Sunday, February 25, 2007

Submitted for Sun Herald article by Paul Sott 25/02/07

If I am elected to the seat of Swansea, I will commit to work towards:

ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
· Setting mandatory targets of 50% renewable energy and water recycling by 2020
· Creating jobs through high end research and development in renewable energy and other industries
· No new coal mines
· Substantially increasing tank rebates, on-site grey water recycling
· Opposing desalination plants

DEVELOPMENT
· Banning developer donations to political parties
· Saving coast and towns from over-development by introducing a Private Members Bill to scrap the contentious and undemocratic Part 3A which removes the rights of individuals, communities, heritage, councils, endangered species and the Land and Environment court in the planning process, with no course for appeal

REBUILDING QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
· Reducing Police response times
· Assisting communities by providing meaningful youth programmes
· Dental health care access for all
· Providing more beds at Belmont Hospital
· Funding 2 years of free pre-school for all children
· Providing a new crossing over Swansea channel


PUBLIC TRANSPORT
· Improving and expanding public transport
· Completing the Fernleigh Track and building more cycle ways
· Introducing express bus lanes to Swansea and express service to Newcastle airport

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