What issues Canberrans care about this election

The issues Canberrans want candidates to take action on in the 2025 federal election.

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00:00I care about the public service, because I was a public service myself once.

00:04I also care about the environment.

00:06I think the lack of movement on the environment was a bit sad,

00:09and I've noticed the lack of sighting of our environment minister during this election.

00:15And I'm also concerned about gambling ads.

00:19So I think those three things are enough to help me decide how to vote.

00:23Look, certainly more affordable homes for people in and around the region

00:27are very important to me and my family.

00:30Some control over our spending, a stronger stance on international affairs

00:37and particularly what's happening in Gaza.

00:40Those things are very important to us as a society,

00:43so I think we need to stand up for those, and our government needs to stand up for those.

00:47Basically, my main concern is, because the world is just such a crazy place at the moment,

00:56we're not alone, but Australia needs to put itself number one without co-tailing to anyone,

01:04I'm afraid, especially not to America.

01:06And it is very important for us to look at the arts, because arts feed everything.

01:14It feeds your well-being, it fills your education.

01:18You know, it's just everywhere, except nobody talks about the arts.

01:22And my second issue is obviously education, and health, and of course housing.

01:32Everybody talks about housing, but nobody talks about how we got to it, how we got to this situation.

01:40And I don't think because, from my point of view, because no one is talking about it,

01:45nothing's going to be done.

01:47I'm not being negative or pessimistic.

01:51I am an optimist.

01:53And, you know, when I bought my first house, I worked two jobs.

01:58My partner worked two jobs.

02:01We worked like dogs.

02:02I'm not kidding.

02:03And we loved it, because we knew what we want.

02:06And I don't think young people nowadays have that choice, which is really sad.

02:13And that's one thing that needs to be fixed somehow.

02:17I don't know how.

02:21The other thing that I would like to say is that the Korean politicians really need to get off their high horse

02:27and need to start realising that we are their bosses.

02:33They work for us.

02:34Stop buying your multi-million dollar mansions.

02:40Stop giving yourselves incredible pay rises.

02:44And start looking at Australia as a whole and not just an individual.

02:50Because I believe that's what's happened.