DLP announces Robertson candidate

Green Point resident Mr Paul Sheeran has been selected as the Democratic Labor Party candidate for the seat of Robertson in the upcoming election in September.

Mr Sheeran has lived on the Central Coast for over two decades and said he believed that his home region deserved better representation in the next parliament than it has had in recent times.

Mr Sheeran said he was an "ordinary bloke" who felt for and empathised with the aspirations, interests and needs of the people on the Central Coast.

He said he shared their concerns about transport, lack of public hospital facilities, the squeeze on small business and the chronic homelessness in the area.

"I will strive to bring support and relief to our small business, workers and community," said Mr Sheeran.

Mr Sheeran has run a small business for 28 years in local and rural areas and said he would campaign to make local manufacturing and small business more competitive.

Mr Sheeran said he also believed small businesses played a vital role in the Robertson electorate and that small business operators were feeling the strain of declining retail activity, increased regulations and a disempowering relationship with big businesses.

He pointed to the Democratic Labor Party's policy of introducing a 30-day standard trading period as a measure that could make a big difference to small business owners.

"Small business people have families to support, they have bills to pay and they have costs to cover like everyone else," he said.

"It is only fair and just that the payments owing to them are made in a reasonable time period.

"The Democratic Labor Party believes that the government needs to support small business people because they support the workers through being the major employers in the nation," said Mr Sheeran.

Media release, 17 Jun 2013

Paul Sheeran, Democratic Labor Party