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Adrienne Steward is another one of the Yass Valley’s potential future Councillors, and she is ready to “go into bat” for the people of the Yass Valley.
“I feel like I can make a difference in the community. I want to be a voice for the community and stand up, and go into bat for what the community needs,” she said.
Her goals as a Councillor would be to make the community feel heard and be a driving force in resolving issues such as the water, main street, roads and local health services.
“Being that impartial voice and that conduit between the community and the actual Council itself, and opening up that line of communication. I feel like that, historically, has been lacking and there isn’t much two-way communication happening at the moment. It is starting to improve but there’s a lot of work that could be done in that area,” said Adrienne.
With a background in government administration and small business, Adrienne can see how fixing some of the central issues could have a flow-on effect that would benefit many sectors of the local community.
“I think there’s a lot of things that we can change that will help small businesses. Things like improving our water, the general look and feel of the town… it’s going to draw people in and that in turn will mean they stop at the shops and support our small business,” said Adrienne.
With significant changes already confirmed from the nine Councillors at present, Adrienne is hopeful that the next nine Councillors represent the diverse array of people within the Yass Valley.
“Historically, and this is not just in our Council but across Australia, Council’s tend to be made up of a certain generation of older white men. That’s not necessarily a bad thing but I think there’s so much more opportunity now to have more diversity on Council.”
Adrienne is a single mum to two children. She loves to do things outdoors when she can and is a self-professed “nerd at heart”.
Max O’Driscoll
