Significant changes have been made to the service provided to students and families in the Maitland and Newcastle Diocese. These changes have been made with no consultation or communication to the community. The changes will have a detrimental impact to the education of our children. 

The building of data centres have negative impacts on our fragile environment, our precious water supplies and our communities. Their perceived benefits are negligible. 

Albury/Wodonga's Bus network does not do enough to adequately service the community because many newer parts of Albury/Wodonga (such as Killara, Leneva, Parts of Baranduda and Thurgoona) as well as many surrounding satelite towns (Such as Tangambalanga and Tallangatta) do not have adequate access to Public Transport. The Bus network also does not do enough to adequately service the community because most services, Particularly those in Wodonga start too late and Finish too early for most residents, where most services start at 7am and finish at 6pm. Many services (Such as the Routes F, G and O) mostly only operate once an hour while others (Like the E, S and T) have inconsistent frequencies. Most Routes (Like the G, M and O) are difficult to read on a map and take long detours before reaching their destinations. Many Bus stops around Albury/Wodonga are also not wheelchair accessible Many people who use Albury/Wodonga's Bus Network from my observations of using the service for several years in Albury/Wodonga are usually those who often can't or do not use a car (Such as Youth, Older residents and people with disabilities.) Public Transport to the Surrounding satelite Towns is extremely limited with very few methods that exist that don't require a car. Outdated payment methods (such as Wodonga's Buses being Cash only) are also a major barrier as most people no longer carry cash with them. I believe that based on the facts available, The Bus networks in Albury/Wodonga (and especially Wodonga) do not do enough to adequately serve the community. Here are a few scenarios Imagine if you are a 14-year-old teenager in Killara who wants to go out and spend time with their mates on weekends or after school, but their Parent doesn't want to or cannot drive them all the time. It's too dangerous to use a bike because of the highway, It's too expensive to use a Taxi, how will you be able to see your friends without a method of transport that is cheap and predictable? Or if you are a 16-year-old Teenager living in West Wodonga who works at the Woolworths in White Box Rise. their boss would like them to be available to work on Sundays, but no public Transport services operate in Wodonga on Sundays, which impacts their ability to work, their parents cannot always drive them to work because they are too tired from working the week and they cannot afford a taxi. how can they get to work? Or if you are a 40-year-old guy in Tangambalanga who works in Albury and his only way of getting to Albury is to drive. His doctor tells him he cannot drive for a while because of a medical condition that may impact his ability to drive safely. He cannot ride a bike because the highway is too dangerous for him to ride on. How will he be able to get to work? Or if you're a 25-year-old Mum with a toddler who lives in Baranduda and works in Albury who suddenly has to have to get their car repaired because of mechanical issues, they fortunately have access to a Bus service, but that service is limited, which severely restricts her ability to work. All her friends and relatives do not have time to help her out and she doesn't have a way to get her toddler to preschool in West Wodonga.  Or if you are an 85-year-old retired grandpa who lives in West Albury whose doctor tells him he is no longer fit to drive because of a medical condition impacting his ability to drive safely, he fortunately has access to a Bus service that operates every hour, however he cannot use the service because he cannot step onto the Bus because the Bus stop infrastructure isn't accessible. Or if you're a 40-year-old woman in a wheelchair living in Wodonga whose nearest Bus stop is only accessible when it is dry, her wheelchair cannot travel on grass when the grass is wet. she works in Albury and works five days a week, wet weather impacts her ability to work because her wheelchair cannot travel on wet grass at her Bus stop All these scenarios are based on very real situations that I have personally been in or know of people who have been in a situation like this. I know that some efforts have been made to fix Albury/Wodonga's network in recent years, such as Cheaper Fares, Cashless payments and upgrading Albury's Network and there are plans to expand cashless payments to the rest of Victoria in 2027, however, there is still lots of work that needs to be done and there are still places in Albury/Wodonga without access to Public Transport.  I call on whoever wins the local electorates of Benambra and Albury in the upcoming State elections to be active in advocating for Better Public Transport services in our communities. Goverments have the authority to ensure that parts of taxpayers money can only be spent on certain projects. I'd like to see whoever wins government exercise these powers by putting binding terms in contracts.

