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Best Of Local Magazine is distributed mainly in the suburbs of Chris Ciccitti
the Petrie electorate in the Moreton Bay region.
Petrie is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, and is
centred on the Redcliffe Peninsula, in the Moreton Bay Region.
It includes the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Chris Cicchitti is 37 years old and
Redcliffe, Rothwell, Deception Bay, Scarborough, Woody lives with his partner and nine year
Point, North Lakes, Mango Hill, Griffin and part of Burpengary. old son in Scarborough, an area
his family loves. Chris works in the
field of logistics management and is
Originally a safe Liberal seat, Petrie has become much more
marginal since the late 1970s. In fact, since 1975, it has been held passionate about sport, especially ice hockey, Qld State League
by the party of government for all but one term and is therefore (QAFL) boundary umpiring, running, cycling, inline hockey and
considered a bellwether electorate in terms of determining general health & fitness. He is vegan and keen to raise awareness
election outcomes, and so we are sure to have campaigning of the benefits of exercise and plant-based diet for health and
from major party leaders here in the coming days. fitness.
Chris’ first priority is to ensure that the government seriously
Mayor Peter Flannery said in a statement - “Both major parties
keep talking about Australia’s ‘advanced economy’. We want $48 tackles climate change, by investing in and providing incentives
million to help secure an Advanced Manufacturing Centre at The for greater use of solar panels and other means of generating
Mill to support new job opportunities. clean energy. Passionate about all animals, Chris is concerned
about the treatment of many wild and farmed species. He is
appalled by the mass killing of kangaroos throughout Western
“Another essential investment at The Mill is to beef-up
investment at our Olympic venue, with $30 million to make it Queensland and many other parts of Australia.
a legacy complex with the capacity to host major events and
sports before and beyond the 2032 Games. Worried about the natural world and the high rate of deforestation
in Queensland, Chris wants to see a massive increase in the
protection of forests because of their crucial role in our natural
“For too long state and federal governments have underfunded
the burgeoning challenge of homelessness and domestic environment, providing habitat for a variety of plant and animal
violence in our region, so we need a government that will species and contributing to cleaner air and water. “We’re seeing
step up and provide the funding needed for short-term crisis the destruction of forests and land clearing for development and
accommodation. “There’s also the Suttons Beach Pavilion, which to expand animal agriculture, and this has to stop.”
locals have said they either want restored or rebuilt, so we’ll
need at least $7 million to make that happen. Chris is keen to discuss environmental and animal protection
issues with the voters of Petrie and to represent their concerns
in Parliament.
“We want a government with heart, that will invest in our
community.” Mick Denton
“Getting this right is critical for surrounding communities in areas
like Morayfield and Caboolture, where we need government
to get serious about not only the Bruce Highway but also an
alternate western highway through to Caboolture West and key Mick is a local who understands
connectors like the Buchanan Road overpass which will cost at the communities of Petrie. He
least $100 million alone. grew up here, going to school in
Scarborough and he is now raising
In alphabetical order, the candidates for the 2022 Federal his family locally with his wife Claire, first living in Redcliffe before
Election in the electorate of Petrie are: moving to North Lakes in 2007.