Current Key Policies include:
LOCAL
1. Health
1.1 Hervey Bay needs a 24 hour pharmacy
1.2 Waiting list on waiting list needs to be reduced
1.3 Obesity Epidemic 70% is obese or overweight in the Widebay - 25% deaths are avoidable
2. Sport
2.1 30 year $100 million dollar plus sports complex at Nikenbah, with little or no benefit to Maryborough & Districts citizens. CEO has already been given permission to purchase the land, with $4 million in the kitty. The cost to ratepayers in the future could be colossal. There are many outdoor and indoor facilities now including the PCYC and the new Hervey Bay High School complex
3. Environmental
3.1 Fraser Coast Regional Council to have Safety and Environmental Management Plan (SEMP), Foreshore Management Plan in place before any works carried out along our beautiful foreshore.
4. Education
4.1 TAFE
4.2 Technical schools to make a come back
5. Household Expenses
5.1 Rates
5.2 Power
5.3 Fuel
5.4 Pets – Registrations, vaccinations, electronic tagging etc
6. Employment
6.1 Hervey Bay’s has one of the highest unemployment rates in Australia
6.2 Work for the Dole Programme
6.3 Creating jobs through farming and agriculture
6.4 Reopen discussion on investing in Light Rail System linking Hervey Bay and Maryborough.
6.5 Build trains in Maryborough
6.6 Support Small Business
6.7 Make fly in fly out simpler for employees – strain on family relations
6.8 Ageism / Discrimination
6.9 Tourism
6.10 Encourage companies like Sara Lea, Corsico (Ikea) and warehouse operators to region
6.11 Incentives for small business to employ locals
7. Population
7.1 Increase population to 100,000 we become self-sustaining
8. Whale Watching
8.1 All permits and fees need to be fair and equitable across the Whale Watching Industry including all operators
8.2 Direct marketing needs to be improved State Wide i.e. billboards on Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
8.3 Government needs to work in partnership to enhance the process in enhancing small business growth
8.4 Eight (8) operators battling to keep their small businesses operating.
8.5 There are plenty of permits sitting on the shelf.
8.6 Brochures and information provided by QPWS.
8.7 Operators be able to sublease and run charters
8.8 Ability to hold a permit for a year without operating (take a year off without losing the permit) so small business can inject this money back into their business
9. Indigenous
9.1 Education
9.2 Employment
10. Fraser Island (K’Gari) Tourism
10.1 Reopen Marina for quick transfers
10.2 Conduct information sessions on barge transfers
10.3 Strategies for managing visitors are imperative if tourism is to remain sustainable
10.4 Establish an Interpretive / Information Centre
10.5 Brochures or other educational material to be provided to visitors at entry points.
10.6 Random inspections of vehicles to prevent flora and fauna from being removed
10.7 An informative talk by rangers or an Indigenous adviser whilst people waiting for barge
10.8 Butchulla People to run educational bus tours
10.9 Butchulla People to have camp fires for tourists including:
10.10 Aboriginal music
10.11 Aboriginal art - resources utilised including body art
10.12 Didgeridoo - history and playing
10.13 Dreamtime
10.14 Bush Tucker
10.15 Indigenous language
11. Dingo Management
11.1 Save the Fraser Island Dingoes before they are extinct
11.2 Establish Wildlife Centre
11.3 Develop application using facial technology
11.4 Feeding Station / Study Zone
11.5 Consider legislation protecting government agencies from litigation
11.6 Establish a Wildlife Advisory Committee
12. Fraser Coast Regional Council
12.1 Transparency and Accountability
12.2 Proper scrutiny by Minister for Local Government with Independent Investigators
12.3 Return Whale Festival to original format
12.3.1 Encourages activity
12.3.2 Competition for schools for best float
12.3.3 Supports small business
12.4 CEO to produce Financial Statements for first two terms of office
12.5 Rates for residential, commercial and industrial highest of 15 major councils in Queensland
12.6 Road completions very timely
12.7 Paving is inadequate in many areas
12.8 Appropriate Development
12.8.1 The back to back 6 to 8 story high rise from Beach Road to Urangan on the landward side of the Esplanade Road, already approved by FCRC
12.8.2 Master plan for extensive parts of the Esplanade in Torquay, Scarness and Pialba between the shoreline and the Esplanade Road are already on the drawing boards of a private town planning company. Needs to be questioned and addressed at Queensland State Government level by the Ministers for Development, Local councils and the Environment, in terms of proper state environmental protections and impacts of severe weather events and climate change.
