Regretfully, we have to advise that we have decided to cancel the Candidates Forum for the seat of Sydney which was planned for Wednesday 23 April, 2025 at the Alexandria Town Hall.

Unfortunately, Tanya Plibersek is now unable to attend and we have not heard from the Liberal candidate Alex Xu nor the One Nation candidate Vedran Torbarac.

We would like to thank Rachel Evans, the Socialist Alliance candidate and Luc Velez, the Greens candidate, who had agreed to make themselves available. It is unfortunate that we could not confirm all candidates for this important event.

Responses to the top three issues

Many of our residents took the time to vote on their top three issues coming into this election and these would have formed the basis of the presentations at the Candidates Forum.  

The three top issues identified in the survey and the questions are:

• Health – how will your improve our health system and make it more accessible and affordable for all Australians including for those needing specialists?
  
• Taxation – will you reform the current system and if so, what will you target for greatest effect?
  
• Housing – what changes will you make that improve access and equity to secure housing for all Australians whether it be social, public, affordable, rental or home ownership?

While we are not holding the forum, we have asked all candidates to provide a short response which we will post on our respective websites and via social media in the lead up to the election on 3 May.

On behalf of Alexandria Residents Action Group, Friends of Erskineville and RedWatch.