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ALP candidate for Nanango Liz Hollens-Riley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 10, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benarkin resident and ALP candidate for the State seat of Nanango, Liz Hollens-Riley, knows she has a big task ahead of her to unseat the LNP at the next election, but she’s confident it can be done.<\/p>\n

“Labor has never held this seat but I think we are in the strongest position ever,” she told southburnett.com.au<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I think there is going to be a big swing at this election.”<\/p>\n

The date for the next State Election hasn’t been set, but many people – including Ms Hollens-Riley – expect March to be the target.<\/p>\n

“The latest date that (Campbell Newman) can call it is June 20,” she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Hollens-Riley has lived at Benarkin for the past eight years and is the first ALP candidate for Nanango who has actually resided in the South Burnett for many elections.<\/p>\n

She lives with her twin sister Margaret and two dogs, Marcus and Sam, which she says are “gorgeous”.<\/p>\n

Ms Hollens-Riley was born in England.<\/p>\n

He father worked for the British Foreign Office so she went to school in Nigeria while he was based there.<\/p>\n

The family left Nigeria when the Biafran civil war broke out.<\/p>\n

“We were on one of the last boats to get out,” she said.<\/p>\n

She finished her education at a boarding school in England and then began an apprenticeship in industrial photography.<\/p>\n

Ms Hollens-Riley\u00a0came to Sydney in the the 1970s and eventually moved to the Lockyer Valley. She settled on a 40 acre property which allowed her to enjoy her passion for horses.<\/p>\n

For many years she worked in the printing industry and saw many changes in technology over the years.<\/p>\n

After moving to Blackbutt, she worked as a safety officer in the mining industry, including five years at Meandu Mine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She also has first hand experience as a fly-in fly-out worker, working in West Australian mines.<\/p>\n

“I resigned from that in February when it was suggested that I might get pre-selected,” she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Hollens-Riley said she had been interested in politics for a long time and also liked to be involved in local groups and associations.<\/p>\n

She is a member of the Blackbutt Lions Club, is on the organising committee for the Blackbutt Christmas Carnival and is secretary of the Blackbutt Community Council.<\/p>\n

Dipping her toe into local council issues, she said she supported the leasing of the Blackbutt Hall land for a new supermarket, but not selling.<\/p>\n

“So long as the hall is put where the community wants it and it is not demolished,” she said.<\/p>\n

“And so long as the fascia of the new building fits with the townscape. We don’t want a concrete box.<\/p>\n

“I will support anything that will improve Blackbutt.”<\/p>\n

She nominated transport and an ageing population as the biggest problems the Nanango electorate faced.<\/p>\n

“Why can’t we have a public transport system?” she asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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