2020 Shire Council Castlemaine Ward Candidate Statements NOTICE: The contents of candidate statements are provided by the candidates. Any NOTICE: The contents of candidate statements are provided by the candidates. Any NOTICE: The contents of candidate statements are provided by the candidates. Any enquiries about candidate statements should be directed to the relevant candidate. enquiries about candidate statements should be directed to the relevant candidate. enquiries about candidate statements should be directed to the relevant candidate. Candidate statements are not verified or endorsed by the Election Manager. Candidate statements are not verified or endorsed by the Election Manager. Candidate statements are not verified or endorsed by the Election Manager.

McCLURE, Gary William LESSER, Max CASSIDY, Keppel I have always been enormously committed to Castlemaine, its people, As your current Deputy Mayor I will bring the voice of experience and I am a social worker with over 15 years experience in aged and history and diversity. Being a third-generation resident, I have a stability into the new council. I have listened and learned from you disability care and mental health, and Im excited to be standing good knowledge and understanding of the Shire and our community and have acted when, and if, I could. The wellbeing of the community as Greens endorsed candidate for Castlemaine Ward. Im standing values. As a businessperson and Civil Engineer, I have over 40 years has been foremost in all my council decision making. Innovation and a because I believe we deserve leaders with integrity who will listen to experience in the design and construction of civil infrastructure creative spirit has enabled me to establish and define many councillor the community, and make the decisions needed to guide us towards having owned and managed a civil construction company based roles, as evidenced in the formation of an early and middle years a better future. Castlemaine and Campbells Creek are blessed with in Castlemaine, building roads, reservoirs, land developments and program and as a mentor and supporter for small business. Through many advantages: our creative, innovative people, rich history and major projects. I am a retired member of The Institute of Engineers my involvement in the creative arts I was selected as the council beautiful local environment. Yet today the threat of Covid19 hangs and have been a Board Member and National Chair of face on the large scale poster wall promoting the State Festival. I over us, while the effects of climate change put our future way of life the Civil Contractors Federation. I was also a Board Member of am well known for unusual large scale art installations across the at risk. If Im elected, my priorities will be to: 1) Maintain the social and Beaconsfield Press for many years and Member of the Australian Shire. Working as a team member with other councillors and staff economic welfare of all residents. 2) Protect and restore our precious Institute of Company Directors. Locally I have been Chair and Board is essential for progress and I have managed this successfully. I environment, including a just transition to net zero emissions. 3) Member of the Castlemaine State Festival for over 10 years, and an initiated the largest community engagement process in the history of Help our businesses to recover and thrive into the future. To achieve active member of Castlemaine Rotary for over 20 years. I have also this Shire through the Climate Change Forum. After 10 plus years of this, I will work to: 1) Make low-cost solar panels and insulation been a board member of Castlemaine Health and contributed to many previous council deliberations I finally progressed the establishment available for all homes and businesses in the shire, increasing energy school, sport, SES and performing arts organisations. I was honoured of the Master Plan for the iconic Camp Reserve. This is the biggest efficiency and affordability. This will save residents money, reduce to receive Castlemaine Citizen of the Year for 2020, awarded for my project in the Shire’s history. I am determined the formation and CO2 emissions and provide construction jobs for local people. 2) service to the community. My children and partners have chosen progression of a Master Plan and Upgrade for the Campbells Creek Support local businesses and artists to navigate the challenges of to live in this amazing community and I am passionate about sports complex as an events hub for the whole community to enjoy, Covid19, including working with businesses to identify new economic maintaining a safe, fair-minded and enduring community for our will follow. My time been dedicated first and foremost to my council opportunities for our region. 3) Provide resources and support to children and grandchildren to flourish. I am supportive of the ongoing duties. I have the time, passion, energy and dedication to listen and create new community gardens in Castlemaine and Campbells Creek, rejuvenation of the Shires sport and recreation facilities which are serve all sectors of this community. I believe all ratepayers should offering social connection and access to affordable fresh food for desperately needed to support a wide range of events. Our vibrant have equal access to my time. I will continue working to keep this participating residents. To learn more, please contact me at keppel. arts and hospitality community have suffered badly during the current shire as a vibrant business and cultural community. Leading our shire [email protected]. I believe that together we can achieve a pandemic and will need major proactive support to recover. Effective into a positive future in these uncertain times is paramount. I am here bright future for our shire, and with your support, I will work to make Health, Planning, Environmental and Infrastructure programs are the to serve, so, help me to help you. this a reality. corner stone of our Shire and require careful review, consistency, and equity in their implementation. Integrity and respect for council and staff needs to be earned, valued and reciprocated.

