Pat Conroy and Emma King Shortland

Labor's Pat Conroy and the Liberal;s Emma King on the 2025 federal campaign trail in Shortland.

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00:00I've noticed that it's a general level of positivity that people see that we're

00:06trying to deal with cost of living and I think they're really receptive to the

00:10message about investing in Medicare and the Medicare urgent care clinics have

00:14been really well received in the community. The other thing that I've been

00:17getting is people really worried about the risk of Peter Dutton, particularly

00:22his nuclear plan. I've had Liberal voters coming up to me saying I voted Liberal

00:26of my life but I can't vote for Mr Dutton because of his nuclear plan and they're

00:30also worried about where the cuts are going to come from. So that's different

00:34from last time obviously. Hi there, I'm Pat Conway, you're at Labour MP.

00:40What are the local priorities for people? Number one is health care, affordable access to affordable

00:49health care, right at that is cost of living but more generally people want a

00:53positive plan for the future. Everyone understands that it's been challenging

00:57over the last three years for the whole globe but they want to know how

01:00people's lives will get better and they've been responding to our plans for

01:04investing in health, helping with cost of living, bringing manufacturing jobs home

01:08and that's been well received and I think people I think a bit over the

01:13negativity that some people have been throwing out during his campaign they

01:16want to know how their life will be better in three years time.

01:20I'm taking nothing for granted. We'll find out in about 50 hours or probably 56

01:27hours time now but we'll see what the voters say but I think people can see

01:33that we've got a plan and we're working hard for them but ultimately they'll

01:37decide that and that's the beauty of democracy.

01:39So Emma, how have you found a campaign?

01:42Yeah, it's been excellent. What an experience. It's been really good. Obviously I've been doing it along with my son

01:47for the past couple of months but I've had a really, really good experience. Oh, thank you.

01:52Sorry, we've just found a sock.

01:54Yeah, so been going well?

01:56Yeah, it's been going really well. So lots of positivity on the ground obviously but

02:02just waiting to see what happens on Saturday night.

02:04Sure. What are the main issues that people have been raising with you?

02:08It's cost of living. It's energy. All of those things will come as no surprises to anybody.

02:12It's housing. I'm also seeing a lot of people want a different representation I think.

02:18So I'm receiving a lot of positivity towards my candidacy on the field which is really nice.

02:24And have you always feeling confident?

02:26Look, you never count your chickens before they hatch. I'm just waiting through to Saturday night.

02:31But you've got to have a little bit of optimism as you go through.

02:41Yeah.