Greens announce candidate for Robertson
The Greens have announced their candidate for the federal seat of Robertson is Ms Cheryl Wallace.
Ms Wallace said her priorities included putting dental and mental health into Medicare, building more genuinely affordable homes and freezing rents for immediate relief, making education free from early childhood through to TAFE and university, and acting on climate change to reduce the costs that will come with extreme weather.
Ms Wallace moved to the Coast since retiring after 45 years as a registered nurse.
"As a former nurse, health care is a subject I'm passionate about.
"I will campaign to get dental and mental health into Medicare.
"In a country like ours, people shouldn't have to choose between rent and their health.
They should be able to manage both these basic human rights."
"The facts are clear - to avoid unmanageable climate change with more frequent extreme weather, putting food supplies, housing and infrastructure at risk - we have to transition to a clean renewable energy base.
"Pie in the sky nuclear plans are just a delaying tactic to benefit the fossil fuel industry and ignore the issue of managing radioactive waste."
She said she spent her time volunteering for Oz Harvest and as the Director of Education at the Terrigal Surf Club.
SOURCE:
Media release, 9 Mar 2025
Chantelle Baistow, Central Coast Greens