The major parties have revealed more of their candidates for the Tasmanian state election. The Liberals are leaning on former federal politicians, and the Greens are aiming to pick up votes in the north-west while Labor is promising it could get the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries home by Christmas.
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00:00An early return to the ballot box not inspiring these Tasmanian voters.
00:07None of them seem to be saying anything that makes any sense and it's just a mess, obviously our budget's a disaster.
00:14They probably have the same problem that they've got at the moment, just different faces.
00:18The major parties don't really address or care about the issues that I think are important to the world.
00:24It'll just be the same outcome again.
00:26The candidates only have five weeks to turn those feelings around.
00:31The Liberals, who've been in power for 11 years, are leaning on big names to try to get big results.
00:38Now is an opportunity to ensure that we get a majority Liberal government.
00:44Joining the ticket in the Premier's own electorate of Braddon, former Senator Stephen Parry and former Federal MP Gavin Pearce,
00:52who chose not to stand at the last Federal election.
00:55The state path allows me time to spend with my kids, Elsie and Isla and Hamish, as well as doing the right thing for the state that I love.
01:05The Premier inking his slogan on some Tassie-made designs in Penguin.
01:09While Labor gathered near the site of the fairy birth the government failed to build on time.
01:15A Labor government will make sure that both of our new spirits are home by Christmas.
01:20We need our spirits to come home, to be fitted out and get ready for service.
01:24Another promise that there will always be a tourism representative on the board of ferry operator TT Line.
01:30Having that representation on the board to work alongside the TT Line board with a tourism lens is really important for us.
01:38The government argues it's already planning to bring the ships home as soon as possible.
01:43The Greens also revealed their lead candidates.
01:47Only one is new, Vanessa Blier, to stand in Braddon.
01:51People who I'm speaking to in Braddon are telling me they are more concerned about matters relating to our natural environment than they have ever been before.
02:00Hoping to see some green shoots in the North West this election.
02:04The authorities say that they're present in the North West this election
02:08That's a very general domain that has taken from the West Michigan Valley.
02:10The police have created the diverse diversity of the local government and its own land.
02:12The people who are supporting the African-American people.
02:14Our Canadian one is the federal government.
02:16The people who are being persecuted in the West Sea.
02:18They're in the West West.
02:19They're in the West, Northern West, Northern West to the North West.