The ticket, made up of Anne Napoli, Deb Longhurst, Jeremiah Dixon, Ema Campiao Munro, Andy Armstrong and Andrew Cantrell have big plans to revamp how council works and improve transparency.

Ms Napoli has been a councillor for 18 years and along with running as a councillor, now has eyes on the mayoral position.

"I stand for our community, to be a voice for our community," she said.

"As we all know, the community is expecting a change and a change is needed. We need to look at more affordable housing, there's roads that need to be sealed ... We need to look at how we attract and retain staff, and train our young people so they can stay. When they leave, they often don't come back."

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The 'youth exodus' resonates with Mr Dixon, the youngest candidate in the elections at just 20 years old. He explained that he had been involved with local politics since the age of 16, and had attempted to create a youth council to be a voice for young people in Griffith.

"I want to create opportunities for young people," he said. He added that he had plans to run an apprenticeship program through council.

The ticket described their strategy for local council as 'co-operative,' co-ordinating with State and Federal members to address crucial issues.

"Plans are sitting on the desk for a $10 million dollar mental health unit, we need to enforce it. It needs to be a co-ordinated approach," Ms Napoli said.

The team plans to reinvigorate how council itself works internally as well, mending fences between council and the business chamber along with encouraging more engagement with unions.

"Out with the old, in with the new," Ms Campiao Munro said.

"In the past, when people got hurt, they'd be insured but they'd not come forward because they'd be pressured not to," Mr Armstrong explained.

"We want to know what workers are entitled to and make sure they get that ... we can't promise the world until we see the books."

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On the topic of the referendum, the ticket was broadly in favour of keeping 12 councillors but cited that they would be following the results of the vote.

They added that the increased workload could present issues and that having nine councillors wouldn't prevent factionalism.

"Don't vote for nine because you don't like the council, just vote for better people," Mr Dixon said.

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