Well it has been a big couple of days. The Premier and Cabinet have been in Kentish for a couple of days.

Sunday there was a Community Forum held at Sheffield District School. A BBQ was put on and run by the local S.E.S. The Mayor and Premier both said a few words and then the community were given time to sit with Ministers and discuss issues close to their hearts.

I sat back and had a good look around and was really pleased by what I saw. We had the State Government here on our turf sitting with locals and listening. Impressive.

On Monday the Cabinet met in the Council chambers and then Councillors joined them for lunch. During this time the Mayor presented Cabinet members with a folder of priority projects in our area. We had an hour together downing some sandwiches and talking back and forwards.

It was my first “up close” with many of our State politicians. As you would expect you find ordinary people in extraordinary roles. Somehow I expected our working lunch to be a bit “stuffy”. Not at all, it was very relaxed with plenty of humour.

Kentish has hosted the first Community Forum since the new government formed. It was great timing for our area.