{"id":674,"date":"2010-05-02T19:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T09:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=674"},"modified":"2010-05-02T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T09:01:21","slug":"alp-selects-blacktown-resident-for-chifley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"ALP selects Blacktown resident for Chifley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Making sure Sydney\u2019s West gets its fair share of future health funding is the number one priority for incoming ALP candidate for Chifley, Ed Husic.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the close of nominations at noon on Monday 29 March, Mr Husic was elected unopposed. His preselection follows Roger Price\u2019s announcement that he will not recontest the next federal election.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute honour to represent the Australian Labor Party in our area as candidate for Chifley \u2013 and if elected, I want to be a strong local voice,\u201d Mr Husic said. He also said he believed that there are a number of issues that will demand attention at the next election and beyond \u2013 including health and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to have grown up, lived and worked locally. As a resident, I have first hand knowledge of the issues affecting families here.\u201d Mr Husic said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImproving health-care in this country stands as the biggest challenge confronting all governments and as a community, we need to make sure our local area gets its fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe that a strong, well-funded public education system helps our country and is a ticket to a better life for our kids. It must be defended and it must be strengthened.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mr Husic also paid tribute to Mr Price saying that he had served the families of Chifley for a generation. \u201cRoger has had a fantastic, lasting impact on the electorate \u2013 people know he has worked hard and stood up for the community. I\u2019d like the chance to keep doing that for the residents who live in Chifley,\u201d Mr Husic said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy approach is to be open and consultative: I\u2019ve spent my working life bringing people together. I\u2019d like residents to see me as a local they can talk to candidly and openly. I want them to feel they can raise their concerns and ideas with their local representative and that their representative will work hard to ensure their views are heard and acted on.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making sure Sydney\u2019s West gets its fair share of future health funding is the number one priority for incoming ALP candidate for Chifley, Ed Husic. At the close of nominations at noon on Monday 29 March, Mr Husic was elected unopposed. His preselection follows Roger Price\u2019s announcement that he will not recontest the next federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}