00:00Succeeding Katie Gallagher in 2014, Andrew Barr is now the ACT's longest-serving Chief
00:09Minister. Through this election campaign, he's leaned in to being the only Australian
00:14leader left in office from the early days of the COVID pandemic.
00:18The ACT will enter into a seven-day lockdown from 5pm tonight.
00:24After a string of election losses with comparatively conservative leaders, this term the Liberals
00:30have Elizabeth Lee at the helm. But her party's campaign still had its share
00:34of controversies. MLA Elizabeth Kickett was disendorsed before
00:38joining Family First. A candidate was accused of making offensive
00:42social media posts under a pseudonym. And Miss Lee made national headlines when
00:47her frustration with a journalist boiled over.
00:50I think for Canberrans, I would hope that they don't see literally a second in terms
00:55of where, yes, I accept that I let an emotional reaction get the better of me and judge me
01:02based on that. Instead, she hopes voters have focused on
01:06promises to tackle housing shortages, with a commitment to open up more land for development,
01:11including at Cohen Forest, along with a plan to ease cost of living pressures, which includes
01:17capping rate increases and reducing payroll taxes, proposals that became a point of contention
01:23at the leaders' debate. The Liberal Party are proposing in this campaign
01:27to collect less revenue and spend more, and somehow improve the budget bottom line.
01:35It's magic pudding economics. The fact is that no one should be taking advice
01:39on economic or fiscal policy from the worst treasurer that self-government has ever seen.
01:45The major parties agree the ageing Canberra stadium needs to be replaced, but Labor wants
01:50a new stadium near the Australian Institute of Sport, while the Liberals have proposed
01:54a stadium on the Acton waterfront. Overlay that on West Basin and you see quite
02:00clearly that it's jutting out into the lake. He's really clutching at straws. I mean, clearly
02:06it's an artist's impression. Labor and the Greens still want to cross Lake
02:11Burley Griffin with light rail to Woden as part of a vision of a densified city.
02:16The Liberals remain opposed to the project, but with contracts not expected to be signed
02:20until 2028, tonight's result could determine whether this is Canberra's last light rail
02:27election.
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