{"id":40500,"date":"2019-03-08T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T07:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=40500"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:27:26","slug":"step-out-from-behind-auspol-partisan-battlelines-and-serve-the-national-interest-indy_ally-comments-on-her-ausvotes-bid-for-mackellarvotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/step-out-from-behind-auspol-partisan-battlelines-and-serve-the-national-interest-indy_ally-comments-on-her-ausvotes-bid-for-mackellarvotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Step out from behind #auspol partisan #battlelines and serve the national interest: @Indy_Ally comments on her #ausvotes bid for #MackellarVotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Alice
Alice Thompson, Independent candidate for #MackellarVotes. Photo: supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve run out of time. We need leadership, vision and a more ambitious climate plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Our political system isn\u2019t broken, but it\u2019s stopped working for us. After ten years and seven prime ministers we need to close this chapter and move forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parliament needs renewal with a new generation of collaborative leaders who are more comfortable in a complex world and equipped to cut through competing priorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why I resigned from KPMG, one of the Big Four global consultancy firms, to run as an Independent in the 2019 federal election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governing is hard. I know that first-hand. I\u2019ve spent almost 20 years in public service and served prime ministers and premiers, both Labor and Liberal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I advised on complex issues, including regional economic development, city planning and infrastructure; and I negotiated solutions to problems which cut across sectors, ministers and all levels of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, \u2018City Deals\u2019 are a new approach I helped pioneer with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The Western Sydney City Deal brought all three levels of government together to create a shared investment plan for a fast-growing community that was falling behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s about making life better for people so that they participate and prosper in the new economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stealing the future<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to major national and global problems, such as climate change, we expect governments to work together in the public interest. Instead, the major parties are playing political football with the lives of our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ve failed to adopt meaningful responses to this existential challenge. Emissions keep rising. We are stealing the future from our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politicians must step out from behind partisan battlelines and serve the national interest. We\u2019ve run out of time. We need leadership, vision and a more ambitious climate plan, one that industry can get behind and deliver on. We must return the prospect of a better future to our kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Policy paralysis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My experience working in the centre of government confirmed that getting things done involves listening, trust, patient respect, diplomacy and compromise – or you risk the kind of policy paralysis we\u2019ve experienced over the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m in a working family raising two kids in Sydney\u2019s Northern Beaches. I care about this community and want to make it even better. But the very things that make the Beaches a great place are under threat from poor planning and coordination, outdated infrastructure and heavy congestion. Added to that is the prospect of petroleum exploration just off our shores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a \u2018safe\u2019 Liberal seat, Mackellar is ignored and will continue to be taken for granted which ever major party wins government. An Independent like me, who knows Canberra well and is well known there, has a better chance of fighting for our electorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renew politics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Disappointment with the Liberal party is palpable. People are fed up with the state of Australian politics and frustrated with not being listened to. Voters here know they have another option they\u2019ve turned to before – Independents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Canberra, we\u2019ve seen a growing and emboldened crossbench break deadlocks and keep government accountable, driving better policy on issues that matter to their constituents. I\u2019ve been part of crossbench negotiations. I know how to negotiate funding for local projects and get the ear of the prime minister and their cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mackellar voters tell me they want someone to report to them – not to a political party and its donors. That\u2019s what an Independent like me offers. I can help renew politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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