Policies
Policies by the people of Braddon for the people of Braddon
All of our policies are developed with the peoples and communities of Braddon. They are living documents, meaning they are updated as the community tells me more information about what they need, want and expect.
Cost of Living Crisis Reforms
My policy outlines some approaches that targets 8 key sectors effecting most of us. They are banking, supermarkets, housing, healthcare, education, childcare, aged care and utilities.
Healthcare
- Expanding Medicare and Eliminating Corporate Bulk Billing Profits
- Strengthening Access to Dental Care Under Medicare
- Tackling Tasmania’s Paediatrician Shortage
- Reforming Digital Health Infrastructure
- Addressing Public Safety Risks from Unaccredited Practices
- GP Workforce Retention and Respect for General Practice
- Private Health Insurance Accountability
Reforming Our Monetary System
- Reduce personal income tax
- Significant investment into small & medium businesses
- Tax multinationals and corporations properly
Housing, Make It Work For Everyone
- Build more houses, period!
- Make first home buying much more accessible
- Rapidly tackle the systemic problems driving the housing crisis with extreme prejudice.
Aged Care: Ensuring Dignity, Accessibility, and Quality Care
- Fixing the Home Care Package System
- Improving Accessibility for Rural and Regional Seniors
- Increasing Funding and Provider Accountability
- Supporting Aged Care Workers
- Restoring Dignity in Residential Aged Care
Children, Mothers and Families
I believe in a future where every child, mother, and family have access to safe, respectful, and high-quality care. From maternity care to early childhood education, families deserve better support, not barriers.
NDIS – More Robust, Transparent and Accountable
- Improving Access and Eligibility
- Protecting and Enhancing Funding for Essential Services
- Strengthening Provider Accountability and Fraud Prevention
- Restoring and Expanding Community-Based Programs
- Addressing Systemic Issues and Bureaucratic Negligence
- Strengthening Regional and Rural Service Delivery
- Changing the Public Narrative Around the NDIS
Education
This education policy is a ground-up blueprint for rebuilding Tasmania’s future through practical, inclusive, and transparent reform. Shaped by real input from teachers, parents, trainers, experts, and whistleblowers, it puts learning back in the hands of the people it’s meant to serve.
Enhancing Government Accountability and Electoral Integrity
Restore trust in governance by enhancing accountability, transparency, and integrity in both government operations and electoral processes.
Public Interest & Government Oversight (PIGO)
- Investigates pork-barrelling & corruption—no more backroom deals!
- Seizes dirty assets—crooks don’t get to keep their loot.
- Prison time for rorting pollies & their business mates.
- Targets the real problem—politicians, oligarchs & grubby money cartels (NOT every day Tasmanians).
Climate Change: Securing Braddon’s Future Through Renewable Energy and Sustainability
- Building a Renewable Energy Manufacturing Hub in Braddon
- Investing in Household Energy Upgrades & Lowering Energy Bills
- Banning New Fossil Fuel Projects & Phasing Out Gas
- Protecting Tasmania’s Natural Environment & Ending Old Growth Native Forest Logging
- Expanding Early Learning Solar Initiatives & Electrification
- Holding Governments & Corporations Accountable for Climate Action
- Supporting Industrial Hemp as a Sustainable Alternative to Native Logging
Manufacturing – Re-Shoring Resilience & Self Reliance
- Energy as a Competitive Advantage
- Focus on Critical Industries
- Supply Chain Resilience and Localised Production
- Lowering Barriers to Entry for Small Manufacturers
- Workforce Development and Population Growth
- Expanding Burnie Port and International Distribution
- Embracing Technological Innovation
Environment
- Protecting Biodiversity and Threatened Species
- Strengthening Environmental Governance and Accountability
- Oceans and Marine Protection
- Climate Action and Sustainable Energy
- Public Land and Waterway Protection
- Sustainable Development Aligned with Environmental Preservation
- Enhancing Recreational Fishing through Conservation
Alternative Solutions for Tasmanian Salmon Farming and our Marine Environment
- More Jobs
- Marine environment recovers
- Greater long term planning and production
- Accountable and responsible for future generations
No Sardine Fishery
- A Threat to the Bluefin Tuna Fishery
- Ecological Domino Effects
- Who Really Benefits?
- The Role of Research and Industry Lobbying
- NRE Tasmania: A Flawed Regulator
- A Broader Pattern of Neglect
- A Sustainable Alternative
Opposition to Offshore Salmon Farms in Bass Strait
- There are alternatives
- Too much environmental risk
- It impacts local recreational and commercial fishing
- Too much local social and economic risk
Farming & Agriculture
- Shifting to an Abundance Agenda
- Securing a RORO (Roll-On/Roll-Off) Ship for King Island
- Ending the Anti-Growth Agenda in Agriculture
- Protecting Tasmania’s Beekeeping Industry
- Helping Young Farmers Access Land & Capital
- Addressing Local Council Barriers to Farming
- Expanding Tasmanian Agriculture into Asian Markets
Commonwealth Recreational Fishing Policy
- No Sardine Fishery
- No More Salmon Pen Expansions
- Demand Compensation for Loss of Access
- Federal Mental Health & Social Funding Directly to Fishing Groups
- Recognise Recreational Fishing as a $11 Billion National Industry
- Mandate Action Using the National Recreational Fishing Survey
- Advocate for More Funding to Improve Habitat
- Advocate for Co-Management
- Protect Recreational Fishing Economic Interests
- Advocate for Legislative Changes in Key Agencies
- Purge Bad Actors in Recreational Fishing Leadership
Forestry
- Old Growth Protection
- Support for Plantation Timber – High Value Products
- Access to Remote Dead Standing Pockets in Remote Areas
- Boosting Regional Freight and Haulage Capacity
- Transition Away from Wood Chipping Subsidies
- Industrial Hemp: A New Green Engine
- Fire MAnagement and Climate Resiliance
- No More Blank Cheques
Neurodiversity & Autism
- Tasmanian Autism Strategy
- Funding an Independent, Autistic-Led Peak Body
- Implementing National Strategies at the State Level
- Addressing Gaps in State Services
- Equity for Regional and Rural Communities
- Supporting Economic Participation and Youth Transitions