Are you fed up with Alex Hills, Birkdale, Capalaba, Thorneside, and Wellington Point missing out on State infrastructure spending and agree that the area deserves better representation from your State MP?
Then please Vote 1 Paul Branagan Independent candidate for Capalaba.
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My name is Paul Branagan, and I am asking for your help to bring about the change we need here in Capalaba, and in Qld as a whole.
With an Honours Degree in Government, I currently work as a Consultant for both a national Merger & Acquisition company and for a local Real Estate company here in the Redlands. Previously I have held senior commercial roles both in Australia and overseas.
In addition I have had significant exposure working with the community sector, particularly through my involvement in the award-winning homeless charity The Big Issue and through my work with local Bayside causes such as the Redlands Annual Charity Day, for which I was immensely proud to have been nominated as 2018 Redlands Citizen of the Year. It is when you work at the grass roots level in this great community of ours that you understand what is really needed, and people get to see what you actually do, not just hear empty promises.
With my wife and daughter I have been fortunate to live in this wonderful part of the world for nearly 18 years. My family and I regularly attend Mary Mackillop Catholic Church, school functions (where I have served as President of Mary Mackillop School P and F Committee) and other local community events. I am also involved in local sporting clubs such as the Capalaba Bulldogs Football Club and am a member of Capalaba Sports Club and the Redlands Chamber of Commerce.
It's time to vote for a balanced independent that will deliver better representation for residents.
We are blessed to live in such a wonderful place, but we need to fight to get more local jobs, more local infrastructure, and more local opportunities for everybody.
It’s what Capalaba deserves! It’s what you deserve!
I believe that with respect for many Australian political parties at an all-time low, a fresh approach is needed. One focused on respecting all voters and on achieving for Capalaba the investment it deserves.
I am not a ‘career politician’, but as a father, a husband and a member of the small business community I appreciate exactly what is required, and I believe I have the experience to help this area achieve greater things.
Paul is a proud member of the Capalaba Bulldogs Football Club.
Supporting local community organisations.
Auctioneering for a good cause.
Politicians need to serve the people, but too many, in all political parties, see a seat in parliament as a means to help themselves rather than the people they represent. A new and more transparent system of accountability needs to be brought in for State politicians with greater punishment for transgressions. And when a Minister’s department is not performing, they need to be held to account. It can no longer be acceptable for politicians to flaunt the rules with scant oversight, or to disappear from sight when serious failings at their own department are uncovered, as happened recently with the Department of Child Safety.
This State electorate of Capalaba needs a local MP that can work collaboratively at both a Federal and Council level to achieve the best outcomes for our residents. Let us move away from the current antagonistic relationship where even State Koala Habitat mapping, has been beset by issues of non-communication from the local MP.
The Redlands is a growing, thriving community and it is time we were recognised in Qld State budgets. There should be no more hiding of funding levels (or the lack of them) in the overall Brisbane or Metro South numbers. Redlands deserves to be recognised and to have the transparency to see exactly what state governments are delivering for them.
QLD no longer wants to be left wondering why some criminals are allowed to reoffend time and again, often while on bail, while the penalties for crimes against some of our most vulnerable residents do not reflect community expectations. We need our state government to be tough on crime, and tough on the causes of crime. We need less random and inadequate sentencing combined with increased funding for youth intervention programs, more funding for restorative justice for low level youth criminals, and increased funding for mental health programs. And we need our local MP to stand up for victims of crime, not to vote against measures that will help protect our kids. (As he did in March 2019, when he voted against a Queensland Child Sex Offenders Register. It is every parent’s right to know if they are living next door to a convicted child sexual predator).
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