This year, Peel region voters will have several important decisions to make with federal and local government elections on the horizon.
While all three levels of government have only just come back into session, some of our elected representatives will be staring down the barrel of a political shakeup.
Six positions will be up for grabs in the next City of Mandurah election, which will be held on October 19.
While city mayor Rhys Williams will stay put until 2021, his deputy Caroline Knight will face the polls again.
She will join Coastal Ward councillors Tahlia Jones and Fred Riebeling, East Ward councillor Shane Jones, North Ward councillor Ron Wortley and Town Ward councillor Peter Rogers on the ballot paper.
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The local government has already engaged the Western Australian Electoral Commission to conduct a postal election to appoint an officer to oversee the process.
In the federal election, the Peel region falls into the electoral district of Canning.
Our incumbent federal member Andrew Hastie has held his feet firmly on the ground here since securing the seat from his colleague Don Randall, whose death triggered a by-election in 2015.
Now, if you don't know who I'm referring to I'd suggest having a gander at one of the many bus seat advertisements splashed across Mandurah.
The Liberal MP's face has been propped on quite a few for a number of months.
Even with an unannounced election date, Mr Hastie has already thrown his weight behind maintaining his spot in Canning to sit in the 46th Parliament of Australia.
Despite this, he isn't fighting his rivals in the dark.
Labor's preferred candidate Mellisa Teede kick-started her campaign in February 2018.
Later that year in November, the Greens announced their contender for the seat, Jodie Moffat.
And you can bet your bottom dollar candidates will keep coming out of the woodwork across the next few months.
So what can we expect from the 2019 federal election?
Well, while you could argue we still haven't seen any action on the election front - I'd say we certainly have.
February 6 was a massive day for locals.
Mr Hastie joined federal health minister Greg Hunt to announce a $25 million cash injection for the region's troubled Peel Health Campus.
Following that announcement, roughly 250 people poured into a nearby Liberal Party event welcoming the funding.
They're big numbers and we're still in the earlier days, which leads me to believe there's plenty on the cards.
And as always, the Mandurah Mail's team will be here to keep you updated.
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