TERRI Cowley is taking on the Kialla Ward in the Greater Shepparton Local Government elections. Terri said, “As a journalist, I have been watching council from the sidelines for many years. I believe I would bring to the table a genuine desire to make our community better for all groups. I have good communication skills, which are an asset in almost any situation.
“I want to help my community to be the sort of place that my children – in fact, all young people – have a future in, should they choose to stay. A future with the opportunity for appropriate housing, jobs and leisure activities. A place that they can be proud of.”
In addition to her work in journalism, Terri is a member of several organisations including Greater Shepparton Secondary College school council, Committee of Management at GV Hospice, the Greater Shepparton Calder Woodburn Memorial Advisory Committee. Terri has been previously involved with Shepparton United Soccer Club, Kialla West P & C, One FM radio, Kialla Scouts, Greater Shepparton Women’s Charter Alliance, and she is a graduate of the Fairley Leadership Program (2017).
She said the three biggest issues facing the municipality are rubbish, rates, and trust. Her priorities are keeping the city clean and disposing of rubbish in a cost-effective way that protects the environment, finding balance between increasing costs and rates to maximise return on investment and ratepayer satisfaction, and building trust between the community and council.
If elected, Terri said she will bring enthusiasm, a fresh approach, hard work, good ideas, authenticity, honesty and empathy to the role of councillor.
“We need to build trust with our community through genuine consultation so we can work together more effectively. We need brave but empathetic leaders who can take the community along with them,” Terri said.
