary and Secondary school years. He was searching for an apprenticeship as a carpenter during his third year at High school, but stayed on and won a Commonwealth Scholarship that same year. Paul went on to study nursing and worked in both general and psychiatric hospitals.
The music profession beckoned and shortly after his 20th birthday, Paul headed for the Gold Coast in Queensland to start his career as a solo piano-man/singer. This led to a life on the road again, travelling around his beloved Australia. He gained a vast experience in many diverse industries over the years, from skippering fishing and charter boats to teaching disabled children and adults, from working as a freelance photo-journalist to teaching Literacy and Numeracy to Indigenous and overseas students, from creating artistic furniture and sculpture to working in the aviation industry. He moved to Darwin 26 years ago and it has been his home ever since.
In 2012 while playing piano and singing at a function in Darwin, he played a slow, soulful rendition of “Waltzing Matilda”, and it brought tears of emotion to the eyes of many in the audience. One senior lady came to the stage and asked to use the microphone. She said to the crowd, “That song made me cry because this great country of ours is suffering deeply, and crying out to her people to save her. Our famous motto “She’ll be right mate” is no longer true. We have lost faith in politics and politicians, only God can help us now.” Her speech stuck in Paul’s mind, and burned like a wildfire as he cradled his new-born daughter in his arms later that night. He could not sleep, not because of her crying, but because it was difficult to rest, knowing that every word of that speech was true.
Almost one year later, Paul met a man that changed his life forever. A man that had the courage, the skills and the God-given passion to activate the process of applying our Duty Of Care to this great country. That man was Daniel Nalliah.
Paul joined the Rise Up Australia Party immediately, with the promise that he would serve to the best of his ability, and believes that a great leader empowers his people and lifts them up to accomplish things above and beyond their expectations.
Email Contact: paulsellick@riseupaustraliaparty.com
I heard Rise Up
Australia Party messages broadcast on Darwin's 97 seven (97.7 MHz on
the F.M. Band, http://darwins97seven.org.au/)
as a station sponsor for several days, until the blackout on
political avertising.
I have done web searches on all the Rise Up Australia
Party candidates for the Northern Territory and come up with nothing
else. More information on the Rise Up Australia Party, including
their 26 policy
principles, can be found on their website:
http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/
(the main source of information for this post).
Posted
6 September 2013
©
Ken
Glasgow 2013
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