Moira4Mayor

MOIRA WERE
THANK YOU

The formal declaration occured on 22 November 2022.

You can see all the results on the Electoral Commission of SA website.

The first Council meeting is Tuesday 13 December 2022 at 6.30pm at Ramsay Place, Noarlunga Centre in the Civic Centre.

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Kaurna Miyurna ithu yailtya purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

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This is what was on the ballot paper for voters to consider. There were 8 condidates for Mayor.

You are on the largest job interview panel in South Australia.

In October, you will get to choose who will be your next Mayor.

I want you to choose me.

My skills, knowledge and integrity equip me to do this job well.

Voting for me, will elect a Mayor who can lead a community, help elected members make quality decisions and have Onkaparinga being talked about for all the right reasons.

In 2019, I received an Australian Honour, an Order of Australia (AM), for my decades of community service to South Australians.

I am bringing my leadership skills and experience to the place that has been my home since the 1990s. I am not going anywhere else.

I know how to weigh up key factors, hear all the voices, not just the loudest ones, and arrive at informed, creative and compassionate decisions.

I have managed multi-million dollar budgets and can bring wisdom and common sense to deliver value for money.

I know how to work with all tiers of government, business and community groups. I have worked from the kitchen table to the cabinet table.

I am a well respected and valued member of State, National and international organisations.

I am an active community member and live in Sellicks Beach with four brown hens.

a place of possibilities,
purpose and participation.

ONKAPARINGA

ps if you want to deep dive into my background click here
THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR MOIRA WERE AM

You were part of the biggest job interview panel in South Australia, and thank you to everyone who supported me with their vote.

I bring 30 years of leadership experience to the job.

I have been CEO of Volunteering SA & NT, a Chief of Staff in government, and global lead for professionals in public participation.

I have managed multi-million-dollar budgets and bring wisdom and common sense to deliver value for money.

I am a member of the Institute of Company Directors, Willunga Farmers Market, Aldinga Business & Tourism Assoc., and McLaren Vale Hospital.

I actively support business founders and investors.

I received an Order of Australia (AM) for my decades of community service and leadership.

I respect First Nations cultural, economic, and ecological knowledge.

I weigh up key factors, hear all the voices, not just the loudest ones, to arrive at informed, creative and compassionate decisions.

As your Mayor

I will cheer you on, get obstacles out of your way, unleash and unlock possibilities.

I will get the world talking about the City of Onkaparinga ... for the right reasons.

I will be free to fully engage with you to bring our collective dreams to life.

I am not going anywhere.

I will be stepping into this challenging, exciting leadership opportunity with you.

I want us to be able to look our grandchildren in the eye and tell them
we did all we could about climate change and community.

I will be confident, courageous
and diligent.

I will take advice and listen.

I will ask questions.

I will bring people together to dream big and solve problems.

Onkaparinga - a place of possibilities, purpose and participation.

Did you receive a copy of my letter to residents?

Always was always will be Aboriginal land.
With gratitude to Kaurna elders, past, present and emerging.
I live, work and play on unceded land and sea.
I support the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Voice. Treaty. Truth.

MOIRA WERE

THANK YOU

THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR MOIRA WERE AM