13. Protection of Hervey Bay Foreshore
13.1 Geotextile sand bagging, horizontally and compactly laid, tiered along the Torquay, Scarness and Pialba foreshores
13.2 Sand from the Dayman Spit which has accumulated there since the Marina was extended should be used.
13.3 Further sand nourishment with vegetation and tree planting along the lines of the Four Lines of Defense implemented between 1974 and 1999, can be undertaken.
STATE
1. Assets / Resources
1.1 Not for Sale
1.2 No Leasing
2. Farming
2.1 Without our farmers we don't eat. Small businesses were the backbone of this country
2.2 The banks should be using Policy of Conscience.
2.3 We as Australians need to keep our land and support our people
2.4 No more overseas sales of land
2.5 Supermarket duopoly to increase payment to farmers
2.6 The right of ownership to everything that is produced on the farm without government interference
2.7 The right to make any and all decisions on the use of private property that does not harm others
3. Government Advertising
3.1 Christmas cards – non-functional and waste of tax payer’s money
3.2 Negative campaign – People are desensitised to this sort of marketing approach, we need to start putting a positive spin on it.
4. QBuild
4.1 Investigate dismantling QBuild so local small business can employ locals.
5. Roads
5.1 Connecting roads – Hervey Bay Maryborough, Booral (not River Heads), Pialba-Burrum
5.2 Road works take lengthy periods to complete
5.3 Several intersections are dangerous
6. Employment
6.1 National disgrace with Qld at an all-time high
6.2 Creating jobs through farming and agriculture
6.3 Build our trains, submarines and ships in Australia
6.4 Help small business
6.5 Keep jobs in Australia
6.6 Invest in Innovation
6.7 Make fly in fly out simpler for employees – strain on family relations
6.8 Ageism / Discrimination
6.9 Tourism
6.10 Light Industry
6.11 Agriculture
7. Whale Watching
7.1 All permits and fees need to be fair and equitable across the Whale Watching Industry including all operators
7.2 Direct marketing needs to be improved State Wide i.e. billboards on Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
7.3 Government needs to work in partnership to enhance the process in enhancing small business growth
7.4 There are plenty of permits sitting on the shelf.
7.5 Brochures and information provided by QPWS.
7.6 Operators be able to sublease and run charters
7.7 Ability to hold a permit for a year without operating (take a year off without losing the permit) so small business can inject this money back into their business
