Jacqui's Journal | Edition 22
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Hey John,
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I hope your year has started well. It’s been a tough start to the
year for many, with the cost of living still biting and it’s
looking like we won’t receive any relief until the middle of the
year. So please look after yourself.
The big news in Tasmania is that the State Election is taking
place on Saturday 23 March. If you live in Tassie, you’re hard
pressed to avoid the advertising, which the major parties have
coated our newspapers, television sets and radio waves with.
The Liberal Party has announced more ideas for fixing the state’s
systemic problems during the election campaign than they’ve had
during the ten years they’ve been in power. It’s disgraceful and
yet another example that all they really care about is staying in
power.
I want to offer Tasmanians the choice of a fourth political party
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cares about representing the people of Tasmania, not just big
business and union interests. Representatives who will stand up
for more transparency in our Parliament so Tasmanians will know
where their hard-earned dollars are being spent.
I decided to run candidates in the state election to try to take
the balance of power in State Parliament. If my team does win the
balance of power, it will be their job to bring in the common
sense of ordinary Tasmanians and to apply that common sense as we
review the laws the Government wants to pass. It's that simple.
If you live in Tassie, please consider voting 1, 2, 3 for the
Jacqui Lambie Network candidates in Braddon, Bass, Lyons and
Franklin. You need to number up to 7 for your vote to count.
As this is a state election, we have no control over where your
preferences go, it’s all down to who you number in the boxes.
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Predictably the major parties have gone negative
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They're both spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to attack
the JLN. Can you chip in
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help us counter their ads?I'LL CHIP IN →
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Braddon
I’m running Craig Cutts
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Redgrave ( [link removed] ) in
Braddon.
Craig Cutts
Craig is a veteran medic, police officer and rescue paramedic.
His family has lived in Devonport for generations and his great
grandfather Arthur Thomas Cutts served in the Tasmanian
Legislative council for almost 20 years. He wants to see more
support for our at risk kids, and will fight for local bootcamps.
Miriam Beswick
Miriam is a small business owner and carer for her legally blind
husband. She lives in East Devonport; church and her local
community play a big role in her family’s lives. She wants to
fight for improvements in our health and education systems.
James Redgrave
James is a volunteer leader and a veteran. He lives in
Shearwater. He wants to see much improved long-term planning in
the state and believes Tasmanians deserve better roads,
hospitals, schools, public transport, and service from those
elected to serve them.
Bass
I’m running Rebekah Pentland
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Johnson ( [link removed] ) and
Angela Armstrong
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Rebekah Pentland
Rebekah is a succesful small business owner who lives in
Youngtown. Since her young son suffered life threatening
complications from an issue with his heart due to delays in
seeing a specialist, she has been passionately fighting for
changes to our health system.
Ludwig Johnson
Ludwig is a machine shop manager who lives in Exeter. He comes
from a hardworking Christian household. He’s seen so many proud
Tassie manufacturing businesses fold and wants to fight for
better manufacturing support in State Parliament.
Angela Armstrong
Angela is a lawyer and child rights advocate. She lives in Bell
Buoy Beach near Low Head, and worked for years as a corporate
strategist, but her priorities changed profoundly when she had
her son. In 2018 she opened her home to foster care. Her
experience showed her we desperately need reform.
Lyons
In Lyons I’m running Troy Pfitzner
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Pyecroft ( [link removed] )
and Andrew Jenner
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Troy Pfitzner
Troy is a small business owner who lives in Brighton. He’s not at
all convinced that our state MPs really understand how tough it
is for Tasmanians right now. He wants to bring the voice of small
business and ordinary people into our State Parliament, as it’s
pretty clear that voice doesn’t exist at the moment.
Lesley Pyecroft
Lesley is a veteran and a registered nurse at the LGH in the
emergency department who lives in Longford. She’s lived a life of
care giving and is an active member of Tasmanian Women in
Agriculture. She’s experienced first hand the failings of our
health system and wants to get into to Parliament to use that
experience to help fix the system.
Andrew Jenner
Andrew is a magistrate of 20 years and an ex-mayor of one of the
largest councils in the southeast of England. He’s used to
holding people accountable for their actions and demanding
transparency. He wants to do the same in Parliament to make sure
they are spending tax payer’s money properly.
Franklin
I’m running Chris Hannan
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Callaghan ( [link removed] ) and Conor Hallahan
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Chris Hannan
Chris is a therapist and small business owner. She's seen how
hard things are for mums, dads, kids, our veterans and their
families when they are trying to get help. She's been on both
sides of the fence — as a patient, and a provider and knows how
frustrating it is to not be able to get your sick kid in to see a
GP in Franklin.
Marshall Callaghan
Marshall is a teacher and child safety practioner. He is running
because the state of health and the state of child safety in
Tasmania is abysmal. He wants to be able to lay on his death bed
at the end of his life and say I’ve contributed to society. The
under-resourcing in the child safety sector is putting children
at risk every day and what is happening at the Royal Hobart
Hospital needs to be fixed.
Conor Hallahan
Conor is the General Manager at a large engineering firm.
He leads a team of engineers and project management experts who
design and build large machinery and facilities around the
country. He knows how to push through bureaucracy and how to work
with government to get results. Cost of living is one his main
priorities. Quality of life is dropping and he wants to turn it
around for the people of Franklin.
Each of my candidates are driven, community minded people who
would be a credit to Tasmania if they were elected. Please
consider giving them your vote on Saturday.
If you're living on the mainland, please send some good juju our
way!
That's it for March, talk to you again soon.
All my love,
Jacqui!
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