2023 NSW State election

Wyong Hospital; safety traffic audit near MacKillop Catholic College at Warnervale; planning for improved public secondary education in Warnervale district; $3.7M in the next term to improve access to sport facilities and programs on the Coast; more funding for footpaths and road repairs.

needs should always come before powerful vested interests. I value equality. Justice for all, including the environment, is part of who I am.

“Sustainable Australia Party is an independent community movement with a science and evidence-based policy platform. We will fight to decorrupt politics and implement sustainable policies.”

David Mehan, Labor Party money invested in non-fatal shark mitigation techniques and I want our local waterways and bushlands cleaned-up,” he said.

David Mehan has held the seat since 2015 and says with the community’s support, a great many improvements have been achieved – with more to be done.

“Ghost fishing gear and including Beyond Blue, Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, Variety Children’s Charity, Central Coast Give Me Five for Kids, Royal Flying Doctors and the McGrath Foundation and … regularly (participate) in coaching children in regional Australia to develop grass roots cricket.”

Ralph Stephenson, The Greens Stephenson is well-known as a committed teacher and advocate for high-quality public education for all children. He wants to see free TAFE, so young people in the region have more choices about their future.

“The Greens education policy community infrastructure investment into the Swansea electorate to stop it being the poor relation of Lake Macquarie,” he said.

“I would advocate for wider climate crisis; we need a rapid reduction in carbon emissions and support for workers with training and incentives to take up jobs in emerging clean energy industries as coal and gas reliant jobs decline.

“We need increased investment in public education, respect and value for First Nations peoples, and I’ll continue to advocate for continual support for the creative arts industry.”

Megan Anderson, Liberal Party

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Yasmin Catley, Labor Party

He will work towards improving staffing levels at Wyong Hospital through Labor’s Safe Staffing Commitment and investigate forming Central Coast Regional Parklands.

Martin Stevenson, One Nation

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THE ENTRANCE

Georgia Lamb, Sustainable Australia Party Lamb says she will fight to protect the environment, stop over-development and stop corruption.

“We need to now finish Tuggerah Station – work is progressing much too slowly (and) this project would never have commenced without our strong community campaign,” he said.

“We need to start work on the Pacific Hwy’s ‘missing link’ at Narara; finish the Gosford Bypass; help Council build the affordable housing it has planned for the electorate; and Labor will fund a huge boost in footpath construction, upgrade playgrounds and I’ll make sure Long Jetty hospital gets the upgrade the community wants.

Fardin Pelarek, Animal Justice Party human waste (are) polluting our local ecosystems, impacting the birds, marine and wildlife that are forced to live amongst it.

“I want to establish free desexing programs to help counter the crisis of homeless animals in the area, as well as introducing AJP’s initiative Veticare, making veterinary care accessible to all.”

Nathan Bracken, Liberal Party Bracken will champion The Entrance and support small businesses, families and retirees, address the cost of living and deliver the services and facilities the community needs.

“I’m particularly proud to will push up wages for our exhausted public school teachers and make sure schools can give kids the education they need to thrive,” he said.

Stephenson, who has lived at Bateau Bay for 40 years, is also a lover of all things ecological, and volunteers at the Terrigal Marine Centre. He wants to see greater protections for our bushland and marine environments and immediate action to respond to climate change.

Bentley Logan, Liberal Democrats

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SWANSEA and improved footpaths for safer walking and on top of this, encourage outdoor dining; identify a site for an outdoor music bowl; complete a walking track from Nords Wharf to Swansea; build a jetty at Cams Wharf Rd boat ramp and improve Swansea Bridge.

“The proliferation of gambling is another concern of mine, so I would implement stricter controls on gambling advertising.”

Heather Foord,

Catley has been the local Member of Parliament since 2015 and a lifelong campaigner for social justice, better public services and workers’ rights.

“I am passionate and

“In particular, I will reform the NSW planning system to return real powers to local communities, through a democratically elected Council,” she said.

“Importantly, the community’s

Pelarek opposes development of Pep-11 gas lines, which he says would be devastating to our ocean and marine life, while increasing emissions and accelerating climate change.

“I want the archaic shark nets pulled from beaches and recently announce the Liberals $1.6M investment at Long Jetty Health Care Centre and their Kids Future Fund,” he said.

“I have a long association with many charitable causes

Alan Ellis, Sustainable Australia Party Ellis is campaigning to protect the environment, stop high-rise over-development and sprawl and stop corruption.

“If elected, I would seek

The Greens

“I’m passionate about social justice and tired of seeing people fall through the cracks, whether it be in the struggle to find work, access to mental health services or receive adequate living allowances and pensions – people need better support, particularly our most vulnerable,” Foord said.

“I am focussed on campaigning to fight the focussed on ensuring our schools and hospitals get a fair deal and our economy is strong so local people have the best opportunity to get a job,” she said.

In 2020 Catley introduced the NSW Jobs First Bill into State Government and strongly believes “we should be increasing employment in our state by boosting manufacturing and social and professional services, incentivising locally manufactured materials and locally delivered services”.

She has consistently opposed privatisation.

Paul Jackson, Liberal Democrats

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Terry Collins and Sue Murray