Port Stephens MP Kate Washington was joined by local nurses and health worker this morning to launch a campaign to crowd-fund a new billboard to be located on Nelson Bay Road.
The billboard is set to read "Schools and Hospitals before Sydney Stadiums" and is an attempt by Kate Washington to send a strong and clear message to Premier Gladys Berejiklian and local Liberal candidate, Jaimie Abbott.
"Don't waste billions of dollars on Sydney Stadiums, spend it on schools and hospitals instead,"
"Local residents have been raising this issue with me more and more. They can't believe the obscene waste, and they want to know how they can stop it," Ms Washington said.
"People in Port Stephens don't want their hard-earned taxpayers dollars being splurged on stadiums in Sydney."
$1600 is required to put the billboard in place, and Kate Washington has emphasised it is up to residents whether or not they donate to the fund.
Lorna Scott from the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association echoed Ms Washington's sentiments that the government's priorities are wrong.
"For a good society we need health and we need education, and we need the environment to be looked at as well," said Ms Scott.
"These are vitally important things. Stadiums are important for a few people who like to watch men chasing balls, to be quite honest."
The NSW Labor Party has called for the people of NSW to be given the opportunity to have their say on the stadium spending, asking the Berejiklian Government to halt the stadium demolitions until after the March 23 election.
Any residents who wish to donate to the campaign are able to do so via Kate Washington's Facebook page.
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