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Attendees made the most of an opportunity to question candidates for the Eppalock ward of the City of Greater Bendigo.
More than 30 minutes of the two-hour forum at Strathdale Community Centre on Tuesday were devoted to questions from the audience.
Queries ranged from whether or not candidates were part of a voting bloc to their transparency in financial and policy decisions, and knowledge of rate capping.
The eight participating candidates raced through the questions set by the event organisers, which raised the topics of climate change and the environment, integrated transport and cultural diversity and governance.
Yvonne Wrigglesworth, Rosemary Glaisher, Helen Leach, Susie Hawke, Mark Weragoda, Brenton Johnson, Margaret O’Rourke and Geoff Stephens took part in the forum.
George Flack and Colin Carrington did not attend.
The Eppalock forum was the third and final of a series of pre-election events organised by the Bendigo Sustainability Group, Progress Bendigo and Bike Bendigo.
Lockwood candidates featured the night before, and Whipstick ward candidates spoke the week prior.
The forums built on a survey, which asked candidates questions based on the council’s environment, cultural diversity, land use and transport, and housing strategies and plans.
All 10 of the Eppalock ward candidates submitted responses, of which Margaret O’Rourke’s was highest ranked.
Full responses are available on the Bendigo Sustainability Group website.
The City of Greater Bendigo council election is on October 22.