This girl has her sights set on success. Not for herself - but for the people of regional Queensland.Meet Amanda Camm … an ambitious 32-year-old mother of three who wholeheartedly believes Katter’s Australian Party is the only party who will give a voice to the people in regional Queensland.
"On April 18 I will be 33, winning the seat would be a great birthday present, wouldn’t it?" joked the passionate girl who went to Kindergarten in Proserpine and speaks fondly of her grandma who religiously puts the Guardian aside for her every single week.
The day the government went into caretaker mode, Ms Camm from the northern beaches in Mackay announced she would be throwing her hat in the ring for the marginal seat of Whitsunday – along with Greens candidate Jonathon Dykyj, LNP’s Jason Costigan and high profile minister and sitting member Labor's Jan Jarratt.
"I’ve heard some people say that I have left my run too late. But I haven’t. As a woman we’re in a constant juggling act with careers, families, relationships … men just seem to do it, women evaluate. So here I am. I have no doubt that the time is right."
Ten days ago Katter’s girl for the Whitsundays met her illustrious leader at a party conference in Brisbane. She says what a lot of people don’t know about the man in the big hat is that he is a champion of women.
"Bob’s a man of his conviction. He’s getting something right as he’s been in public office for 40 years and he’s been very supportive of my candidacy," she said.
Ms Camm has spent the majority of her life in the Whitsunday, Mackay and Mirani districts and has connections with the agriculture, sugar, tourism and mining industries and has been involved in skills development, work force retention and next generation attraction as Chair of the Mackay Whitsunday agribusiness formation strategy.
Once elected, Ms Camm says she will work energetically for the Whitsunday electorate fighting passionately for reinvigoration of the sugar industry by mandating ethanol which she says will put more money in farmers’ pockets, establishing local health boards for local hospitals, supporting small business by lifting the payroll tax threshold and halting the sale of state assets.
"Over the next four and a half weeks I will be focusing on Katter’s Australian Party politics, my values for running and when I knock on people’s doors, walk into businesses and meet people in the street, people can judge me on face value."
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