A life-long sense of community service and social justice led Isobel Redmond to enter politics in 2002 as the State MP representing the people of Heysen in the Adelaide Hills – this was after a long career in law and raising her three children.
Born and raised in the very outskirts of Sydney Isobel’s parents instilled in her and her four siblings a strong work ethic and understanding for people less fortunate than themselves.
Isobel continues to take a great interest in ageing and disability issues as a result of the volunteer work she and her family undertook when she was younger.
Coming from a family of modest means and before university fees were abolished, Isobel worked in the public service to pay her own way while studying with the NSW Barristers Admissions Board at night.
After marrying her American husband Jim and while deciding where they might live, Isobel remembered visiting the Adelaide Hills as part of a three-week bus tour around Australia at the age of 18. She told her friend travelling with her at the time that she would come back and live here one day and she did – Isobel and her husband Jim moved to Stirling.
Isobel worked at several law firms in the City and at Murray Bridge before opening her own firm in the Hills with the winnings from a lottery ticket her parents had sent her.
Isobel thinks South Australia is the best place in the world to live and is committed to making it even better.
To do this the State’s water supply has to be secured and Adelaide’s reliance taken off the River Murray. The widespread collection, storage and purification of stormwater would allow this to happen. A comprehensive and multifaceted plan for water security for the whole State would also involve desalination and the re-use of grey water.
The State Liberals are also committed to meaningful tax reform – investing in South Australia has to be an attractive prospect otherwise the economy will falter.
The Rann Government has consistently denied the need for an Independent Commission Against Corruption – the State Liberals do not agree. There is only one way to demonstrate to the SA community that corruption will be investigated efficiently and independently and that is to establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption. This is the only way to ensure that the community’s confidence in all our public institutions at both a local and State level is maintained.