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Kieran Drabsch grew up across rural NSW, before settling in Griffith where he worked as a teacher at Murrumbidgee Regional High School before stepping down to run his election campaign.

He worked as a teacher in public schools for more than eight years. For four years he worked with Southern Cross Distance Education, which saw him travel throughout rural and regional communities in northern NSW

Mr Drabsch is engaged and set to be married in October. His fiancee has type-one diabetes which he says has given him insight into the health system

After becoming a member of the Labor party in his early 20s, Mr Drabsch stood as a Country Labor candidate in the 2012 council elections in Ballina, in northern NSW.

When launching his campaign for the Farrer seat last May, Mr Drabsch cited water policy, TAFE funding and penalty rates as priorities.

At The Border Mail's candidate forum, Mr Drabsch said Labor would ensure specialist cancer nurses were available in "your local hospital" so that those with cancer do not have out of pocket expenses.

He said in a Labor government's first term 40,000 portable houses would be built. Mr Drabsch said under a Labor government there would be nearly $25 million more spent on public schools across Farrer over three years.

He wants his party to set up a national water theft taskforce and spend $25 million on a research centre in the Riverina.

Mark Ellis, 57, has a background in finance becoming a Morgan Stockbroking branch manager before turning to computer engineering.

He has been married to wife Marina for 28 years and the pair have a 23-year-old daughter and three poodles.

Mr Ellis has worked in the Department of Defence and for Telstra, Transgrid and IBM.

He has previously stood for federal election for the Liberal Democrat party and run as a candidate for the ACT Parliament in Kurrajong.

Mr Ellis said the Liberal Democrats are a libertarian free market party who believe in small government, lower taxes and personal responsibility.

He wants NSW to withdraw from the Murray Darling Basin Plan and wants GST removed from electricity and the excise removed from petrol to help with cost of living pressures.

He believes firearms are over-regulated and that the national firearms agreement has failed to reduce the murder rate.

Mr Ellis said he also supports the legalisation of marijuana, euthanasia and pill testing.

Ross Hamilton is a full-time osteopath who has spent his whole career in rural and regional centres.

Originally born in Melbourne, Mr Hamilton has been in Albury for two years, describing himself as a "refugee" from Melbourne's high property prices.

Mr Hamilton said he wanted to stand for Parliament because he was disappointed in the short term thinking of major parties.

Mr Hamilton also stood for the seat of Albury in the recent NSW state elections.

Mr Hamilton described himself at the Border Mail's Farrer forum as "philosophically" a classic liberal.

He believes in lower taxes, small government and individual liberties and responsibilities.

Mr Hamilton said everyone should be able to own their own home, politicians should take action on climate change and there should be a fair distribution of water.

The Sustainable Australia Party touts four pillars: sustainable environment and population, secure jobs, affordable housing, and better planning.

As a self-described born-again Christian, Philip Langfield has previously stood for the Christian Democrat Party for the seat of Murray in the NSW state election.

Ahead of that election Mr Langfield said he was inspired by the party leader he looks up to, Fred Nile.

Mr Langfield, of Wattamondara, wants to bring a Christian perspective to the political discussion.

He said he's seen the seat of Farrer decline over the years.

Mr Langfield is passionate about water policy, which he says has been going downhill for decades with no sign of slowing down.

He believes free speech of Christians are being gagged, telling the Area News Israel Folau "didn't accuse anyone personally" and "was being attacked for quoting from the bible".

Mr Langfield said without freedom of speech and freedom of religion "we'll be nothing more than a dictatorship".

Other election priorities include better infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals in rural areas.

Sussan Ley, the incumbent member, has represented Farrer in the federal Parliament since 2001.

She has worked as a pilot, end traffic controller, ATO director and was a farmer for 17 years.

Ms Ley has three children and was previously the Minister for Health, Sport, Aged Care but resigned from cabinet in 2017 after questions were raised about her expenditure claims and travel entitlements.

In 2018 she was appointed Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories.

At The Border Mail election forum, Ms Ley said she fights for water, small business and cited the government's economic management.

She said health was a vital issue and she was proud the government had allocated $500 million to a youth mental health and suicide prevention strategy.

Ms Ley said the government planned to deliver 300 doctors and nurses to the bush and highlighted that federal funding for Albury Wodonga Health had increased 57 per cent in the past five years.

She said independents can promise many things, but only government can deliver.

Kevin Mack has served six years as Albury mayor since 2012, taking leave during the election campaign.

Mr Mack, an independent backed by the Voices of Farrer group, worked for 41 years as a policeman in Victoria, working with young people and the community.

In 2010 he was named Albury citizen of the year and has also been recognised with a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International.

Mr Mack lives in Albury with his wife of 19 years, Jill, with whom he has four children and a grandson.

Mr Mack wants Farrer residents to have better access to healthcare and the same outcomes as their city counterparts.

At The Border Mail's election forum he said AWH was underfunded and in need or repair, NDIS was not functioning or servicing the community's most vulnerable and headspace needs to be better funded.

Mr Mack says he will fight for better NBN access and more mobile phone towers in Farrer. He believes a review is needed of the NBN roll-out.

The independent also wants Farrer to have a sustainable regional policy to grow communities and supports farmers' calls to pause the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

Griffith's Brian Mills has a background as an engineer and consultant.

Mr Mills previously ran as an independent in the 2015 state election, the 2016 federal election and the 2017 by-election in Murray.

Mr Mills told the Area News if elected he will hold debates every month for his three-year term in office.

He said there has not been a proper robust debate on water for years.

Mr Mills told those gathered at The Border Mail's election forum that the biggest problem facing the region is water management.

He said the cost of water was going up and farmers were starting to leave properties and nearby shops were closing.

He said freedom of speech was also a key policy area for him.

Dean Moss is a public school teacher at Billabong High, near Culcairn.

He said being around young people was part of the reason he put his hand up to run for Parliament, as young people have to live with the future created by politicians.

Mr Moss, who has lived in Albury for five years, also ran as a Greens candidate in the recent NSW state election.

He grew up in a small community outside Bendigo and competed a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) through Queensland University of Technology before studying teaching through Charles Sturt University.

Mr Moss said he believes in the principles of the Greens, saying other political parties had decided to ignore and manipulate the science of climate change or pull the wool over their eyes.

At The Border Mail's election forum Mr Moss said the Greens want to transition 100 per cent to renewable energy in 2030 in a smart and sensible way.

He said education was "hugely important" to him and the Greens policies would make sure schools are properly funded and address the inequity of funding in the school system.

Mr Moss believes corporate interests are being given an advantage over the environment, leading to increasing social inequality.

Michael 'Mick' Rose was born in Sydney before moving to Melbourne and settling in Mathoura 18 years ago.

Mr Rose worked as an electrician, running an electronic security company for 25 years before moving to Mathoura where he worked in the mortgage and unemployment sectors.

He retired two years ago, but said he was coming out of retirement to stand for parliament "to deliver accountability in Canberra for the Farrer region".

"I think we need a change of government and we need a better choice and we need someone who will look after [the region]," he said.

Mr Rose, a United Australia Party candidate, wants to see the Murray Darling Basin Plan completely scrapped and a new one, which will be fairer for farmers developed.

He said the party would lobby for the aged pension to be increased by $150 a week, and stop the sell-off of natural resources to foreign powers.

At The Border Mail candidate forum, Mr Rose said the party also wants to collect additional GST to support schools and hospitals including mental health assistance within the community.

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