It’s a relief the Liberal Party failed to get its candidates on the ballot paper for so many council elections.
I am relieved that the Liberal Party failed to get its candidates on the ballot paper for so many council elections . Council elections should always be fought on local issues, and not follow divisive party politics. Genuine independent candidates who are involved in the community and know what the local issues are will always get my vote ahead of those candidates bound by the ideology of a particular party.
Councillors should be making decisions based on their role as a representative for ratepayers, working for the betterment of the local area: providing fundamental services in the local region, fixing issues that arise in the local area, ensuring things run smoothly in the council offices, streets, facilities and worksites, and working co-operatively with council general managers and staff. Please save us from politics locally.
Many, like Peter Gibson of Wentworthville, wrote that the opposition leader was “not fit to be a leader in this country”, and “his weaponising of vulnerable refugees” was the latest example of his “divisive strategies”. John Bailey of Canterbury recognised that there might be political advantage in opposing the Voice, and refugee visas for Palestinians, but “at their core, these positions show a lack of empathy”.
There was more trouble for the Liberals on the letters pages when it was revealed the party had failed to nominate 140 candidates across 16 local government areas for September’s council elections. In this case, however, writers found a silver lining. “So, some councils in NSW won’t have a Liberal voice. How deserving this is for the party that nationally scuppered the Voice referendum.
That may be the case, but many readers were calling for the PM to “be brave and do what the overwhelming majority of Australians want – ban all gambling advertisements.” John Brown of North Sydney offered this insight into how strongly readers felt: “Would I change my vote if the federal government doesn’t abolish gambling advertisements? You bet I would.”
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