Letter to the Editor: Nationals ‘spooked’ by Independent challenge

DEAR News Of The Area,

ONLY a few weeks to go readers, and we’ll be back to the evening news being dominated by crime and car accidents in the suburbs, rather than politicians in fluoro vests kissing babies.

The other staple of the evening news is of course the US President, whose shenanigans are apparently cutting into the popularity rating of our opposition leader.

Voters seem to be drawing a line between the world view of the two – goodness knows how that could have happened.

Regardless of why, there is some panic in Coalition ranks, whose plans for a return to their rightful place in the government pews are diminishing faster than Mr Dutton is offloading his rental properties.

In our electorate of Cowper, the Nationals have been sufficiently spooked by Caz Heise’s polling numbers to launch attack ads, blaming her and her ilk for (and I quote) “Big problems like cost of living, rising crime, the housing crisis, skyrocketing energy bills, immigration levels and defence and national security”.

The ads don’t specify any solutions that the Nationals came up with from 2013-2022 to reduce these problems, which is fair enough, as nobody else can either.

Maybe making the major parties work cooperatively with a few more sensible, community based independents might be worth a try?

After listening to locals, Ms Heise has outlined a platform of positive steps she would pursue to improve healthcare, housing, childcare, the environment and education.

She has also suggested funding these by reforming corporate tax – something notably absent from the major parties’ offerings.

Jump on board readers, it’s got to be better than what we’ve been getting.

Regards,
Michael TRIST,
Urunga.