I AM Brian Fisher, your independent candidate for Eden-Monaro.

I am 57, born and raised in Central West NSW. I have worked on the railways in Eden-Monaro since about 1988. That work goes on. So, I have close links with the region for 27 years.

I am passionate about our country and its citizens. I have decades of experience in transport. I am the son of a train driver.

I spent almost two decades with the NSW government railways progressing through the ranks from fettler to track manager at Harden with Rail Infrastructure Corp in charge of 560 km of track infrastructure including the main south from Yass to Cootamundra.

I was a bus and coach operator for a decade, with five government school bus contracts and a fleet of eight buses and coaches. I also hold a commercial pilot’s licence.

The two-party system is failing Australia, with centralised policy development and parliament members who are puppets to a party hierarchy, on both the left and the right side of the political spectrum.

Regional Australia is the financial backbone of our economy. However, under Labor and the LNP, regional Australia has been decimated by centralised policy making focused on the large coastal cities.

With the looming possibility of a hung federal parliament in May 2025, this is a real opportunity to make your vote count for Eden-Monaro and Australia’s future.