Plan for employment

It's great to see that the two candidates for McMillan are actually talking to people in the electorate and coming up with a fresh approach.

Public Transport needs upgrading but the underlying cause of the Monash car-park is the lack of jobs in the area forcing people to commute long distances.

There needs to be a coherent plan for jobs and industry in McMillan or it will continue to be a collection of dormitory suburbs linked by crowded, pot holed roads full of commuters forced to spend inordinate amounts on petrol and car maintenance.

Widening the Monash won't solve anything, it will just add another breakdown lane.

If the Minister for the Environment wants to talk about local issues it would be nice to hear where he sits in relation to farmers rights and CSG drilling.

We already know what the current government thinks of coal mines.

It also would be good to hear where the current McMillan incumbent sits in relation to these, and many other issues.

Given that he now faces two good, strong local candidates with solid knowledge of the electorate, he needs to stop treating his position as a sinecure.