8. Drugs / Alcohol / Addiction
8.1 Legalise – Medicinal Marijuana - Will assist in stimulating the economy and open up jobs all over Qld
8.2 Will remove part of the criminal element
8.3 Treat drug addiction as a health issue. For every $1 spent on treatment centres $3 is saved on crime.
8.4 Raise drinking age to 21
8.5 Foster healthy celebrations for schoolies and not encourage alcohol and drug taking which results in poor behaviour
FEDERAL
1. Laws should be the same for all of Australia and not different in each state
1.1 Driving i.e. NSW P Plater can only do 80km per hour yet in Qld and Vic they can do 100km
1.2 Marijuana is legal in Canberra and Adelaide – different laws in every state
1.3 Energy bills should be regulated Australia wide
1.4 Stamp duty different each state
1.5 Motor Vehicle Registration
1.6 Australian Constitution must be upheld
1.7 Family Court Review
2. Politicians
2.1 Drive own car
2.2 Take or buy own lunch
2.3 Superannuation access same as everyone else
2.4 Open, transparent and accountable
2.5 Salaries and Perks
2.6 Over governance
2.7 Over regulated
3. Centrelink Payments
3.1 Increase $’s for better quality of living
4. Taxation
4.1 First $10,000 paid on mortgage each year tax deductible
4.2 Second job tax halved
5. Drugs / Alcohol / Addiction
5.1 Legalise – Medicinal Marijuana
5.2 This will assist in stimulating the economy and open up jobs all over the country
5.3 Will remove part of the criminal element
5.4 Treat drug addiction as a health issue. For every $1 spent on treatment centres $3 is saved on crime.
5.5 Raise drinking age to 21
5.6 Foster healthy celebrations for schoolies and not encourage alcohol and drug taking which results in poor behaviour
6. Judicial System
6.1 Sex Offender Register
6.2 Laws need to be just and a deterrent - Crime Penalties - Jail sentencing
6.3 Style of boot camp for alcohol, drug and petty criminals – minimum 6 months including counselling / treatment
6.4 Paedophiles and sex offenders never to be released
6.5 Qld Bail Act 1980
6.6 No Parole period – do the crime, do the time
6.7 Life means life – not 25 yrs and out earlier
6.8 Hardened criminals i.e. murders, armed robbers – put to work – grow own food etc
7. Health
7.1 Include dental on National Health Scheme
7.2 No GP Co-Payment
7.3 Free Medical
7.4 Hearing Aid – elderly don’t wear (value $1600) faulty
8. Education
8.1 Free education for all
8.2 Overseas students pay fees set by Universities
8.3 Increase school time so homework is not necessary; encouraging family time
8.4 Technical schools to make a come back
9. Voting
9.1 Prior to an election, every registered voter with the AEC; receives a card with their name and address on it.
9.2 When voting that card must be presented with identification, (drivers licence, passport, or other; proving identity and address).
9.3 The card is then collected by the person crossing your name off the roll, before receiving voting papers.
9.4 At the end of election the number of cards should equate to the number of names crossed off the roll.
9.5 It costs the Australian taxpayer approximately $100 Million, to hold a federal election. This is separate to electoral funding those political parties and independents receive. It is important to our democracy, that we have trust in our voting system. From what I have seen and heard, we don’t.
9.6 Alternatively, you could have computer with AEC electoral roll database and mark off as voted so every polling booth will be immediately up to date – stops additional voting
9.7 Referendum voting on policies
10. Supermarkets
10.1 Colour coded labeling system to assist people.
10.2 GREEN - Totally Australian, Australian product, Australian owned company, Australian produced
10.3 BLUE - Must be an Australian product or Australian owned company
10.4 RED - Totally foreign, foreign product, foreign company
10.5 There must be TRUTH in labeling!
10.6 HALAL – no religious labeling, there is no Christian, Orthodox, Buddhist
10.7 Touch screens in aisles to access product information
10.8 Duopoly
10.9 Touch screens to be placed in aisles to access up to date product information
10.10 Disability trolleys
11. Environmental
11.1 The rights that go with freehold title, including the exclusion of entry without a magistrate’s warrant.
11.2 The right to build dams and catch water without licence or regulation on Family properties. (Not applicable to rivers and creeks).
11.3 Hardwood Timber Industry
11.4 Reduction in CO2 emissions
12. Sport
12.1 Free sport for school aged children – reduces obesity, increases health for body, mind and spirit
13. Childcare
13.1 Must be cheaper; making it worthwhile for parents to place their child / children in care
13.2 Employers to be more flexible and possible set up child care facilities within business framework
14. Family
14.1 Return of a moral compass
14.2 Encourage more business to adopt family value practices with adding child care facilities or flexibility in the workplace
14.3 Family Court Review
15. Indigenous
15.1 Education
15.2 Employment
15.3 Constitutional Acknowledgement
16. Immigration / Asylum Seekers
16.1 Using current legislation enables people to pay their own way and allows being able to apply for visa
16.2 Assist farmers
17. Employment
17.1 National disgrace with Qld at an all-time high
17.2 Creating jobs through farming and agriculture
17.3 Build our trains, submarines and ships in Australia
17.4 Help small business
17.5 Keep jobs in Australia
17.6 Invest in Innovation
17.7 Make fly in fly out simpler for employees – strain on family relations
17.8 Ageism / Discrimination
17.9 Tourism
17.10 Light Industry
17.11 Small Business
17.12 Agriculture
Subject to continual editorials and updates
Most of the policies are underway and in final stages, having contributions from many people. These Policies will be 'People Policies' written by Australians with life experience and not text book ignorance for all Australians. Power back to the People!
Your thoughts on any matters are welcomed.
