Announcing her candidacy, NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns says Labor faces a huge challenge in the fight for the seat of East Hills, but Mrs Wilkinson has lived and breathed this community and will fight extremely hard on behalf of its residents in the coming weeks and months and if elected, fight diligently and tirelessly on behalf of the community.
“Kylie is an exemplary candidate who I believe is up for the challenge and will be a passionate advocate for East Hills,” Mr Minns said.
Also concerned with “overdevelopment of this area and the lack of infrastructure that goes with it”, Mrs Wilkinson says it’s important that the community is supported and has a strong voice that achieves improvements for this area and she has a “proven record to get things done”.
“I am ready to be an advocate and champion for the needs of our community,” she said.
“The East Hills area is my home and where I raised my family. I’m passionate and motivated to ensure this wonderful community has every opportunity to reach our full potential.”
Having lived in the East Hills area for 34 years, where she and her husband Graeme raised their six children, she has been
deeply involved in her community, particularly in sporting clubs, including serving as the President of the Bankstown Jets Touch Association.
The Bankstown Volunteer of the Year in 2018 is also the director of the Revesby Workers’ Club, deputy chair of Biyani House Revesby Women’s Shelter and was the chair of Bankstown Canterbury Community Transport.
Labor hopeful ready to fight for better life
COST of living increases, a health system in crisis and teacher shortages have taken its toll on the community, and NSW Labor candidate for the seat of East Hills, Kylie Wilkinson, said “the electorate needs more than just words, it needs action right now, to address the years of neglect”.