Kathleen (Bungendore, Support Candidate)
I would like the Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council to maximise the State and Federal Government grants available to identify and address community needs, particularly for those experiencing financial hardship and homelessness. I would also push for greater transparency and streamlining of residential development decisions.
My long involvement in Bungendore life started as a newly widowed mum in 1982. After raising my family and working at Bungendore Wood Works, I decided to study nursing. After graduating, I worked in the Queanbeyan Emergency Department for seven years before undertaking remote area nursing in Central Australia until 2015. I purchased a house in Bungendore in 2013, and returned in 2015 to make Bungendore my home. I have since become involved in several community groups including Save Bungendore Park Inc, Bungendore Lions, Bungendore Community Aid, Palliative Care volunteers and Rural Australia for Refugees Queanbeyan.
Over the past five years I have become increasingly disillusioned with the major parties over their policies and actions on climate change, refugees and our indigenous Australians. Two years ago, I joined The Greens Party to more actively address these issues. If elected, I will work to ensure that all council decisions take into account greenhouse gas emissions and the needs of refugees and indigenous peoples living in our region.