We've been holding regular meetings of the candidates who will contest the election, revising the policies from last election and updating them where necessary.
Discussions with candidates are a good way of ensuring that new candidates get their head around the various policy ideas. Candidates will be faced with lots of questions when they doorknock constituents over the next 4 months. They need to know what the Cairns 1st positions are in a variety of areas including arts, the environment, sport, service delivery, business and economy:
- What can we do about getting a new museum?
- How can we better meet the needs of the southern suburbs for more sporting facilities?
- How can we strengthen vegetation protection?
- What are we going to do about Cairns' poor record in recycling?
- What's our position on the inequities in the rates?
We now need to take into account various Douglas Shire matters and have been listening to different residents and taking into account their concerns. We've also been consulting with key industry bodies around the draft policies to ensure that the policy details we announce closer to the election reflect residents' views.
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