With voters set to head to the polls this weekend across the state, some communities in the state's south-west say they have not been listened to or considered in the lead up to the election.
abc.net.au/news/regional-voters-marginal-seat-left-out-nsw-state-election/102133650As election campaigns come to a head this weekend across the state, some south-west New South Wales communities are concerned they have not been listened to.Voters in regional NSW say they're being overlooked while politicans campaign in places with bigger populations
Several community leaders have told the ABC that of the 10 candidates vying for the marginal seat of Murray, they had only heard from one or two. Ms Beaumont said politicians had to hear what the rural community needed in regard to basic health services.Adrian Carle from the Legalise Cannabis Party, Mirsad Buljubasic from Labor, Peta Betts from the Nationals, Desiree Gregory from Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, Amelia King from the Greens and independent David Landini did not respond.Jane Farnsworth from the Balranald Early Learning Centre said she had not been contacted by any of the candidates."We don't hear anything from them.
More than 56,000 electors live in the Murray, in and near Deniliquin, Leeton, Griffith, Hay, Hillston, Balranald, Moama and Wentworth.
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