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MALTBY, Bill HEYDON, Toby RASELLI, Stacey J. Hello, I’m Bill Maltby. I’ve nominated for Council. I have previously I stand for a healthy and happy community in the Shire of Mount I am a local business owner and employer, wife and mum. I love served as a councilor on the former for 10 years Alexander and am passionate about Castlemaine, local jobs and animals, gardening, bush walking, swimming and our local history. from 1984 to 1995 and was Mayor in 1986 at the age of 26. I’m an sustainable living. Local government works best with genuine I’ve grown up in the Castlemaine area, educated locally, involved active contributor in our community being involved in the CFA, Rotary, community consultation, cooperation and negotiation and I will in many local sporting clubs as both competitor and volunteer. I Pipe Band, a Trustee of the Art Gallery and Buda. I’m standing because listen to and represent Shire residents, businesses and community spent some years on the committee of one of our local hospital’s the current Council hasn’t been delivering good local government to groups. With every decision, I will focus on how to stop rates from largest fund raisers. Being a small Business owner for 30 years, I our community, being a Councilor one must not only talk to all citizens increasing. Council contracts should be awarded to local contractors understand the importance of good budgeting, I intend to keep rates but actually listen to them and use information learnt to contribute where possible, and I will support local jobs and job creation at every to an absolute minimum. Improvements I’d like to see in our shire to decisions with an open mind and act in the best Interests of the opportunity. I will work hard for better roads and new footpaths as I are the re-introduction of renewal of drivers’ licenses and testing whole community. Single issue councilors do not represent all of believe accessibility is the cornerstone of inclusion. I am committed to back in Castlemaine, introduce hard rubbish collection, develop a the community. Politically endorsed councilors will follow the party Council’s zero net emissions policy and support better and innovative larger off lead dog park. Encourage new business/industry to our line instead of representing the whole community. As we operate in ways for us to live and work more sustainably. Affordable waste shire. Showcase our uniqueness of many of our local businesses this Covid world, council needs to be leading the recovery in helping management is important and I will consult widely to better achieve and tradesman/craftsmanship. Encourage weed control by use of the community survive and learn new ways to continue to keep our this. Camp Reserve has become run down and now it’s time to steam. Support recreational access to our bushlands. Upgrade of diverse community vibrant. There needs to be a dedicated economic redevelop our premier sporting facility, for the clubs that use it and the our sporting centres in Castlemaine and Campbells Creek, make development officer assisting businesses in growing or diversifying community that enjoys it. I will work with Castlemaine Health, CHIRP them a place to be proud to be a part of. Upgrade of footpaths as well as attracting new industry. We are a growing community, and state government to build the new Health Hub in Castlemaine and throughout Castlemaine and Campbells Creek. Improvements to the planning of housing, commercial and industrial development needs will work towards the development of a retirement home in the Shire. road networks to accommodate safer riding for our local cyclists. to be progressed but done in keeping with our heritage and natural I grew up in Castlemaine and my family is well known for fighting Improvements to Castlemaine approaches through Chewton and environment. I will use my experience in business administration to for local interests, including the State Festival, Wattle Flat Reserve, Campbells Creek. Investigate the possibility of a council facility to be explore options to improve the basic services of rates, rubbish, roads RSPCA and Mount Alexander Animal Welfare to name a few. My wife, used as a youth drop in centre to mingle, eat and drink. Support for and recreation, which lately has been delivered poorly ,as has good Chrissy, and I returned to live here in 2013 with our young daughter. I proposed wellbeing hub/precinct, improve access to mental health decision making. I will work for All of the community with the aim of work at La Trobe University where I teach history, geography facilities, support development of retirement village. I’d love to see keeping it the wonderful diverse place it is. I will represent everyone and Indigenous Studies, and have written books on Australian history more outdoor events-markets, music and food festivals. Reduce red by continuing to involve myself in the community, listen and act on and Aboriginal placenames and am dedicated to Castlemaine’s arts tape to run annual community events. Keep our values of country your concerns and contribute fair and equal decision making. Please and heritage. I’m a keen but average local cricketer and believe communities alive and strong, safe and inclusive. I am accessible, I consider voting 1 Bill Maltby. everyone has a right to participate in the . will listen, I will be your strong voice in Council.

