Jacqui's Journal | Edition 22
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Hey John,

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, which actually 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.
 

Predictably the major parties have gone negative

Braddon

I’m running Craig Cutts, Miriam Beswick and James Redgrave 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, Ludwig Johnson and Angela Armstrong.

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, Lesley Pyecroft and Andrew Jenner.

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, Marshall Callaghan and Conor Hallahan.

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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