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I’m interested in the fact that Rob wants to move from state government to federal. What expertise and experience does he have from his state government experience that makes him useful in federal government?

Published: 2 months ago by simonvw.

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  • Expertise and experience

    Hopefully plenty. There is a lot of interface (good and bad) between State and Federal, so I am hoping this will assist a lot. A couple of local examples is the Pacific Highway works going on at the moment between Coopernook and Herons Creek. This is a jointly funded program between Commonwealth and State. By comparison, the Coopernook By-pass was all State funded. On that road, some is state only, some combined. Likewise the Cancer unit in Port was funded by both state and federal, and therefore I have been involved in a lot of issues that overlap. They are the positives. On the negatives, after twelve years, it has been incredibly frustrating seeing the continuation of the 'blame game' between state and federal, and it is an area I would really like to explore and try and help resolve. Those basic government structures, and governments and their individual departments working in 'silos' is a problem that still continues. It would be great to get in and have a go at changing this. Also, in regional areas like ours, the Independent model at a State level has worked with a majority Government and there is no reason the same model can't work federally. In the last state budget, we received for the year $345 million into capital works locally, compared with $96 million in the electorate right next door. Independents do deliver! And finally, having spoken to Tony Windsor, Bob Katter, and having read the late Peter Andrens work, the concept of independenCE within the national policy debate is critical. Vested interests, lobby groups, and the almighty dollar are buying outcomes, and this needs to change with more independenCE. I hope this answers the question.

    Published: 2 months ago by oakeshottmp

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