Janette Hashemi----- --------------------
Qld Democrats Candidate for Fairfax

Email: Janette.Hashemi@qld.democrats.org.au
Phone: 5496 0332

Janette Hashemi was raised on Sydney's north shore and schooled at St. Ives primary and high schools. She moved to the beautiful Sunshine Coast in 1995.

Janette graduated from Hawkesbury Agricultural College in 1980 with distinctions in management, marketing and utilization of horticultural products. She has spent 15 years working in sales and marketing of horticultural and agricultural products for multinational companies including Schering Agric. Chemicals, Lanes Roche Maag and Bayer Australia.

She is an independent researcher, writer and presenter of "Global Warming and its Consequences" prior to the issue becoming popular.

Janette has been studying science journals for 20 years. She founded and coordinates the Hinterland Science Discussion Group, comprising of 15 working and retired scientists, discussing issues including Bird Flu, global warming and genetic engineering.

She is particularly interested in community justice and equity, organizing and coordinating the Social Issues Forum in 2006 and 2007 for the Sunshine Coast's Multicultural Festuri. The Social Issues Forum explores and raises social justice issues at an academic level.

Janette is also passionate about community harmony and dialogue, co-founding and coordinating the Sunshine Coast Interfaith Network since 2002. She has organized around 30 forums to promote awareness and communication between different religious groups.

Janette has studied physics, communication, sales and floristry at certificate level. She offers the community in Fairfax her life experience in scientific, social justice, agricultural and religious dialogue fields.