We need to take control of our sovereign wealth and stop the investment in the war machinery of our US "ally".  Without any debate, Scott Morrison made a commitment on our behalf which sqanders 2/3 of a trillion dollars (while secretly holding 5 ministries)  Now all the beneficiaries of this money guyser are cheering the project on, in spite of the clear fact that i) these behemoths are already "old" technology; ii) supporting nuclear subs makes Australia a target; iii) 8 subs will provide no protection from our "enemy" - who happens to be our largest trading partner.  We need to put pressure on the current government to call a halt to the  gravy train. 

People are waiting too long for action in a failing system (even the search engine doesn’t work per postcode in their website)

For many families, the local pool isn't a luxury. It's one of the few affordable places children can exercise, play, learn vital water-safety skills and be part of their community. But under the current pricing: One parent + one child: $112.50/fortnight Adult membership + child 15-visit pass, swimming five days a week. Two parents + three children: $106/fortnight Unlimited access, seven days a week, for all five people. Two people, one of them a child, pay more than five and receive less access. That's not equitable family pricing. For solo and single parents, this matters. We don't pay half the rent, electricity, groceries or costs of raising children because there's only one adult. Those costs are often being met from one income instead of two. When organised sport and extracurricular activities are increasingly unaffordable, Council facilities should be part of the solution, not another place our children are priced out of. Parents shouldn't have to find a friend or relative to share a five-person membership just to afford regular swimming with their child. There's a broader equity issue too.  Significantly cheaper access is available through Fitness Passport, but primarily to people working for participating employers. Local small and medium businesses are excluded from this scheme, and often can't offer the benefits and incentives of large organisations; their employees working in small local business shouldn't miss out because of where they work. These are community facilities.  Affordable access shouldn't depend on your family structure, whether you're raising children on one income or two, or the size of your employer.

Sign this petition to help push this to our local council so we can gain traffic lights.  We wouldn’t have to spend 10 minutes waiting at an unregulated round about . 

Australia urgently requires an equivalent independent federal regulator to protect its citizens, secure national biosecurity, and restore trust in our food system. Help us push for legislation to establish a dedicated, independent National Food Fraud Regulator with the federal authority and funding to:  • Conduct mandatory, proactive random testing on imported and domestic food supplies. • Investigate and criminally prosecute companies, syndicated and individuals involved in food adulteration and labeling deception, including the sale of such items. • Coordinate a centralised national intelligence network to trace and eliminate food fraud across all states and territories.

This is detrimental to all of our communities long term. People are already facing dirty water, water shortages. Our land is being taken away & replaced with these centre’s that we all utilise so frequently. We need to think twice & stand together! 

This is an important project that affects every visitor to Harris Park BUsiness precincts and the businesses at Harris Park.

This matters because the Geelong to Melbourne train line is more than just a transport service. It is how people get to work. It is how students get to school, TAFE and university. It is how people get to medical appointments. It is how parents get home to their children. It is how communities like Geelong, Lara, Wyndham Vale and Tarneit stay connected. When there is no clear backup plan, a delay can quickly become a major problem. A short trip can turn into hours of waiting. People can be left stranded at stations with little information and no clear way home. This has a real cost. People lose work time. Families lose time together. Students miss learning. Patients miss appointments. Businesses lose staff hours. Roads become busier as more people feel forced to drive. Public transport should give people confidence. It should help people choose trains over cars. But when the system does not have a strong backup plan, people lose trust. A growing region needs a transport system that can handle problems when they happen. Good contingency planning is not optional. It is part of running a safe, fair and reliable public transport network.

Whilst people who might be more active on this front have been distracted by events overseas, the AI industry has crept up on us.  We are aware that there will be serious impact on employment, especially at entry level, and there is potential for enormous disruption across our society, for which we are singularly unprepared. We rely on our governments to regulate such industries in our interests, but it’s becoming apparent that government has also been caught unprepared. This is why a Federal government declared Moratorium on all development is now essential. And we need people better informed and prepared to work harder in the public interests than those currently vetting its development.