Sharon Cadwallader – Ballina Shire meet your candidates
By Tim Howard
The Northern Rivers Times has asked all of the candidates for the September 14 local government elections to introduce themselves to voters identify the issues they want to address and policies they would pursue if elected.
Sharon Cadwallader (B Ward)
Mayor Sharon Cadwallader has been serving the Ballina Shire community as a councillor for more than 20 years.
She is a company director, Justice of Peace, Registered Civil Celebrant, Chair of the Australian Coastal Councils Association, Deputy Chair of Rous County Council and Northern Rivers Joint Organisation.
Sharon is a past director of Summerland Credit Union and a former regional manager of Northern Rivers NSW Business Chamber.
Accreditations include Dental Nursing, Marketing and Management and UTS Executive Certificate in Local Government and is standing on her track record of honesty, integrity, hard work, getting things done and putting locals first.
It has been an honour to serve as your mayor, leading the rebuild after the floods, a record 2024/2025 $78 million investment in new infrastructure through the shire’s biggest capital works program on record.
I kept my promise and got the Dunoon Dam back on the table.
I will continue to push for affordable accessible housing for everyone, and fight for our fair share of State and Federal Government funding, new SES headquarters, crime prevention, clean safe secure water supply, dredged healthy Richmond River, protection of our environment and heritage, sustainable career pathways for our youth, getting rid of red tape through facilitation, not just regulation and fix the processing times for Development Applications.
The candidates I am endorsing all support the dam and keeping Australia Day on the January 26. They believe in keeping Ballina Shire in safe hands, not being dictated by political parties from Sydney and Canberra.
I am a true independent with no political party affiliation, asking voters to consider just voting 1 Sharon for Mayor and my endorsed candidates A Ward 1 Damian Loone 2 Kay Oxley 3 Mark Paterson B Ward 1 Sharon Cadwallader 2 Michelle Bailey 3 Tom Berry C Ward 1 Simon Kinny 2 Shona Barrett.
With your help together we can keep Ballina moving forward.
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