Lismore residents couldn't help feeling snubbed after the Prime Minister made a whirlwind visit to Lennox Head yesterday.

Any news watcher would know the 2025 Federal Election campaign is ramping up even though the election has not been formally declared. Australians must go to the polls on or before Saturday, 17 May.

As it stands, Labor needs to lose only two seats to lose its majority in the House of Representatives, while the Liberal/National Coalition need to win 19 seats to claim a majority victory.

Experts are forecasting a minority government as the likely outcome. This depends on the results of key marginal seats.

The NSW Electoral Commission classifies a seat as marginal if it is under 56%. It is considered 'fairly safe' between 56 and 60% and 'safe' above 60%.

In the Far North Coast, we have two electorates: Page and Richmond.

Page would be considered 'safe' for sitting National Party Member Kevin Hogan, as he achieved 60.74% in the 2022 election two-party preferred, up from 59.45%, while Richmond sits in the 'fairly safe' classification when Labor's Justin Elliot recorded 58% of the two-party preferred result in 2022, up from a marginal 54%.

It is easy to argue that both Richmond and Page will not see a lot of money splashed about in their electorates, given their classification.

Still, it would be nice to see the Prime Minister or the Opposition Leader in the Page electorate during this campaign. After all, Lismore and the Northern Rivers was hit by the most costly natural disaster in Australia's history.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Lennox Head yesterday giving $3 million for a North Coast Crime Prevention Action Plan.

This included $1 million for Ballina Shire Council, $1 million for Byron Shire Council and $1 million for the Tweed Shire Council to invest in CCTV, lighting, bollards, fencing and landscaping to improve community safety.

While the Labor held seat received a visit and the $3 million, the National party seat received nothing.

Lismore was not on the agenda, despite the PM last making an appearance in North Lismore in October 2022 to announce the $800 million Resilient Homes Program with then NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet. Lismore, Casino and Kyogle's crime rate has been a community problem for most of the last 12 months and also deserves support.

It is that time of the three-year election cycle where politics gets in the way of supporting each community on its merits.