Pollution, buses and broadband: local issues Guardian readers care about this federal election

Andrew also says some buses in his area only function between 8am and 5pm and that the services are limited and disconnected.

The Greens candidate, Michael Organ, was also contacted for comment.

Residents in electorates including Dunkley, Hughes, Goldstein, Casey and Jagajaga want to see children with cleft lip and palate given better support and access to speech therapy services.

Jessica Beckman, a mother of two disabled children, from the electorate of Jagajaga says too many children are suffering from developmental delays from not having access to early intervention services.

As part of CleftPals, a not-for-profit group of volunteers, she is lobbying for speech pathology services to be included in the already existing Medicare cleft scheme and for the condition to be recognised as a lifelong disability under the NDIS.

The Liberal and Greens candidates for Jagajaga were also contacted for comment.

Wallace says the government would be investing $480m to improve communication infrastructure as part of a planned system uplift. He says this would help support more than 1 million people in regional areas, but did not specify whether Maleny would benefit directly from this scheme.

The Liberal and Labor candidates in Grayndler were also contacted for comment.