Paul Sheeran - DLP

My name is Paul Sheeran.

I am the Democrat Labour Party candidate for Robertson.

I ran my own small business for 28 years before I retired.

I have great experience in small business both locally and in rural areas.

Small business employs more people than all other big business combined.

I have lived in the Robertson electorate for 22 years and am very aware of the hardships that families and ordinary working people go through due to lack of employment.

We will legislate to obtain more government support for the elderly and their carers including direct payments to full time carers similar to the aged pension where the carer is unable to do other paid work.

We will push for funding to cost a link road and tunnel from Woy Woy west to the F3 near Calga.

This would be a very necessary alternate route to the F3, away from the existing route to Kariong.

Stop delays on payments for goods and services provided by small business and introduce a maximum of 30 days standard trade for such payments.

Defer small business company tax for one year for the first seven years followed by a generous catch up period.

Oppose undue and excessive federal and state government and local council bureaucracy and red tape duplication for small business operators.

To establish local small business mentoring programs by engaging people who have retired so that they can impart their life experiences to younger people.

Further policies refer our web www.dlp.org.au.

Email, 26 Aug 2013

Paul Sheeran, Green Point