SUZANNE PRITCHARD
Mayoral and No.1 West Ward Candidate, Lake Macquarie City Council
Suzanne is an active community advocate and company director. She has lived in Carey Bay for 17 years, has raised three children and served as President of the Coal Point Progress Association for 12 years. She has degrees in Science and Communications and has developed her own company providing environmental education services to community groups and science shows to childcare centres.
“All our candidates recognise that the future will be very different as we adapt to climate change, and ar keen to play an active and positive role in shaping the response of a rapidly growing city.”
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HANNAH GISSANE:
No.1 North Ward candidate, Lake Macquarie City Council:
Hannah is The Greens’ youngest candidate in the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie area, and is running to highlight the needs of youth and to give them a voice. Hannah has grown up in Lake Macquarie, attending Lambton High and Hunter School of Performing Arts. She is currently studying Communications Law at the University of Newcastle, where she is involved in social justice issues as co-convenor of Newcastle University Student Association’s Women’s Collective.
"As a young person I believe advocating for and representing the youth of Lake Macquarie is crucial in stopping youth disillusionment with the political process.”
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PHILLIPA PARSONS
No.1 East Ward candidate, Lake Macquarie City Council:
Phillipa has a professional background and qualifications in business management and training. Currently completing a teaching degree, she has served as a NSW police officer, insurance investigator, and operations manager of a national company. Phillipa, who has lived in Lake Macquarie for 18 years, wants local action on climate change and unsustainable development in Lake Macquarie, and believes that more Greens on Council will provide more community-oriented leadership.
"The Greens will work towards ensuring development in Lake Macquarie is environmentally sustainable and serves the needs of the local community, not developers.”
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Showing posts with label local 2008. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Nomination Day
Today is nomination day. The day everyone finds out exactly who is running in the local government elections and where they are placed on the ballot paper.
Our Lake Macquarie team is experientially and socially diverse. The lead candidates in all the wards are female. The number of females councilors that have represented the city is less than 10, from memory about 6 but I'd have to check...none the less the perspective of half of the population has a lot to offer.
Our North Ward candidate Hannah Gissane is 19. A youth voice to be heard at one of the most changing times in recent history. Hannah is someone who can articulate what youth want for their future. Whilst some may question what a teenager can offer to the political process I think Hannah's presence on Council would provide a constant reality check that it is the future that is being determined and there should be someone representing the views of the generation that will be living with the decisions of today. I think it is also time to be looking at doing things differently.
In order to address climate change we need to change our approach to many things. A youth perspective can offer alternative or different options that may at first seem 'out there' but may provide a new or unique solution. The Greens have often been targeted for their alternative solutions, it wasn't that long ago the Greens were the trying to get climate change on the agenda.
Representing East Ward is Phillipa Parsons. Phillipa has a professional background and qualifications in business management and training. Currently completing a teaching degree, she has served as a NSW police officer, insurance investigator, and operations manager of a national company.
I'm running as the Mayoral and West Ward candidate. I know it's going to be hard to replace Greg and realistically it's probably not going to happen this year, but I really would one day love to be Mayor and look after the City. To do this I need to understand how everything works and to do that I have to get on to Council to start with.
West Ward is where I live and where I want to represent. This ward is going to be under huge population pressures and it's a chance to have a voice on Council that demands to do things differently and for the future whilst respecting the exisiting population has chosen to live here because it is a beautiful city, with a fantastic environment, and we want to keep it that way.
Our Lake Macquarie team is experientially and socially diverse. The lead candidates in all the wards are female. The number of females councilors that have represented the city is less than 10, from memory about 6 but I'd have to check...none the less the perspective of half of the population has a lot to offer.
Our North Ward candidate Hannah Gissane is 19. A youth voice to be heard at one of the most changing times in recent history. Hannah is someone who can articulate what youth want for their future. Whilst some may question what a teenager can offer to the political process I think Hannah's presence on Council would provide a constant reality check that it is the future that is being determined and there should be someone representing the views of the generation that will be living with the decisions of today. I think it is also time to be looking at doing things differently.
In order to address climate change we need to change our approach to many things. A youth perspective can offer alternative or different options that may at first seem 'out there' but may provide a new or unique solution. The Greens have often been targeted for their alternative solutions, it wasn't that long ago the Greens were the trying to get climate change on the agenda.
Representing East Ward is Phillipa Parsons. Phillipa has a professional background and qualifications in business management and training. Currently completing a teaching degree, she has served as a NSW police officer, insurance investigator, and operations manager of a national company.
I'm running as the Mayoral and West Ward candidate. I know it's going to be hard to replace Greg and realistically it's probably not going to happen this year, but I really would one day love to be Mayor and look after the City. To do this I need to understand how everything works and to do that I have to get on to Council to start with.
West Ward is where I live and where I want to represent. This ward is going to be under huge population pressures and it's a chance to have a voice on Council that demands to do things differently and for the future whilst respecting the exisiting population has chosen to live here because it is a beautiful city, with a fantastic environment, and we want to keep it that way.
The Turning of the Tide
The last time I posted was the day before the Federal election and how the world has changed! The most memorable thing about it was how good I felt on the Sunday, it seemed like a weight had been lifted and there was hope for a future again.
That feeling of hope still lingers, there was definitely a change in what people thought about the Greens and what we had to offer, with enough Greens elected we formally achieved 'party' status at the national level.
Now there is a new opportunity to make a difference locally. For The Greens, being a grassroots organisation is our foundation. We work with the community and represent the community, we don't accept developer donations. More importantly though the local government election is the best chance of getting a Green voice heard in the local political arena.
That feeling of hope still lingers, there was definitely a change in what people thought about the Greens and what we had to offer, with enough Greens elected we formally achieved 'party' status at the national level.
Now there is a new opportunity to make a difference locally. For The Greens, being a grassroots organisation is our foundation. We work with the community and represent the community, we don't accept developer donations. More importantly though the local government election is the best chance of getting a Green voice heard in the local political arena.
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