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May 2, 2025

ELECTIONS are a time for candidates to present themselves to the community, to divulge both who they are and their policies. It’s about having an open democracy.

There appears to have been a disappointing trend in recent years where some candidates choose not to respond to questions and do not present themselves at forums.

Three of the Indi candidates chose not to respond to questions from this newspaper, despite having significant time to respond.

Furthermore, bearing in mind that there have been communications from within our office to the Indi candidates, the has been only one press release received from a candidate in the last fortnight. It was from Helen Haines. There have been no communications from any of the other candidates.

The Yea Candidate Forum, which was expected to he held at 6pm on Sunday, April 27, had to be cancelled as only three candidates committed to attend. There are a total of nine candidates standing for the Seat of Indi.

The Alexandra Candidate Forum went ahead. Six candidates were expected but…

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