Highlands residents talk about what they want from the new council

People across the Highlands have spoken about what they want from the newly elected Wingecarribee Shire Council.

Transcript

00:00What do you want from the incoming council?

00:02Okay, well, I did actually prepare a bit of a list

00:04First thing I think is communication. I want them to listen

00:07I want them to listen to the community and I want them to respond

00:11But that seems to be the major issue that we're not getting communication. We're not being listened to

00:17I think the whole administration's been really disappointing. Nothing seems to have changed. I want teamwork

00:23I want them to work together. I want people with side hustles and single issues

00:28I want people to go what is best for the community or the various communities that are out that spread out in the Highlands

00:37So listen to us, work together, be decent human beings. No mates rates, no

00:44special interest. No, you know a bit of give and take here about what what is best for us

00:49I want them to be able to like adults and to come to an agreement on things without putting personal opinions too strongly

00:58To stand up, they have to have some backbone, but they don't have to be antagonistic or aggressive or anything

01:05So we want them to to just be able to come to a mutual agreement on things

01:13I'm concerned about development in the Windsor Caribbee Shire. I accept that it has to happen

01:18but in keeping with the character of the Shire and

01:23especially for all the small villages such as the one I live in here in Exeter

01:26but there are many beautiful villages in the Shire and if we allow unfettered development to go ahead then

01:34we lose the, and I hate this word because it's a bit hackneyed, the chance