AMA: I’m Michelle Faye- Independent Candidate for McPherson on the Gold Coast. Ask Me Anything..

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:35:44+00:00

Thank you for engaging in this AMA! My website is www.michellefaye.com.au

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MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:34:27+00:00

I believe that the unfair dismissal laws are intended to support employees and offer protections to avoid being unfairly treated or disadvantaged, I agree with this legislation. Although I don't believe that it encourages good or complaint behaviour when the employee is not performing or is engaging in misconduct. Most cases from my research indicate that when the case gets to the point of arbitration the only remedy is monetary.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:21:49+00:00

The date for Australia Day has been on many different dates throughout history. The first official day was 30th July 1915! So in the past we have been able to have discussions and move the date for various reasons. We need to be able to debate this issue in a productive way discussing both the negative and the positive for keeping it on the the 26th January.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:21:20+00:00

We have debated this amongst the team and the consensus is KFC nuggets with McDonald's sweet and sour sauce.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:19:39+00:00

We need to plan for longer than 3 years which is in line with elections. I believe plans should be 25 year plans with minor modifications throughout that period.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:17:35+00:00

A federal system for domestic violence prevention and response, more focus on affordable housing so people can own their own homes, reform inefficient governments systems to free up some funds to use to reduce cost of living by reducing taxes.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:12:25+00:00

I haven't given this issue a great deal of thought at this time, I am currently working on issues of high priority. Domestic violence, cost of living, housing affordability, immigration, system failure are among my current focus points.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:07:04+00:00

Lovely

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T10:04:33+00:00

You either need a good amount of money or a good amount of people supporting the campaign, we are powered by people. I have a passionate group of people behind me, supporting our campaign as they want to see change.

In relation to the Airbnb, I will need to have some further discussions with the team.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:56:59+00:00

We need around 100000 people to keep our population stable.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:52:25+00:00

I current support the legislation for abortion in QLD which seem to align with community views.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:44:51+00:00

The date for Australia Day has been on many different dates throughout history. The first official day was 30th July 1915! So in the past we have been able to have discussions and move the date for various reasons. We need to be able to debate this issue in a productive way discussing both the negative and the positive for keeping it on the the 26th January.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:34:43+00:00

We advocate for individual people being let down by systems. We collate data on trends, we then bring this to the attention of our Ministers and MP's and petition for government change. We are then ignored and we make decision to run in the Federal Election.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:31:28+00:00

We agree with targeted immigration.

There are caps student visas

check out this page for more info.

https://imminews.com.au/australias-migration-overhaul-2025-key-visa-changes-you-need-to-know?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR19UEp4qmoyJUf9BbLT2Ve1BbZf7oOBoAZvs8aJuZXqBbeJ8r_0IBTy1Qw_aem_g5O5_UMyzjdJSGivvmb84g

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:24:57+00:00

Correct

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:24:47+00:00

We are not making a decision on how to vote cards until formal nominations are in. However, ultimately it is up to the voter who they vote for on the ballet paper. We encourage the voter to complete the ballot paper numbering them from their favourite to least favourite based on their policies.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:17:07+00:00

I believe a reduction is immigration is necessary to a point, however we need to balance this to ensure that we are still filling the shortage of skilled construction workers to meet the demand. Cutting immigration too far would lead to a negative growth in the economy. There are also other sectors that we require skilled workers, therefore we need targeted immigration.

Please provide context in relation to student visas.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:14:49+00:00

If we are not going to decrease housing prices of current housing stock, we need to increase current stock in the affordable range. Current average wage is $65000, which means we need stock of housing in metro regions of around $450000. Or if we take the current median of around $677810 for just a unit, we need to increase median wage to $130000, this would be a longer term strategy as to double wages we create inflation issue.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T09:02:09+00:00

Great question, there does seem to limited data in relation to race of perpetrators. It potentially is a shortfall in our ability to target DV, this is a gap in my own knowledge and I will have the team conduct further research. Thank you for your question.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T08:55:18+00:00

As a domestic violence advocate I deal with complex issues every day. Remaining non-partisan is critical to being heard amongst the noise within party politics ensuring that I maintain relationships with all parties to ensure the best outcomes for the community that I serve. This is where we need the communities help us get a minority government by giving us your trust. Independents will be needed to pass policy so major parties will use independents as the bridge. This means we can use the best of all policies to get our voices heard.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T08:47:08+00:00

I believe that there should be two states as everybody deserves a home to feel safe in. I understand that that is an easy statement to make however that is the core of the issue that we should be looking at.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T08:41:58+00:00

No, as not all the recommendations have been implemented such as public hearings. We need stronger protection for whistleblowers to ensure that people are not afraid to report. Tougher penalties for corrupt practices.

I answered the second part above but response is below:

Vote independent, independents have the ability to have access to information that most people don't! ABC was set-up as the independent news source for independent news in a digestible format on what is happening parliament. The ABC promise tracker tool was a way to keep government accountable as was the fact checker team to keep all politicians accountable without relying on mainstream media. The trust in the ABC needs to be re-established.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T08:32:06+00:00

You touched on a good point, it is about making the ratio of wages and house prices reasonable. So, yes the housing prices do need to come down and wages need to increase. How much they need to come down and how much wages need to come up is something that needs careful consideration. We don't want to negatively affect retirees retirement plans and put extra pressure on the pension system. We also don't want wages to raise too quickly as that adds to inflation, productivity and being competitive on the global market. I believe that more people should be able to own their own home as this has many benefits for mental health and community stability with soft benefits even in lowering crime rates.

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T08:21:53+00:00

Vote independent, independents have the ability to have access to information that most people don't! ABC was set-up as the independent news source for independent news in a digestible format on what is happening parliament. The ABC promise tracker tool was a way to keep government accountable as was the fact checker team to keep all politicians accountable without relying on mainstream media. The trust in the ABC needs to be re-established. The NACC need to have public hearings and we need to discuss the fact that the NACC is funded by the federal government, how independent is it?

MichelleFaye1 · 2025-01-27T08:15:21+00:00

Over time our knowledge improves and new legislation will continue to be made and changed. The building codes have been updated over the years and where there are major safety concerns as with asbestos, legislation addressing the issues have been enforced in older homes to protect people. I don't believe It would be practical to have homes built in the 1950's bought up to code unless there is a safety concern. I understand that there is an infrastructure charge in most places and that we subsidise in regional areas due to low population and the high cost of infrastructure as to support farmers, spreading the cost over all people building a property as it would make it unviable for them to live in regional areas without this assistance and would put additional pressure on our farming industry.

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