The Mulgoa Electorate Diane Beamer has been the local MP for 12 years for the ALP and is retiring. The seat was held with a margin of 11.1% at the last election. There are 49,254 voters in the area stretching from Bringelly to Colyton to the Nepean River. It is compulsory to vote and there is a Election Reminder Facility which allows
you to register for an email and/or SMS to be sent whenever a Local Government or State Parliamentary (not Federal Government) election event for which you are enrolled is pending. More details at www. elections.nsw.gov.au The polling stations in Glenmore Park are Glenmore Park High School, Glenmore Parkway and Glenmore Park Public School, The Lakes Drive.
Prue Guillaume, the Labour candidate, lives in Glenmore Park . Prue has lived in Nepean Valley all her life, and was school captain of Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in Glenmore Park. She works for the MS Society of NSW. As a local councillor on Penrith City Council, Prue has spoken up for her area and fought hard to deliver results on issues such as: • Forcing the State Government to reject the proposed tip at Orchard Hills; • Forcing the State Government to back down on a plan to dump toxic waste at Kemps Creek; • Improving local sporting fields; • Cleaning up the Blue Hills Wetlands; and • Winning a commitment for a fenced off-leash dog park. Prue wants to speak up for her community in NSW Parliament. Telephone Prue: 0401 678 520
Tanya Davies, the Liberal candidate says “Serving our local community has always been important to me. For the last 11 years I’ve worked in higher education, including the University of Western Sydney and Western Sydney TAFE, supporting the training and development of young people. Prior to this I worked as a Physiotherapist in our public health system and learnt first hand what we need for better health care for our community. As a local councillor, I have successfully fought for local road safety improvements and, most recently, secured a commitment from Council to upgrade local playgrounds. I’m passionate about our area. My husband, Mark, and I are raising our three year old daughter, Laura, in Glenmore Park. As a mother, I have a genuine interest in making sure my daughter grows up in a strong, safe and caring community.That’s why I’m campaigning for more frontline police, improved public transport, the Erskine Park Link Road to the M7 to take trucks off our streets and muchneeded resources for Nepean Hospital. I know that by becoming your local member in a government led by Barry O’Farrell, we can make a real difference in our community and work towards Making NSW Number One Again”. Telephone Tanya: 0435 874 850 Patrick Darley-Jones, local business owner from Luddenham is the Greens candidate “I joined the Greens because I saw in them a progressive, grassroots, truly democratic party, a party that listens to people and is not biased by vested interests,” Patrick said. Patrick has been in manufacturing all his working life and is passionate about keeping manufacturing jobs in Australia; he has watched with dismay successive governments of both major parties turn a blind eye to the export of jobs to China and elsewhere. “Manufacturing is a true wealth creation industry where people add value to materials and items and so contribute to the economy of the nation,” Patrick says. “More than ever we need clean industry jobs in the Nepean region that focus on sustainability and technology, jobs that benefit both society and the environment.” Patrick believes there are fantastic opportunities for trades people, professionals and small businesses in building a ‘Clean Energy and Technology Hub’ here in western Sydney. “The long neglected Badgerys Creek airport site in particular, currently owned by the Federal government, would be the perfect site,” said Patrick. Patrick is helping the Luddenham community with their opposition to the cemetery. He says ‘above all else the Greens stand for grass roots democracy and consultation with people about their needs and wishes’. “The Greens will provide leadership for the future, jobs for our children, security for our way of life, indeed for the health of our planet,” said Patrick and he urged the community to “vote for change, REAL Change in 2011.” You can contact Patrick on 0416 528 455. Tony Robinson is standing as an Independent. Candidate. He is a 41 year old delivery driver from Penrith. He is married with 2 adult children. He says “‘I am running for the seat of Mulgoa as an Independent because I am tired of the way the government is treating the people. Both major parties are to blame. They release promise after promise and I am not sure which ones they have honoured. Australians are way overtaxed. The government should stop giving so much money overseas. I was always told charity begins at home - what about our homeless and the people in trouble here?” Amongst other issues he believes the health system needs more nurses and hospitals upgraded, roads need major work, better public transport, tax reduction for farmers, better public facilities for rural NSW, reduce the import of food in half, Reduce the time people come to Australia to work with a work visa by half, abolish the point system for driver licences and reduce the length of stop over time on truck drivers. Telephone Tony 0407 290 673 www.mulgoagazette.com.au
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