Cr McNamara will go head to head with former Flinders mayor Greg Jones and current serving councillor Graham Sealy.

Cr McNamara was first elected in 2016 and ousted Greg Jones by a slim 10 votes.

Cr McNamara said she recontested as there were several projects that she would like to see come to fruition.

"I would like to see those projects mature into fully pledged businesses within the Flinders Shire," she said.

"For four years we have been working on the meatworks and 15-mile irrigation projects, so I would really like to get those up and running for the viability of the town and it is always good for investors to have that stability of leadership."

Ms McNamara said the current council had achieved a lot in its four years.

"My biggest achievement would be the funding we received for the sealing of the Hann Highway, because that was over $50 million between Flinders and Etheridge shires and state funding, which meant that our road program was stable for that four year period.

"In the town we have done projects through the Works for Queensland for example the Flinders River stabilisation, and that was something that we wouldn't have been able to do as a shire without funding. This was also alongside the the beautification around the town, which has been a real bonus.

"The building of the Recreational Lake has been a huge success, it is almost full and hopefully should be full before the election. This project was started by the previous council but we were able to plan, construct and build and people are enjoying that facility every day."

When reflecting on her time as mayor, there had been some big challenges and things Ms McNamara would have done differently.

"There were a couple of big challenges for us as a shire. The first was when Aurizon pulled the jobs out of Hughenden so that galvanised us as a council to really push forward with the development of our projects," she said.

"And then the floods in 2019, which affected the whole shire and now the ongoing drought. There have been significant challenges we have had to face as a council and I am proud of the way we have dealt with that.

"Something I would have done better is communication with the residents, it has not been as good as I had hoped, so I'll be honest about that. It's not always easy because council information is quite often confidential, so it is difficult for you to be as forward as you would like to be and I think it is very important going forward that we have regular community updates where people can com, have a cup of coffee, chat and rotate around the shire."

Ms McNamara said there was always criticism of any council but she used it as an opportunity to do better.

"I am always there to listen and quite often they're (residents) are the eyes and ears of the shire and council cannot be everywhere. I do not take it as a personal criticism I just take it as an opportunity to do better," she said.

"We have had an excellent team for the last four years and I wish them all the best in their election. Our council has had very diverse personalities but we have been able to work together as a very good team and wish them all the best for their re-election."

Ms McNamara is third generation in the Flinders Shire and has lived there for most of her life, except schooling an a period of working away.

"I have raised my family here, I am third generation in the Flinders Shire so it is my home," she said.

"I love the Flinders and its diversity and I love the community so it is an honour to be the mayor of this community and i hope to be able to keep being mayor in the next term."

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