DEAR News Of The Area,

JANET Olney, in her Letter to the Editor on 21 March, speculates as to the agendas of the billionaire businessman Holmes à Court’s ulterior motive who is backing the Cowper Independent candidate, Caz Heise. Jim Knight wonders about his ulterior motive for Australia.

Yes, he has an agenda, but it is not a business agenda.

It is the future of every person in this electorate, our children and their children.

His agenda is action on Climate Change.

Sadly, this is not possible to comprehend by followers of a certain political persuasion who can only see things in terms of “business self-interest” and whose response to the threat of global warming is often compared to that of a large African bird.

In a word, Holmes à Court’s ulterior motive is not a businessman in the alternate energy industry, or this would be trumpeted from the rooftops by the Murdoch press.

His second agenda is integrity in politics, so his organisation publishes the source of every dollar gathered and spent from the 35,800 plus citizen donors to his fund.

His third agenda is a fairer democracy as he seeks to counter the funding gerrymander created by a rare bipartisan bill enacted by the major parties on the last day of parliament.

This legislation effectively allows them to spend as much as they can lay their hands on in a political campaign, but limits the spending of independents.

Yes, follow the money folks but look how it is gathered and spent rather than jump to conclusions.

Check out the policies of each candidate for Cowper and bypass disinformation fueled by an entrenched ideology lit by speculation and innuendo.

Regards,
Max BRINSMEAD,
Coffs Harbour.