APPROACHABLE AND RESPECTFUL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LOWER GOULBURN
As our community prepares for the upcoming 2024 local government elections in October, it is crucial to remember the qualities we need in a representative. Beyond policy promises and campaign slogans, we must elect individuals who actively listen, remain approachable, and treat everyone with respect.
A councillor’s role extends far beyond decision-making. They should be someone who listens to the voices of all residents, and act collaboratively to find the best solutions. An effective representative is not only accessible but genuinely invested in hearing our concerns, even when the issues are complex or difficult.
Approachability is key. New representatives should be present and engaged, attending community events, responding to inquiries, and being open to conversation. True leadership comes from building relationships and trust within the community, and this can only happen when councillors make themselves available to listen and understand the needs of those they represent.
Lastly, respect should guide all interactions. It’s not enough to simply listen; a councillor must treat everyone with dignity, ensuring that their concerns, no matter how small, are taken seriously.
Let us ensure we elect representatives who embody these values.
Representatives who actively listen, are approachable, and lead with respect for all.
Santhiya Subramaniam
Candidate for Lower Goulburn
ALLAN MARKS ONE YEAR IN TOP JOB
Dear Editor,
It’s one year this week since Jacinta Allan took over as Premier – but there’s nothing to celebrate.
Premier Allan has overseen a growing list of mis-steps and broken promises. A list so long, it’s difficult where to start.
Labor promised to build 80,000 homes a year for 10 years, but one year on under the Premier’s watch, only 56,000 have been delivered.
Regional Victorians are being silenced as their right to object to renewable projects is ripped away.
Premier Allan is forging ahead with regional health mega-mergers and budget cuts, despite trying to spin her way out of the crisis.
Premier Allan oversees the cost of the Metro Tunnel project exploding from a promised $9 billion to $13.3 billion. Another $4 billion.
As costs for major inner-city projects spiral out of control, state debt is set to soar to an eye-watering $187.8 billion … that’s $1 million an hour of interest repayments.
And despite contributing 25 per cent of the state’s population, regional Victoria receives just over 10 per cent of total infrastructure spending.
Labor and Premier Allan can’t manage money and regional Victorians are paying the price.
Leader of The Nationals
Peter Walsh MP
TAXING OUR FUTURE
Dear Editor,
Could somebody tell me what happened to the SEC [The State Electricity Commission] that the former Premier Daniel Andrews promised us?
He promised to bring it back so we could have better deals with our energy.
Premier Allan should follow that up, but she is too busy instructing Mr Tim Pallas to introduce more taxes so they can pay for all their stuff ups and over budgeting that she has forgotten about it!
By the way, Mr Pallas seems very proud of himself when he announces these taxes, the latest one being the 7.5 per cent on short term rentals.
Do they not realise that people work their guts out to make a future for themselves, then along comes the government through their incompetence in managing our money and they say oh we stuffed up, so we just need more of your money.
By the way, I don’t own any short-term rentals, but I feel for the ones that do.
This Government is just not fit to govern!
Regards
Lib Tenace, Kyabram
