Moreton Daily invited candidates in the State Election to answer the same questions and provide a photo. Their responses are listed below in the same order their names will appear on the ballot paper. Some responses have been edited to ensure all are a similar length, and candidates receive fair and even treatment.
Name: Ryan Dryden
Party: legalise cannabis Queensland
Suburb: Ningi
Profession: nightly paper distribution
Top 3 issues to address:
1. Moratorium on cannabis arrests
2. Cheaper access to medical cannabis
3. Remove red tape from hemp
Top 3 key commitments:
1. Doing the very best I can for my local community as their representative
2. Constantly upskilling so I am able to give the best representation possible.
3. Being honest and remaining a real member of my community and never forgetting where I come from.
Name: Ali King
Party: Australian Labor Party
Suburb: Bellara
Profession: Former small business owner and policy advisor
Top 3 issues to address:
Top 3 key commitments:
Name: Dr Steven Newberry
Party: Clive Palmers United Australia Party
Suburb: Pumicestone
Profession: CEO Spring Sciences Australia - Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation Co
Top 3 issues to address:
Top 3 key commitments:
Name: Fiona Gaske
Party: Liberal National Party
Suburb: Banksia Beach
Profession: Speech Pathologist
Top 3 issues to address:
Rising crime in our community and tackling hooning, accessibility to healthcare with an emphasis on after-hours care and upgrading our road infrastructure to get locals home sooner and safer
Top 3 key commitments:
1. $20m towards upgrading Bribie Island Road, including a $3m commitment towards detailed planning for a new Bribie Island Bridge
2. $7m to upgrading Beachmere Road, including widening at pinch points to improve road safety
3. Putting money back in your pockets with a $300 rego rebate for car owners, supporting local families and growing our economy.
Name: Richard Ogden
Party: Greens
Suburb: Bongaree
Profession: Freelance Communication Professional
Top 3 issues to address:
1. With worldwide recognition that our wildlife is irreplaceable (just ask Sir David Attenborough) we must protect Pumicestone's unique natural heritage for the future. If we don't, we'll lose it forever.
2. We can achieve huge community benefits and productivity improvements from making buses and trains free, reducing congestion overnight, and saving billions in the long term. This is fully costed, and would make us a world leader.
3. A third of Queensland households are struggling to pay their rents or mortgages. Let's create a construction boom in this sector by building more social housing, and address the waiting list, currently growing by 7000 people a year.
Top 3 commitments:
We will stop the damage to beaches and woodlands and push for wiser development decisions. We will implement proper management plans for national parks, increase the number of indigenous rangers, and encourage eco-discovery tourism, to value and protect these special places for future generations.
We'll create 20,000 jobs a year state wide building 100,000 public homes over four years. Queenslanders need jobs and homes, and we'll make big banks and huge mining corporations pay their fair share to cover the costs.
We will make public transport completely free throughout Queensland. This fully costed policy will save $800 million in four years on expensive ticketing and compliance measures. The additional cost will be covered by our levy on the big banks, and from developers paying realistic tax.
Name: Ross Konowalenko
Party: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
Electorate: Pumicestone
Profession: Criminal Justice Professional
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