What Wannon Wants
Community Priorities Announced - May 2024
What Wannon Wants
After an extensive consultation process, Voices of Wannon has published our second report highlighting the priorities of the communities of the Wannon electorate. This updated report details the latest priorities of the people of Wannon.
2024 Report Summary
Our Kitchen Table Conversation process showcased a community that is proud of its natural environment, its sense of community, its history - both First Nations and white-settler, its peacefulness, its increasingly diverse population, and the availability of great education and health services.
While people in Wannon love their communities, they acknowledge there is room for improvement, particularly in support for vulnerable people, having greater recognition of local Indigenous communities, being more welcoming of people from diverse backgrounds, having better roads and public transport services, having greater opportunities for young people, and greater accountability of both politicians and media.
Our community consultation process found the following issues to be of the highest concern:
- Climate change and the environment
- Housing, homelessness and social inequality
- Accessible health care
- Increased investment in public education
These main priorities were only some of the dozens of issues raised during Kitchen Table Conversations and via our online survey. Other issues that were raised frequently included improving political integrity, fixing our roads, respect for women and recognition and respect for our First Nations people.
An overwhelming majority of people did not feel that they are being well represented by their local federal member of parliament. People wanted to have their concerns listened to and respected, and for their local member to be more present in the community and to advocate for the community in Canberra. There was strong support for greater transparency of political donations and accountability of politicians for the decisions they make.
This report shows that the people of Wannon need their local member to better represent their key concerns, and to do so with integrity, transparency and accountability.
Get your copy of the full report
Link to complete transcript
The complete notes from all conversations and online responses are available here.
Media enquiries
For any media enquiries contact:
Shelly Murrell
0428 126 706
voicesofwannon@gmail.com
2021 What Wannon Wants report
This 2024 report is an updated version of our first report from 2021.
Access the 2021 report here.