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Why I want voters on Saturday, May the third to “Keep Kerry for Rosevears”.
I see myself as a representative of the West Tamar community rather than a political animal. I am a genuine independent and I am absolutely free from party political pressures.
As an independent, I keep an open mind on issues until I have heard all the arguments. I usually don’t say how I am going to vote on legislation until I have consulted my electorate as much as possible and listened to the arguments for and against. There is no point in locking yourself into a position until you have looked at all the facts and ramifications and listened to as many arguments as possible.
I want to encourage everyone in Rosevears to get in touch with me about any issues or concerns.
As a resident in the electorate and a participating member of the community, I want to see it go from strength to strength. I want to see it a safe and caring community for our children. I want to see a wide and tolerant community.
Some of the issues I want to address in my next term include:
* Affordable housing. We must somehow enable younger people to get their feet on the housing ladder.
* Infrastructure and community facilities. The West Tamar needs safer roads, better water and sewerage services, child care facilities, walking and cycling tracks, among many other things.
* Health and education. Like the rest of Australia, Rosevears needs more preventative health measures—let’s keep our community fit and healthy, and out of hospitals. On education we must encourage more skilled and dedicated teachers, and keep our schools better maintained and make them more pleasant places for kids.
* We live in a wonderful environment, but it is under great pressure. Let’s plan to keep where we live beautiful and sustainable.
* Jobs. No community can survive without jobs and a strong economy. The way to promote this in Rosevears is to capitalise on what we have and what we are good at. We need to develop our local economy with sustainable ventures of the right size. We want industries that won’t harm our valley, our air, our river, and our health.
These are some of the issues we must keep addressing. To do so we must all work together.
I want to keep working for everyone in Rosevears, and Tasmania.
The pulp mill argument is far from over.
I have always said it is the wrong project in the wrong place.
It was a grave mistake not to have looked more closely at a pulp mill at Hampshire. This not a case of not in my back yard. It is a case of an appropriate environment for dispersing emissions.
The Legislative Council will continue to have the task of scrutinising any Government legislation to help a Tamar mill, most probably using even more taxpayers’ funds.
I need to be there to help do this job.
KEEP KERRY FOR ROSEVEARS
Authorised by Graeme Wilkinson, 23 South Esk Rd, Trevallyn |
