Labor might have won the federal election weeks ago, but one region is yet to cast their ballot and the campaign remains in full swing.
, Farnham said far-flung communities he’s visited in a months-long campaign needed much more. In Walhalla, with a population of 20, there is no sewerage. In Thorpdale, Gippsland Water drives trucks of water into the potato farming town daily to ensure residents have a constant supply.Farnham’s main challenger is independent former Baw Baw Shire councillor Tony Wolfe, who decided to run in the final days of the original campaign.
Wolfe said gender equality, integrity in government, housing affordability and the need for local infrastructure to meet the demands of new housing developments were among his other priorities. Farnham also said infrastructure had not kept up with growth, which has spilled out from Melbourne to Drouin and Warragul, a 75-minute commute.
Weaver paused her campaign after the November 26 poll to give volunteers a rest, but said she felt it was important to contest the supplementary election to give voters a choice.at the Warragul Country Club, where he was formerly club captain, Farnham cried recalling a woman who waited more than a year to be fitted with a prosthetic leg after delays caused by COVID-19.
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