"We came out here to be country, and it's not countrified anymore — it's sad in one way, but good for people in another way," she said.S&P Global Ratings data from September 2020 labelled Byford the worst-performing postcode in Australia for loans in arrears, with 5.68 per cent in arrears compared to 2.26 per cent across WA.
On Tuesday, she was out with volunteers on the edge of the electorate, waving a big blue 'have an awesome week' sign."People in Darling Range get up early, they go to work, they come home — the only way I can get in front of them is to wave a sign at the traffic lights and then be there on the weekend and after hours to see them," she said.
"When I won the by-election, my main goal was to put faith back in the community that they can trust a politician once again.""I don't believe in margins that are done by polls — I believe in what I feel on the ground, and on the ground right now I'm getting a great response from the community," she said.Labor's candidate Hugh Jones is a Navy officer of 30 years, and was elected as a councillor in Armadale last year.
While he is new to state politics, he already knows the Premier — the pair played squash together in the Australian Defence Force's Interservice Games."My Navy career taught me a lot about teamwork," he said. "I sort of compare the electorate to a ship — you've got people from diverse backgrounds who might not always agree, but you've got a particular destination to get to, and it's important to communicate with everyone and explain why you're doing things."
Source: Loan Digest (loandigest.net)