	{"id":99569,"date":"2024-10-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=99569"},"modified":"2024-10-14T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T02:31:44","slug":"city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Weeroona Ward<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Prince<\/p>\n<p>Occupation: Student\/Bar worker<\/p>\n<p>Resides: Spring Gully<\/p>\n<p>How long have you lived in your council?:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve lived in Bendigo my whole life (34 years).<\/p>\n<p>Community involvement: Active serving member for the Bendigo Dragons Gridiron club over the last 12 years, grew up playing and volunteering at Spring Gully United Soccer Club, puppy carer for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, Bendigo President and Chair of the La Trobe Student Association, school clinics in Bendigo schools over the last 11 years, volunteered with Bendigo Health, community advocate over the last 10 years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Associated with a political party or movement?: No! Political parties have no place in local government.<\/p>\n<p>Preferencing: I don&#8217;t support preferencing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Campaign budget? Receiving financial support? I don&#8217;t have a budget. Nor do I recieve any financial assistance. The small amount that I do use is whatever is remainder from my weekly budget<\/p>\n<p>Three most important issues in your ward?<\/p>\n<p>Managing our growth over the next 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>How we manage our waste. From household, hard rubbish and our waste sites. We need to recycle better and manage our waste costs.<\/p>\n<p>Stimulating jobs through industrial spaces better and providing infrastructure to support them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Weeroona Ward Thomas Prince Occupation: Student\/Bar worker Resides: Spring Gully How long have you lived in your council?: I&#8217;ve lived in Bendigo my whole life (34 years). Community involvement: Active serving member for the Bendigo Dragons Gridiron club over the last 12 years, grew up playing and volunteering at Spring Gully United Soccer Club, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":99621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-99569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-local-council-candidates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, - Bendigo Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Lake Weeroona Ward, Bendigo. Learn about Thomas Prince&#039;s commitment to growth management, waste solutions,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, - Bendigo Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover Lake Weeroona Ward, Bendigo. Learn about Thomas Prince&#039;s commitment to growth management, waste solutions,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bendigo Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-14T02:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-14T02:31:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg?_t=1728873104\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Times News Group\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Times News Group\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Times News Group\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795\"},\"headline\":\"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona,\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-14T02:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-14T02:31:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"2024 Local Council Candidates - Please note: All candidates were invited to participate; not all took part in the survey.\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/\",\"name\":\"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, - Bendigo Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-14T02:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-14T02:31:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover Lake Weeroona Ward, Bendigo. Learn about Thomas Prince's commitment to growth management, waste solutions,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"No photo supplied.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/2024-local-council-candidates\\\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona,\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bendigo Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bendigo Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":491,\"caption\":\"Bendigo Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795\",\"name\":\"Times News Group\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/author\\\/warick\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, - Bendigo Times","description":"Discover Lake Weeroona Ward, Bendigo. Learn about Thomas Prince's commitment to growth management, waste solutions,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, - Bendigo Times","og_description":"Discover Lake Weeroona Ward, Bendigo. Learn about Thomas Prince's commitment to growth management, waste solutions,","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/","og_site_name":"Bendigo Times","article_published_time":"2024-10-14T02:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-14T02:31:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg?_t=1728873104","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Times News Group","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Times News Group","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/"},"author":{"name":"Times News Group","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/person\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795"},"headline":"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona,","datePublished":"2024-10-14T02:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-14T02:31:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/"},"wordCount":201,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg","articleSection":["2024 Local Council Candidates - Please note: All candidates were invited to participate; not all took part in the survey."],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/","name":"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona, - Bendigo Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-14T02:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-14T02:31:44+00:00","description":"Discover Lake Weeroona Ward, Bendigo. Learn about Thomas Prince's commitment to growth management, waste solutions,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/2024-Local-Council-Candidates-3.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"No photo supplied."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/2024-local-council-candidates\/city-of-greater-bendigo-lake-weeroona\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona,"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/","name":"Bendigo Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization","name":"Bendigo Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/02\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/02\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":491,"caption":"Bendigo Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/person\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795","name":"Times News Group","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/author\/warick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99569"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=99569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}