Jennifer Lowe on her WCC goals

Jennifer Lowe speaks to The Standard about why she's running for the Warrnambool City Council.

Transcript

00:00Hi my name is Jennifer Lowe and I'm running in the ward of Patobe in the

00:04Warrnambool City Council elections in 2024. I'm really excited to put my name

00:08forward. I've been a long-term resident in Patobe and I simply love the area. I

00:13mean I love living in Warrnambool as well but Patobe is particularly unique

00:16and beautiful because of my affinity with the coastline. Some of the things

00:22I'm wanting to focus on in this term if I'm successful is really focusing on the

00:29rate rises. I think that rate rises put too much pressure on individuals and

00:34families. They're already struggling with the cost of living and the increased

00:38prices of you know energy, gas, food, you know basic supplies in life which is

00:44quite unfair. So if we could you know kind of try and minimize the the impact

00:50on people's budget and effectively people spend their money more wisely

00:55than any layer of government ever do. Another thing that I'd love to put

01:00forward is transparent decision-making. Not so much what the decision was that

01:05was made but why it was made and what what were the fundamental reasons behind

01:09that. I think that's really important so that the community understands why

01:12Council's delivering the services that it's delivering or making the decisions

01:17that it's making. And my third one is community engagement. I think it's

01:27really important that Council engages with the business community. I think it

01:32does a really great job with you know for example the not-for-profit and the

01:35artistic community but I think it really needs to elevate its arena in the

01:40business sector.