Anti intermodal crusader John Anderson says he will be supporting independent candidate Michael Byrne at the March 28 state election. Anderson, of Wattle Grove, told South West Confidential he was supporting Byrne, the long time president of the East Liverpool Progress Association, despite disagreeing with him over his support of an airport at Badgerys Creek at a previous election campaign. And Anderson also revealed that he admired the stand of Liberal MP Melanie Gibbons, as well as her support for those fighting the intermodal, so his support of Byrne was no reflection on Melanie, Anderson told us.
Speaking of the March 28 state election, we found this snippet in Michael Byrne’s blog, Local for Life: “Recently I announced my standing as an Independent candidate for the State Seat of Holsworthy. I do so with the declaration that I am the Federal Secretary of the Democratic Labour Party, which is not registered as a political party in NSW. I stand by the values of DLP Labour that address much of what has been lost in our social profile in 2015 – loss of appreciation for family, workers and our natural wonder. The formula for the good life is pretty basic. I do so to effect change where it is most needed – change to make things better for the neglected electors in this new seat of Holsworthy that contains the whole of East Liverpool, Prestons, Lurnea, parts of Casula, and along the Heathcote Road to include Voyagers Point, Pleasure Point. This change of the electoral boundaries leaves us with a tiny snippet of the Sutherland Shire at Sandy Point and around Barden Ridge. Welcome Shireies. Holsworthy is a name with great tradition and has its place in history of 100 years ago being the main Military Base in New South Wales when we were engaged in the horrendous First World War. ’’
Did you know the returning officer in each electorate in NSW is not allowed to vote for the lower house, if he or she lives in the electorate. True, told to me by a returning officer, who said he is only allowed to vote for the upper house. Funny thing was this person only found out because for the first time since joining the Electoral Commission many moons ago, he was assigned to his local seat.
OK, enough on politicians and would be politicians: A few days ago the South West Voice published a nice story about how money raised by the annual 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer was used to purchase state of the art surgery tools at Campbelltown Hospital. A lot of local residents think the 24 Hour campaign is a one off event when, as founder and chairman Fred Borg told us, “we are almost one event per month commencing in July’’.
