CANDIDATE<\/p>\n
AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT<\/p>\n
Mark Paterson<\/p>\n
Mark Paterson was born, raised and\u00a0educated in Adelaide where he met and married, Michelle, in 1985 \u2013 shortly after\u00a0they moved to Brisbane where for 32+ years, along with his three business partners, he owned and ran a very successful software and services company focussing mainly on the\u00a0credit union and mutual banking side of the finance sector.<\/p>\n
He is well known in the Northern Rivers as “The Computer Guru” and is also a volunteer “on air” presenter at Ballina’s community radio station – 101.9 Paradise FM.<\/p>\n
Mark’s campaign theme is “People first; always” and he is an independent candidate for Ward A. He believes that party politics has NO place in local government as local government is about locals and local issues, His focus is on solutions to address the current housing shortage; ways to deal with the upsurge in crime, particularly youth\u00a0crime and on addressing the significant delays with the processing of Development Applications.<\/p>\n
Mark seeks to help build a resilient, engaged and healthy community so that there is work and opportunity here in the Northern Rivers – for ALL people who choose to live here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Mark Paterson Mark Paterson was born, raised and\u00a0educated in Adelaide where he met and married, Michelle, in 1985 \u2013 shortly after\u00a0they moved to Brisbane where for 32+ years, along with his three business partners, he owned and ran a very successful software and services company focussing mainly on the\u00a0credit union and mutual […]<\/p>\n