ANDREW BARR
Happy Birthday! FUSE has been a major contributor on important social, cultural and political issues for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) community in the ACT over the past 12 months.
Alex Thatcher’s pivotal role in the establishment of FUSE and his role as editor through its life are testament to his commitment to journalism, Canberra and its GLBTI people.
Anyone who has been involved in the GLBTI community knows that FUSE is relevant to its audience and provides something people value, whether it’s community information, useful commentary, a well managed debate on an issue, celebrity gossip or a cute cover model!
All these things require considerable work and technological infrastructure which the organisation’s business model must support. The popularity of FUSE reflects the soundness of the social enterprise model Alex and his partner Christopher have put in place.
Congratulations on FUSE Magazine’s first year andball the best for the future.
Andrew Barr MLA : Member for Molonglo
ACT Legislative Assembly
Andrew Burry
Well they said it couldn’t be done. Even someone as famously optimistic as me harboured a few doubts. :-) But 12 issues later, the FUSE team have proven us wrong and magnificently so! I can only imagine the blood sweat and (??) tears that this enterprise has required, but the Canberra queer community has a lot to be grateful for.
Here at Westlund House we have particular reasons to toast not only the success of the last year, but also to toast your ongoing place in our community. FUSE has provided us with the best opportunity to communicate than we have had for many years. Each issue comes out with reliable timing and quality and ever more reason to spend some time in its pages.
So congratulations!! We are proud to have been able to support you and even more proud to continue to do so.
Andrew Burry : General Manager
AIDS Action Council of the ACT
Canberra Theatre
I would like to extend a special congratulations to FUSE Magazine on a fabulous first year. Hot dance acts, great music, comedy, cabaret and not to forget Ave Q! We hope we’ve done our bit to keep things interesting! Here’s hoping for many more hot new shows and many more birthdays for FUSE!
Ricky Bryan : Canberra Theatre Centre
Shane Rattenbury
Gee FUSE, I thought you were older! Just 12 editions and one year in, and it seems like you’ve been around for so much longer. Thank you for the great coverage of the tumultuous debate over changes to the ACT’s Civil Unions laws last year. And thanks for helping keep issues of same-sex equality and safety prominent, as we have all seen with Tony Abbott’s emergence this year that there is still a long way to go for a lot of progressive struggles. So from all the Greens here in Canberra, happy birthday and have a second year as exciting as your first.
Shane Rattenbury MLA : Member for Molonglo
Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly
Scott Malcolm
Congratulations and happy first birthday to all the community members involved with FUSE Magazine!
Alex, Chris and the whole FUSE team have started the process to further fuse our community together and provide a voice and place
of expression to those in the Canberra region. It has been exciting to be associated with FUSE Magazine and their many events throughout the last year. I have enjoyed meeting the variety of people that I may not have had the opportunity to meet!
FUSE has truly brightened the Canberra community and I wish FUSE Magazine all the best for the future!
Scott Malcolm : Director, Money Mechanics
President, AIDS Action Council of the ACT
The Street Theatre
Dear FUSE crew,
Everyone at The Street Theatre wishes you a gorgeous fabulous first birthday. We love how you feel! We love how you look! We love how you sound! But most of all we love how you do what you do! Congratulations to you for all your hard slog and putting it out there. FUSE IS HOT and it’s only going to get better...
Caroline Stacey : CEO and Artistic Director
The Street Theatre
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