Federal Election 2019: Cook, meet your region’s candidates
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take on six candidates in his southern Sydney seat of Cook at the Federal Election on May 18. From Blakehurst to Burraneer, here are your candidates for Cook.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take on six candidates in his southern Sydney seat of Cook at the Federal Election on May 18.
The local member cannot vote for himself this time around as he now resides in Kirribilli, but the avowed Cronulla Sharks fan will be fighting for local votes as the Coalition fights to hang onto their power.
From Blakehurst to Burraneer, here are your candidates for Cook.
LIBERAL: SCOTT MORRISON
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been the member for Cook for more than 11 years.
He served in the Coalition Government as the immigration minister, social services minister and treasurer before he became the Prime Minister in August 2018.
Mr Morrison now lives in Kirribilli but previously lived in the Sutherland Shire with his wife Jenny and two daughters, and still attends church in the region.
Mr Morrison listed his achievements as record jobs growth, tax relief for families and small businesses, reducing the deficit, getting debt under control and ensuring multinationals pay their fair share of tax.
LABOR: SIMON O’BRIEN
Labor candidate Simon O’Brien is a bar manager, part-time musician in 80s cover band The Vandelles and father of three.
Mr O’Brien has also been a TAFE teacher in hospitality and emphasises the importance of penalty rates for workers in the industry.
Mr O’Brien also wants to reverse TAFE cuts and restore funding to local hospitals and the Gonski education reforms.
GREENS: JONATHAN DOIG
Greens candidate Jonathan Doig lives with his family in Gymea Bay and works as a software engineer at the University of New South Wales alongside researchers who make cities like Sydney better, fairer and more sustainable.
In the past 17 years Mr Doig has been involved in community campaigns for the Sutherland-Cronulla shared bike-pedestrian path and the Sutherland Climate Action Network.
Mr Doig said his priorities were clean, cheap renewable energy by 2030, stopping overdevelopment, building affordable housing, electric vehicles and cycleways, and banning corporate political donations.
MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES
Roger Bolling — Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
Gaye Cameron — One Nation
Peter Kelly — Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party
John McSweyn — United Australia Party
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