Independent candidate for the seat of Gilmore, Kate Dezarnaulds wants to see a faster transition to renewable energy, affordable housing and greater access to telecommunications for the regions.
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00:00From all of the listening that we've been doing to the people in the Yorubadala area,
00:04the three issues that I am hearing loud and clear are that people are very upset about affordability and availability of housing.
00:13People are desperate for the benefits of the energy transition to extend beyond those who can afford to put solar panels
00:20and into the realm of renters, small businesses, community organisations.
00:23And people really want to see access, equity when it comes to healthcare and infrastructure in this region.
00:32So those three things are the things that we're going to work really hard on,
00:35see if we can tackle in the upcoming federal election and onwards and upwards into federal parliament.
00:40Community independence are the best alternative to the broken two-party political system.
00:46We are here to represent people, not party policies,
00:49and I am here for the people of Gilmore and we definitely need a change to our broken two-party system.
00:57When it comes to providing health infrastructure for the regions,
01:00we really need to make sure that people in regional areas have got the access they need when they need it close to home.
01:06And so we really need to be able to see conversations around health equity as front and centre.
01:14The closure of the Batemans Bay Hospital has been locked and loaded by the state government.
01:18We need for people of Batemans Bay to be comfortable and confident with their access to health services.
01:23But I'm worried that a state issue is taking up so much of the attention at a federal government election.
01:29We need to be talking about federal issues at a federal election.