Roads emerge as top issue in 16,000+ km listening tour

INDEPENDENT candidate for Wannon Alex Dyson said the terrible state of rural and regional roads has emerged as the top priority for voters across the electorate.
Over the last six months, Mr Dyson has clocked more than 16,000 kilometres across the Wannon electorate, which stretches from the outskirts on Ballarat and Geelong to the South Australian border.
“This included 108 meetings, 19 meet the candidate events, 545 survey responses, and too many country bakery meat pies to count,” he said.
“Roads, childcare, and getting a better deal from supermarkets, energy companies and Canberra were all issues people consistently brought up.
“But so was housing. So was climate. So was health and aged care.