State Labor has today announced who will contest the seat of Lake Macquarie, currently held by Independent Greg Piper, at the March 2019 election.
Jo Smith has put her hand up and has been welcomed to the candidacy in a meeting today with the Hunter's Labor MPs.
Ms Smith is a Manager at Birmingham Gardens' Regal Cinema and partner to cinema programmer George Merryman.
The pair has come into the spotlight recently as part of a push to retain parking spaces around the Regal, in the wake of plans from City of Newcastle to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety on University Drive and the Inner City Bypass roundabout.
Jo Smith is promising to focus on community needs and engagement should she win the seat, saying greater transport connections and health care are crucial to the growing LGA.
"What we need to do is stop the losses occurring in the Lake Macquarie area, we need to bring back what we have lost, and we also need to ensure there is adequate infrastructure because we're having a population influx..." she said.
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| Jo Smith (second from right, black blazer) with local Labor MPs. Image courtesy Kate Washington MP. |
