Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor said his number one approach to representing his electorate was to get out and listen.

“I have made a point of being very accessible at a local level. I have always sought to get to every last corner of the electorate, that’s not a new approach, that’s something I’ve been doing since I became a candidate for Hume almost four years ago. For the best part of three years I have been coordinating the Hume Village Visits program.

“Ultimately my job as your local MP is to listen, to identify issues and solve them, to identify opportunities and go after them. I am running on a record of solving local problems,” Mr Taylor said.

“Supporting regional small businesses is a major focus for me and, if I am re-elected as the Member for Hume, it will continue to be a major focus. We want local businesses growing and employing and I’ve spent an enormous amount of time talking to business owners. We have a big opportunity here because it’s a growing region and we need to maintain what’s great about our communities while continuing the growth.

“Our small businesses are our lifeblood and to support them we need the right infrastructure – the right telecommunications infrastructure, the right roads and community infrastructure – to back local families and businesses to get on with their lives.

“Hume is a big place, with fantastic people and a huge range of issues. That’s what makes it so interesting and such a great job for me.

“I sent out a community survey to all 53,000 households in Hume a couple of weeks ago and in the past few days I have sat down and gone through every single response. I find if you listen, you’ve got a chance of solving problems.

“It has been a privilege to represent the communities within the Upper Lachlan for the past three years. I very much hope to have the opportunity to continue doing so,” Mr Taylor said.