All tiers of government are ignoring our very legitimate concerns. 

In the Bendigo electorate we see creeping Sharia within our legal, banking, education, security and social systems; mandatory indoctrination of UN propaganda in our schools, including the promotion of Islam, Agenda 21 (sustainability) and the Safe Schools diversity 'education'. 

Governments are increasingly usurping traditional parental roles by removing every parents right to discipline, educate and medicate according to their values. 

This is evidence of a growing state dictatorship as is the government bully tactics regarding the unions and our CFA.

We have escalating drug and alcohol problems in the Bendigo electorate. We need to reduce supply and demand simultaneously; to do this we must remove the so called ‘harm minimisation’ strategies out of our schools and replace them with successful ‘Quit’ programs such as ‘No Brainer’. We need to increase border surveillance and protection to better intercept drug smugglers. 

The results are in; if you legalise illicit drugs both the supply and the consumption of drugs increases dramatically; we must stand together against legalised illicit drug use.

Homelessness is a ongoing problem which has to be addressed as is the needs of our aging population. We have 600 people on a waiting list for emergency housing in the Bendigo area and yet the powers that be intend to bring in thousands of immigrants. Go figure!

Unfortunately each of the major parties are promoting policy which causes significant harm to children, youth, individuals and our communities in general. 

They have brought in policy which has forced our industry to shutdown or move offshore or be sold 100% foreign ownership – creating unemployment/poverty. In addition we are selling our primary producing land to 100% foreign ownership and it must be stopped with policy to protect the future of Australia. 

We have policy which allows the tax free dumping of inferior fruit and veg in Australia – creating unemployment/poverty; we have environmental policy which allows the much needed water for our primary producers to be released down the Murray - creating unemployment and bankruptcy.  

The thinking that created the problems will not create solutions.

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- Sandra Caddy