LOCAL
1. Health
1.1 Hervey Bay needs a 24 hour pharmacy
1.2 Waiting list on waiting list needs to be reduced
1.3 Obesity Epidemic 70% is obese or overweight in the Widebay - 25% deaths are avoidable
2. Sport
2.1 30 year $100 million dollar plus sports complex at Nikenbah, with little or no benefit to Maryborough & Districts citizens. CEO has already been given permission to purchase the land, with $4 million in the kitty. The cost to ratepayers in the future could be colossal. There are many outdoor and indoor facilities now including the PCYC and the new Hervey Bay High School complex
3. Environmental
3.1 Fraser Coast Regional Council to have Safety and Environmental Management Plan (SEMP), Foreshore Management Plan in place before any works carried out along our beautiful foreshore.
4. Education
4.1 TAFE
4.2 Technical schools to make a come back
5. Household Expenses
5.1 Rates
5.2 Power
5.3 Fuel
5.4 Pets – Registrations, vaccinations, electronic tagging etc
6. Employment
6.1 Hervey Bay’s has one of the highest unemployment rates in Australia
6.2 Work for the Dole Programme
6.3 Creating jobs through farming and agriculture
6.4 Reopen discussion on investing in Light Rail System linking Hervey Bay and Maryborough.
6.5 Build trains in Maryborough
6.6 Support Small Business
6.7 Make fly in fly out simpler for employees – strain on family relations
6.8 Ageism / Discrimination
6.9 Tourism
6.10 Encourage companies like Sara Lea, Corsico (Ikea) and warehouse operators to region
6.11 Incentives for small business to employ locals
7. Population
7.1 Increase population to 100,000 we become self-sustaining
8. Whale Watching
8.1 All permits and fees need to be fair and equitable across the Whale Watching Industry including all operators
8.2 Direct marketing needs to be improved State Wide i.e. billboards on Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
8.3 Government needs to work in partnership to enhance the process in enhancing small business growth
8.4 Eight (8) operators battling to keep their small businesses operating.
8.5 There are plenty of permits sitting on the shelf.
8.6 Brochures and information provided by QPWS.
8.7 Operators be able to sublease and run charters
8.8 Ability to hold a permit for a year without operating (take a year off without losing the permit) so small business can inject this money back into their business
9. Indigenous
9.1 Education
9.2 Employment
10. Fraser Island (K’Gari) Tourism
10.1 Reopen Marina for quick transfers
10.2 Conduct information sessions on barge transfers
10.3 Strategies for managing visitors are imperative if tourism is to remain sustainable
10.4 Establish an Interpretive / Information Centre
10.5 Brochures or other educational material to be provided to visitors at entry points.
10.6 Random inspections of vehicles to prevent flora and fauna from being removed
10.7 An informative talk by rangers or an Indigenous adviser whilst people waiting for barge
10.8 Butchulla People to run educational bus tours
10.9 Butchulla People to have camp fires for tourists including:
10.10 Aboriginal music
10.11 Aboriginal art - resources utilised including body art
10.12 Didgeridoo - history and playing
10.13 Dreamtime
10.14 Bush Tucker
10.15 Indigenous language
11. Dingo Management
11.1 Save the Fraser Island Dingoes before they are extinct
11.2 Establish Wildlife Centre
11.3 Develop application using facial technology
11.4 Feeding Station / Study Zone
11.5 Consider legislation protecting government agencies from litigation
11.6 Establish a Wildlife Advisory Committee
12. Fraser Coast Regional Council
12.1 Transparency and Accountability
12.2 Proper scrutiny by Minister for Local Government with Independent Investigators
12.3 Return Whale Festival to original format
12.3.1 Encourages activity
12.3.2 Competition for schools for best float
12.3.3 Supports small business
12.4 CEO to produce Financial Statements for first two terms of office
12.5 Rates for residential, commercial and industrial highest of 15 major councils in Queensland
12.6 Road completions very timely
12.7 Paving is inadequate in many areas
12.8 Appropriate Development
12.8.1 The back to back 6 to 8 story high rise from Beach Road to Urangan on the landward side of the Esplanade Road, already approved by FCRC
12.8.2 Master plan for extensive parts of the Esplanade in Torquay, Scarness and Pialba between the shoreline and the Esplanade Road are already on the drawing boards of a private town planning company. Needs to be questioned and addressed at Queensland State Government level by the Ministers for Development, Local councils and the Environment, in terms of proper state environmental protections and impacts of severe weather events and climate change.
