Liberal: Darren Jameson

I have been serving the Central Coast community for over two decades through surf life saving, policing and commerce.

I am your Liberal candidate for Robertson because I believe that our community deserves a representative with first-hand experience of serving the local community, and someone committed to focus and represent the issues that matter - regardless of how big or small.

The big issues I am hearing across the electorate are cost of living, health, seniors and community safety.

People are telling me of how their bills are going up but their wages aren't keeping pace.

The Liberal Party's Paid Parental Leave Scheme and Child Care Rebate will ease the burden on families who are juggling many demands.

These will help bring families closer together by providing 26 weeks of paid parental leave and will make child care more affordable.

I remind the Peninsula community that the Rudd-Gillard Government promised to control the cost of living - and have delivered nothing.

All talk and no action.

And Labor, working with the Greens, has now promised an emissions trading scheme which will push electricity prices up even further, hurting the hip-pockets of everyone on the Coast.

Regarding health I have pledged $2.7 million to reopen and expand the Woy Woy Rehab Centre to 30 beds.

I have also pledged $11 million for a public-private partnership with Central Coast Radiotherapy Oncology Centre.

We are also creating 2800 more hospital beds nationwide.

These actions on health will serve the people of the Coast by bringing much needed health services closer to home.

The Coalition's health pledges are real, responsible and deliverable.

Unlike Labor's track record of broken health promises: like 33 of 36 Super Clinics promised in 2007 that are not operating, and the failed cancer clinic for the Coast.

The Coalition also recognises the contribution that seniors make to our society and economy.

We have announced a plan for real action to support seniors including a Seniors' Employment Incentive Payment to help seniors who are out of the workforce and who want to find a job.

We have also committed to retain the existing rules for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, and establish a national 'Safer Seniors' program to improve the safety of seniors in their homes and communities.

As a former Detective Sergeant, I have first-hand experience of concerns about community safety.

People should feel safe in their neighbourhoods, and I am committed to doing more.

In fact, I have developed a Five Point Direct Action Plan to address community crime in specific areas of Robertson.

I have announced CCTV cameras to be installed in crime hotpots as part of the Liberals' $50 million National Community Crime Prevention program.

My Direct Action plan incorporates investigating programs to cut the unacceptably high levels of youth unemployment.

Serving the community is what I have done for most of my life.

It's about listening to the needs of the community and representing the community with integrity.

Darren Jameson Liberal Party