Vision

My vision for Canberra is where our community, businesses, research and public sectors work together to deliver the very best outcomes for the people of Canberra.

It is a city of clever ideas that has the opportunity to become an information and cultural hub in Australia. Not only the Capital City, but a local community of enthusiasm, ideas and action supported by values of equality, support, enterprise and fairness.

Sustainable Prosperity for all Canberrans

  • Fostering local business to ensure sustainable economic prosperity, meaning jobs for our kids
  • Understanding that economic growth and protecting the environment are not mutually exclusive
  • Enhancing government service delivery through access to leading edge knowledge and tools, allowing Canberrans every opportunity to participate in the community
  • Developing avenues for commercial collaboration between our wonderful research institutions and the private sector
  • Ensuring local planning issues are resolved with common sense and efficiency
  • Taking a long term approach to the policy decisions of today that determine the Canberra of tomorrow

A Progressive Approach to Business

  • Supporting an outcome-based approach to business
  • Allowing business and staff to flourish in a mutually supportive environment
  • Flexibility for staff to develop a genuine work life balance
  • Ensuring Canberrans have workplace safety and security

Support throughout Life

  • A focus on early learning to improve access to and the quality of pre-school education
  • Ensuring aged care is not just about housing, but delivering programs and services that ensure dignity for the aged, regardless of individual circumstances or state of health

Achieving Balance

  • The balance between development and environmental sustainability
  • The balance between active citizenry and government-delivered services
  • The balance required in the workplace to ensure the very best outcomes for business and employees
  • The balance between working hard, and supporting family and community
  • The balance required to be healthy and able to actively contribute to our society