Thursday, 12 September 2024

 Kim WELLS (Rowville) (10:11): At the end of October Knox council will hold its council elections, and voters in the Rowville electorate will play a significant role. The council elections will decide the direction of the council for the next four years. I would like to remind the ratepayers in the Rowville electorate that before they cast their vote they should focus on what matters to the ratepayers and what role council should play in the lives of each ratepayer. For starters, back to basics – rates, roads and rubbish.

Under the current Knox City Council we have had to endure the axing of the Australia Day awards. There is no question that next on the Knox council chopping block will be the Australia Day citizenship ceremony. My office has received numerous complaints about the fortnightly bin collection, with most residents wanting to go back to the weekly bin service, and the haphazard management of our crumbling roads. Therefore I would like to encourage all council voters in Knox to take the time to research the local candidates for their wards and see what they stand for and what they would do for the City of Knox. It is time for a different direction, because wokeness is strangling the current Knox council.