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MAYFAIR, Susan JOHNSTON, Michael Anthony ANNEAR, Rosie My name is Susan Mayfair and I have been a passionate animal, My vision for Mount Alexander Shire is to continue to have a vibrant I know Castlemaine and love the place. Born and raised here, I’m wildlife and environmental activist for the past 40 years. These community that blends the best of rural and urban living while now raising my two daughters in my hometown. We’ve got something sentiments influence all my decisions. I firmly believe that our council contributing to improvements in ecological, cultural, financial and special here: stunning natural surrounds, gold-rush heritage, locals has been stuck still with inward vision, with the exception of their last societal environments. The issues I see as important for Mount old and new, fresh air, that country town feel but with the city not meeting before the election! Rate rises in the middle of a national Alexander Shire are the need to establish a sustainable recycling too far away. I see the challenges our Shire faces, being small and recession was an act of insanity. They spend our money like drunken industry, that could provide employment opportunities for young relatively under-resourced. We need to strike the right balance sailors. We need to freeze rates, wages and councils expenditure people, continued recognition of indigenous culture, improved cycling between our growing recreation and housing needs, social priorities in this recession we are now in. We are not all the same and that is and walking routes, and support for growing artistic and sporting - like support for youth and mental health - and core services like one of our community strengths. As such we need to move forward. options. As a former Victorian local and state government employee roads, planning, and waste management. But how? We need a local Businesses are being stifled with irrelevant by-laws and this has to and Councillor, I understand rural and urban government systems. council that listens, promoting fair and friendly access to services, stop. I give you my word that if elected by you, I will call on all towns I founded a small educational charity business in Vietnam that I committed to creating real, meaningful solutions to affordable living, and hamlets in our shire to organise Community Voice groups to run from my home in Castlemaine, so have skills working across job opportunities, and to building resilient, healthy and connected go through all our by-laws and see if they are relevant to who we cultures with people from a range of backgrounds. My strengths are communities. I want to be part of such a council. I will bring local are, what we do and where we want to go. If the laws dont meet up networking and connecting people, research and policy development, know-how, a practical and collaborative style, heaps of energy, with those standards then they will be removed. We need actions budget preparation and implementing quality management systems. patience and flexibility, and a fresh outlook (I’m not yet 30). I have that serve everyone not just an elite few. More engagement with the I play music and enjoy cycling around the municipality for health experience in managing a local small business, and in 2019 was groups in our community like garden clubs planting out roadside and and recreation. I volunteer with Bendigo Community Fruit Group and chosen for an Australian Mental Health Leaders Fellowship. Locally, central street dividers. We need a heritage tree register and a ban contribute to the sporting community by being President of the local I’ve been involved in activities ranging from ELM (a suicide prevention on glyphosate in the Castlemaine area. Replace the water tower in cricket umpires’ association. I would also like to live in a peaceful and awareness group), to netball (until I did my ACL), to my beloved Kennedy street to water trees in the business district over the hot world with clean food and water that is committed to reversing the choreographed dance troupe, Lady Fun Times. I’ve worked in many summer months. Footpath restaurants, full moon lantern markets on effects of climate change. I understand the challenges of operating local hospitality ventures and, as a volunteer, have mentored at Western Reserve, Ice Skating rinks, Dog friendly cafes the list goes a small municipality with a low rate base and small budget. I look Castlemaine Secondary College and spent time with elderly residents on and on. I cant do this alone. I need your help. Vote for me to make forward to being part of a council that oversees the policy directions at Castlemaine Health. Like most of us just now, I’m thinking about these things happen. Together we can thrive. Help me do it. Vote 1 of a diverse community which provides input to those policies. life after COVID-19. My work has been on hold, giving me time to Susan Mayfair Castlemaine Ward. (finally) finish my university studies. Next year, both my girls will be in school! I’m ready and excited to be actively involved in shaping Castlemaine’s precious future. Vote for me. I’m here for good.

