“Small business is the engine of our regional economy. If we fuel it properly, confidence and community will follow.”
Kiama By-Election Independent candidate Kate Dezarnaulds has written an op-ed about Monday’s Business Illawarra forum at Kiama Pavilion. She describes a striking contrast.
On one side, the Premier and Treasurer with their polished talking points about hospitals, schools, and long-term reforms.
On the other, small business owners raising the real and immediate pressures they are facing: spiralling insurance, high energy bills, housing shortages, unreliable trains, disappearing support programs.
Kate argues that this is exactly the gap we need to close, between “policy horizons” and the weekly cash-flow reality of the people who keep our communities running. She points to six practical shifts that could make a difference now: fixing insurance settings, lowering energy bills for business, building housing near jobs, reliable trains, tailored business support, and unlocking employment land.
Her message is simple. Small business is the engine of our regional economy. If we fuel it properly, confidence and community will follow.
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