This year, we have the local government elections. These are the primary opportunity for communities to determine who will represent them and make key decisions about their local community. I believe a test of a healthy democracy is its ability to effectively represent the diversity of views of its people. The Local Electoral (Advertising) Amendment Bill provides a small yet important change to help secure the safety of all candidates, by enabling alternative contact methods to be used on local electoral advertising. This bill provides that instead of providing a physical address, candidates may choose between providing a physical address, an email address, a phone number, a post office box number, or a link to an internet site that contains one of those ways of contacting a candidate.