Jessie Price for seat of Bean

The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times political reporter Brittney Levinson speaks to independent Jessie Price as early numbers for the seat of Bean look to be in her favour.

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00:00Okay, so you just have a quick look at the results. How are you feeling?

00:03Total joy, incredibly hopeful. It's close, you know, Anthony Green's called it, but that's not that easy.

00:11So yeah, we'll just keep an eye on the numbers, but it feels incredibly positive and it has felt positive.

00:18And you said before it's definitely doable. Is that how you're feeling at the moment?

00:22There's a definite pathway to victory with the preferences, so yeah, remain absolutely positive and hopeful about it.

00:29And how have you felt today? What was the sort of general chit-chat you've been having with voters out on the streets?

00:35It's been, from the beginning, there's been such a mood for changing me and to have a viable, strong, community-independent organisation.

00:42It's just been such a positive and the fact that we've had new volunteers, like signing up for free is going to be,

00:48more people joining in and being part of it, I think just stick to the mood.

00:52You know, if these results come through, it is, you know, it's there.

00:56And I was just having a look, based on, you know, it was a 12% margin of labour,

01:01and for you to now win this thing, they call that a surprise victory.

01:05Is it a surprise to you if you knew it, or is it something that you thought was definitely going to happen to you?

01:10I definitely did not assume it would happen or felt sure that it would happen,

01:15but I did know, you know, being out and speak with people in the room, it was so clear,

01:20and now have a fight for something different and stronger, and we have to have our own voice in there,

01:24and I don't know if that's so much fun.

01:26The vibe out there is pretty good. Are you going to celebrate in any particular way tomorrow if you do?

01:33I think we'll be doing loads of media tomorrow.

01:36Probably.

01:37Probably get a little sleep in it at some point, as you know.

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