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PAAS, Hans SUTHERLAND, Glenn When I came to Castlemaine fifteen years ago, I found a place with an STATEMENT As a prospective Councillor, I first want to state my easy going way of life and fewer rules and regulations than anywhere principles of being a person who will listen carefully to you as a in . People were friendly and welcoming and ready to resident and who shall be both accountable in my decision-making. help my partner and me settle into the town. Ever since, I have been I do have a priority for good, safe roads, sufficient recyclable and a fierce advocate for preserving Castlemaine’s beauty, history and rubbish collection, and appropriate Council rates. And just in case you simple way of life while adapting to fast changing social, economic are wondering, I am not a member of any political party. I so enjoy and environmental needs. I have valuable experience in the workings living in Castlemaine because it is such a vibrant country town with of government spanning 40 years, especially local government as a a wonderful global history, great art and music events, and has so councillor and mayor of Williamstown. In a post-COVID Castlemaine many interesting and vital residents As for my background I was born I would use my advocacy and negotiating skills with the three in Creswick and brought up in Ballarat and I have been a teacher and levels of government to get the help our businesses and health and Principal in various places in country (including Bendigo). community service sector need to recover, and to create more local With an MBA I have also lectured at a Business School in Melbourne. jobs, especially for our young people. My ability to build positive I would propose that our businesses and staff need to get as much and fruitful relationships gaining the co-operation of the key players Council support as possible in the Covid-19 situation and in particular, to achieve better outcomes will be vital. My past career working because so many of our businesses need customers from Melbourne, in government, not-for-profit and community sectors, employment I will urge the Council to advocate for decreasing the restrictions on service providers, services to the elderly (including with the shire) and Melbourne outside travel. When I was President of the Castlemaine youth justice will help me focus on getting the support our community Health Board I successfully advocated with the government for the needs to recover while keeping our special way of life for future establishment of the $10 million second operating theatre. This has generations. I will also work hard for: budgets that aim for zero rate given such extra valuable resources to our health and well-being here. increases; council services that are the best we can afford; open I certainly support the planned merger of CHIRP and Castlemaine and transparent decision-making; a cleaner greener Castlemaine Health which with the Councils development of a Health and Well- that is carbon neutral by 2025; strengthen the Buy Local Policy for being Hub will all considerably benefit both our physical and mental more local businesses and jobs; build capacity for local/regional health. Thank you indeed for reading my statement. I welcome any recycling, especially for glass; common-sense planning, building and queries you may have and shall respond as soon as I can to you. My other permit processes to help businesses and individuals flourish; contacts are 0427 497 803 and [email protected] So please - affordable housing- support for ‘Tiny Homes’; work in partnership Vote 1 for Glenn. with sports clubs. Vote 1 Hans Paas to make Castlemaine even better Phone:54706730.

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