13. Protection of Hervey Bay Foreshore
13.1 Geotextile sand bagging, horizontally and compactly laid, tiered along the Torquay, Scarness and Pialba foreshores
13.2 Sand from the Dayman Spit which has accumulated there since the Marina was extended should be used.
13.3 Further sand nourishment with vegetation and tree planting along the lines of the Four Lines of Defense implemented between 1974 and 1999, can be undertaken.
STATE
1. Assets / Resources
1.1 Not for Sale
1.2 No Leasing
2. Farming
2.1 Without our farmers we don't eat. Small businesses were the backbone of this country
2.2 The banks should be using Policy of Conscience.
2.3 We as Australians need to keep our land and support our people
2.4 No more overseas sales of land
2.5 Supermarket duopoly to increase payment to farmers
2.6 The right of ownership to everything that is produced on the farm without government interference
2.7 The right to make any and all decisions on the use of private property that does not harm others
3. Government Advertising
3.1 Christmas cards – non-functional and waste of tax payer’s money
3.2 Negative campaign – People are desensitised to this sort of marketing approach, we need to start putting a positive spin on it.
4. QBuild
4.1 Investigate dismantling QBuild so local small business can employ locals.
5. Roads
5.1 Connecting roads – Hervey Bay Maryborough, Booral (not River Heads), Pialba-Burrum
5.2 Road works take lengthy periods to complete
5.3 Several intersections are dangerous
6. Employment
6.1 National disgrace with Qld at an all-time high
6.2 Creating jobs through farming and agriculture
6.3 Build our trains, submarines and ships in Australia
6.4 Help small business
6.5 Keep jobs in Australia
6.6 Invest in Innovation
6.7 Make fly in fly out simpler for employees – strain on family relations
6.8 Ageism / Discrimination
6.9 Tourism
6.10 Light Industry
6.11 Agriculture
7. Whale Watching
7.1 All permits and fees need to be fair and equitable across the Whale Watching Industry including all operators
7.2 Direct marketing needs to be improved State Wide i.e. billboards on Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
7.3 Government needs to work in partnership to enhance the process in enhancing small business growth
7.4 There are plenty of permits sitting on the shelf.
7.5 Brochures and information provided by QPWS.
7.6 Operators be able to sublease and run charters
7.7 Ability to hold a permit for a year without operating (take a year off without losing the permit) so small business can inject this money back into their business
