I was more than buoyant to hear the casual announcement of the intended Federal Election in Australia on July 2, by our current Prime Minister Mr Malcolm Turnbull MP. Here is an article the Manly Daily posted this week, which gives you a round up of our local delegates. CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE.

It can be a great time to be advocating for a cause or issue that means something to you. In my local seat of Mackellar, the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP was ousted at pre-selection as the Liberal Party candidate, so this just leads to opportunity to canvas the current local political candidates from all sides, to raise my Paying40Forward campaign for Hydrocephalus and the Australian Shunt Registry, and why the government should be implementing ongoing funding for this important health issue.

So with the guidance of the Hydrocephalus Support Association, I am off letter writing this weekend to all the candidates for the local seat of Mackellar with my story, if you wish to write to them or your own electorate candidates about the Australian Shunt registry, i will publish examples of my own letter which you can use as basis to send your own.

Why is it important for us to write to our local members? Well in recent correspondence with Rikki Lambert, a candidate for the Senate in South Australia and also a parent whose child passed away from hydrocephalus, he helped me highlight the main reasons we need to write to the members locally; it is about gaining awareness of the cost savings that this project could bring the health system in Australia and have our local members advocate the health minister on our behalf.

So I am going off to tap the keyboard for a few more hours and construct something that Brad and Bronny or her successor, may sit up and take notice! I’ll keep you posted!