Trumpet of Patriots Candidate for Calare, Vicki O'Leary, was unable to comment in full prior to deadline, but encouraged the use of her candidate biography.
Ms O’Leary holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW and a Masters in Anthropology and Development Studies from Macquarie University.
Her background includes senior marketing roles with mid-sized enterprises, as well as founding her own consultancy.
Ms O’Leary now spends much of her time to early childhood education, outdoor learning, and mindfulness development.
“The Trumpet of Patriots stands for democracy, individual freedoms, free speech and less government intrusion,” Ms O’Leary said.
“Australians deserve real choice at the ballot box – not more of the same from the major parties. It’s time for a fresh voice that will champion liberty, transparency and true representation."
Ms O'Leary said the motivating factor to entering politics was learning that a wind turbine installation would be installed near her home.
"It seems the debate over the past few weeks in this area is heavily weighted to renewables and nuclear. The Trumpet of Patriots party have an agenda that is to end the march towards Net Zero," she said.
"From my perspective you only need to research a little into the effect of ‘renewables’ to find that they are not ‘renewable’ – not the steel, the oil to turn the turbine, the roads to transport the blades, the concrete pads deep into the earth and the affect of sound waves on plants, animals and people is destructive and harmful."
Ms O'Leary told the Canowindra news that a focus on alternative solutions to growing energy needs could help increase employment opportunities for local tradespeople, and through added revenue to local councils.
"Some alternate solutions we could consider are to look at energy distribution and usage and how we could decentralise it more effectively. Remove restriction on rooftop solar for households – allow autonomous choice to be off the grid," she said.
"Put clean free energy research into the public domain as not for profit allowing cohesion in local councils and communities. And to look at energy restriction on data centres with AI – these are currently using the energy of a large city per centre. To be decentralised and paid for by the data centre and operators."