8. Drugs / Alcohol / Addiction
8.1 Legalise – Medicinal Marijuana - Will assist in stimulating the economy and open up jobs all over Qld
8.2 Will remove part of the criminal element
8.3 Treat drug addiction as a health issue. For every $1 spent on treatment centres $3 is saved on crime.
8.4 Raise drinking age to 21
8.5 Foster healthy celebrations for schoolies and not encourage alcohol and drug taking which results in poor behaviour
FEDERAL
1. Laws should be the same for all of Australia and not different in each state
1.1 Driving i.e. NSW P Plater can only do 80km per hour yet in Qld and Vic they can do 100km
1.2 Marijuana is legal in Canberra and Adelaide – different laws in every state
1.3 Energy bills should be regulated Australia wide
1.4 Stamp duty different each state
1.5 Motor Vehicle Registration
1.6 Australian Constitution must be upheld
1.7 Family Court Review
2. Politicians
2.1 Drive own car
2.2 Take or buy own lunch
2.3 Superannuation access same as everyone else
2.4 Open, transparent and accountable
2.5 Salaries and Perks
2.6 Over governance
2.7 Over regulated
3. Centrelink Payments
3.1 Increase $’s for better quality of living
4. Taxation
4.1 First $10,000 paid on mortgage each year tax deductible
4.2 Second job tax halved
5. Drugs / Alcohol / Addiction
5.1 Legalise – Medicinal Marijuana
5.2 This will assist in stimulating the economy and open up jobs all over the country
5.3 Will remove part of the criminal element
5.4 Treat drug addiction as a health issue. For every $1 spent on treatment centres $3 is saved on crime.
5.5 Raise drinking age to 21
5.6 Foster healthy celebrations for schoolies and not encourage alcohol and drug taking which results in poor behaviour
6. Judicial System
6.1 Sex Offender Register
6.2 Laws need to be just and a deterrent - Crime Penalties - Jail sentencing
6.3 Style of boot camp for alcohol, drug and petty criminals – minimum 6 months including counselling / treatment
6.4 Paedophiles and sex offenders never to be released
6.5 Qld Bail Act 1980
6.6 No Parole period – do the crime, do the time
6.7 Life means life – not 25 yrs and out earlier
6.8 Hardened criminals i.e. murders, armed robbers – put to work – grow own food etc
7. Health
7.1 Include dental on National Health Scheme
7.2 No GP Co-Payment
7.3 Free Medical
7.4 Hearing Aid – elderly don’t wear (value $1600) faulty
8. Education
8.1 Free education for all
8.2 Overseas students pay fees set by Universities
8.3 Increase school time so homework is not necessary; encouraging family time
8.4 Technical schools to make a come back
9. Voting
9.1 Prior to an election, every registered voter with the AEC; receives a card with their name and address on it.
9.2 When voting that card must be presented with identification, (drivers licence, passport, or other; proving identity and address).
9.3 The card is then collected by the person crossing your name off the roll, before receiving voting papers.
9.4 At the end of election the number of cards should equate to the number of names crossed off the roll.
9.5 It costs the Australian taxpayer approximately $100 Million, to hold a federal election. This is separate to electoral funding those political parties and independents receive. It is important to our democracy, that we have trust in our voting system. From what I have seen and heard, we don’t.
9.6 Alternatively, you could have computer with AEC electoral roll database and mark off as voted so every polling booth will be immediately up to date – stops additional voting
9.7 Referendum voting on policies
10. Supermarkets
10.1 Colour coded labeling system to assist people.
10.2 GREEN - Totally Australian, Australian product, Australian owned company, Australian produced
10.3 BLUE - Must be an Australian product or Australian owned company
10.4 RED - Totally foreign, foreign product, foreign company
10.5 There must be TRUTH in labeling!
10.6 HALAL – no religious labeling, there is no Christian, Orthodox, Buddhist
10.7 Touch screens in aisles to access product information
10.8 Duopoly
10.9 Touch screens to be placed in aisles to access up to date product information
10.10 Disability trolleys
11. Environmental
11.1 The rights that go with freehold title, including the exclusion of entry without a magistrate’s warrant.
11.2 The right to build dams and catch water without licence or regulation on Family properties. (Not applicable to rivers and creeks).
11.3 Hardwood Timber Industry
11.4 Reduction in CO2 emissions
12. Sport
12.1 Free sport for school aged children – reduces obesity, increases health for body, mind and spirit
13. Childcare
13.1 Must be cheaper; making it worthwhile for parents to place their child / children in care
13.2 Employers to be more flexible and possible set up child care facilities within business framework
14. Family
14.1 Return of a moral compass
14.2 Encourage more business to adopt family value practices with adding child care facilities or flexibility in the workplace
14.3 Family Court Review
15. Indigenous
15.1 Education
15.2 Employment
15.3 Constitutional Acknowledgement
16. Immigration / Asylum Seekers
16.1 Using current legislation enables people to pay their own way and allows being able to apply for visa
16.2 Assist farmers
17. Employment
17.1 National disgrace with Qld at an all-time high
17.2 Creating jobs through farming and agriculture
17.3 Build our trains, submarines and ships in Australia
17.4 Help small business
17.5 Keep jobs in Australia
17.6 Invest in Innovation
17.7 Make fly in fly out simpler for employees – strain on family relations
17.8 Ageism / Discrimination
17.9 Tourism
17.10 Light Industry
17.11 Small Business
17.12 Agriculture
Subject to continual editorials and updates
Most of the policies are underway and in final stages, having contributions from many people. These Policies will be 'People Policies' written by Australians with life experience and not text book ignorance for all Australians. Power back to the People!
Your thoughts on any matters are welcomed.