Michelle Wagner

Councillor Michelle Wagner’s career has centred on business strategy and management, communications, community engagement, marketing, journalism, and teaching. As an active community volunteer, Cr Wagner is a member of several sporting and community groups and formerly served on the Board of Gladstone Women’s Health Inc.

Cr Wagner is an advocate for community health and wellbeing, youth engagement, and has a keen interest in weed and pest management and control to reduce the economic, environmental, and social impact on our region. In addition, her vision is to have the region grow into a desired tourism destination and to position itself as ‘The Region of Choice’ in Australia for liveability and work opportunities.

As a future-focused elected representative, Cr Wagner strives to ensure the region gets its fair share of benefits from industrial and green energy growth and that this growth is done responsibly. Cr Wagner aims for residents to be represented with respect and understanding, treated fairly and consistently, and norms to be challenged when needed.

Cr Wagner’s vision is to have a region where every community benefits from well-considered local government planning and governance, and residents are genuinely respected, listened to, and represented fairly.