Federal Election 2019: Cost of living ranked top issue for Greenway voters
As Greenway voters prepare to head to the polls in this Saturday’s Federal Election, we can reveal the top issues across the electorate.
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Greenway voters have ranked the cost of living as the top issue ahead of this Saturday’s Federal Election.
About 66 per cent of voters highlighted keeping living costs down as one of their top issues, as revealed in the Australian Futures Project’s ‘Perfect Candidate’, which uses data collected in Roy Morgan surveys last year to identify key issues in each electorate.
Improving health services and hospitals was flagged as the second biggest issue, with 61 per cent of the vote, while managing immigration and population growth ranked as the third highest issue.
Fair workplace and employment regulations ranked fourth, ahead of global warming and climate change and improving education.
Managing the economy came in next, with 21 per cent of the vote, slightly above open and honest government.
Rounding out the survey was reducing taxes and reducing crime and maintaining law and order.
The cost of living was the number one issue in most Australian electorates.
In other key findings, one in three people included hospitals and health services as a high priority.
That support was even more pronounced in electorates like Greenway.
TOP 10 ISSUES IN GREENWAY
1. Keeping day to day living costs down 66.49
2. Improving health services and hospitals 60.83
3. Managing immigration and population growth 30.33
4. Fair workplace and employment regulations 28.54
5. Global warming and climate change 28.28
6. Improving education 27.93
7. Managing the economy 21.52
8. Open and honest government 20.91
9. Reducing the taxes you and your family pay 20.3
10. Reducing crime and maintaining law and order 19.02
SPOTLIGHT ON GREENWAY
Greenway voters will have a choice of six candidates for the lower house in Saturday’s Federal Election, as Labor vies to maintain its stronghold over the seat.
The federal seat of Greenway covers the area from Prospect and Girraween in the south to Riverstone (part) and Vineyard (part) in the North. Suburbs include Blacktown (part), Glenwood, Girraween, Kellyville Ridge, Kings Langley, Kings Park, Lalor Park, Parklea, Prospect, Quakers Hill (part), Riverstone (part), Rouse Hill (part), Schofields (part), Seven Hills, Stanhope Gardens and Vineyard (part).
Greenway is considered a safe Labor seat, held by Labor incumbent Michelle Rowland since 2010, with a 3.33 per cent swing to Labor.
Prior to this, the seat was held by Liberal Louise Markus from 2004 to 2010.
Labor has won the seat in all other federal elections since the seat’s inception in 1984.
Predictions for Saturday’s poll have the seat being held by Labor, with a slightly increased margin of 6.3 per cent.
While the seat became safer for Labor in 2016, boundary changes have seen varying results in past elections.
GREENWAY CANDIDATES
(In order on the ballot)
1. Graham McFarland, Australian Better Families.
2. Damien Atkins, The Greens
3. Allan Green, Liberal
4. Michelle Rowland, Labor
5. Scott Feeney, United Australia Party
6. Osbourn Rajadurai, Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
WHERE TO VOTE
To find out where you can vote this election day, visit the Australian Electoral Commission website here.
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