Independent Patrick Aiken
If elected to the seat of Gosford, I would pursue these claims for the Peninsula:
Improve planning for families whose homes are affected by sea level rise forecasts and remove the uncertainty created.
Encourage Gosford Council to recover lost ratepayers funds of $68 million.
Improve the planning and approval for Peninsula developments.
Lobby Federal and State Government for a greater share of government jobs by relocating government centres to Woy Woy.
More local employment, not more commuters.
Secure Woy Woy Hospital as a functioning hospital providing a limited range of services including mental health care, emergency services and day surgery, not just a rehabilitation unit.
Establish a multi disciplinary NSW TAFE Centre on the Peninsula with a focus on trade training in trades currently on the skills shortage list - traditional apprenticeships, traineeships and retraining of existing workers.
Save the land at Bambara Rd, Kariong. This area should be considered as a potential location for a Cultural Centre for our local indigenous people to celebrate their culture, their history and their future.
At the gateway to Gosford and the Peninsula it would be a viable and exciting centre to promote and provide visitor information about the Peninsula and its attractions
Email, 17 Mar 2011
Patrick Aiken, Saratoga