Hi Candy,
Good luck in the upcoming Elections.
I see you would like my vote in the Council Elections, and I wonder what your attitude is to reducing the spread of COVID and other infections during this Pandemic?
As a retired Pharmacist, it has come to my attention that almost every public toilet on the beachfront in the Northern Beaches lacks hand drying facilities and consequently discourages people from washing their hands.
I thought it might only be Manly where I live, but in talking to several of my friends from Palm Beach to Manly it appears that this is the case in every toilet on the beachfront.
I have endeavoured to contact Northern Beaches Council and point out that wet hands spread infection*, a study that has been done many times in Australia and overseas.
Unfortunately, there seems to be no interest in this issue.
Regards
John Fox
*A small number of References are attached.
New Scientist:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15821387-200-wet-hands-given-a-towelling/
(Epidemiology and Infection, vol 119, p 319).
Washed but wet hands could transmit as many as 60 000 microorganisms to skin, where dry hands only transmitted about 200.

World Health Organisation reference:
https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Hand_Hygiene_Why_How_and_When_Brochure.pdf

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090914005155/en/Dry-Hands-Are-1000-Times-Safer-Than-Damp-Hands
Our hands touch 300 different surfaces every 30 minutes. And, according to the CDC, up to 40 percent of Americans could contract the H1N1 virus through 2010. So properly washing and, equally important, effectively drying your hands is a simple way of dramatically decreasing your risk of being infected”

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-and-handwashing-research-shows-proper-hand-drying-is-also-vital-132905
Coronavirus and handwashing: research shows proper hand drying is also vital.