{"id":223665,"date":"2026-06-02T12:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/?page_id=223665"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:01:25","slug":"what-i-stand-for","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/what-i-stand-for\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT I STAND FOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_2_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_0 et_pb_video et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FOUR YEARS\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2BlnaN5py5A?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_1 et_pb_video et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ENERGY AND CARBON\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADuotZgjK_Y?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_2 et_pb_video et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LEGACY OF ENTITLEMENT\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hffBATLWLxs?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" data-et-mv-hidden-phone=\"true\"><h1>What I stand for<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>End the destruction of our waterways by multinational industrial fish farms.<\/li>\n<li>Stand up to the bullies of the AFL and demand men and women\u2019s teams without breaking the bank on an unnecessary, unwanted stadium.<\/li>\n<li>Drive forward legislation that rebuilds trust in public life through an Integrity Commission fully resourced and enabled with investigative freedom to genuinely do its job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Across Tasmania, voters sent the clearest of messages to the two old parties \u00a0\u2013 never again will either of them govern in majority.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>They\u2019d better get used to it and learn some humility.<\/li>\n<li>The reality is the debt crisis is now so bad we need a government of our best, not of our worst.<\/li>\n<li>A Government chosen from across the Parliament that includes the cross-bench from both chambers, regardless of political affiliations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Tasmanians want a government of the sensible centre.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>They want, expect and deserve a stable parliament that over four years will rebuild our state\u2019s fortunes. No party can do that without the collaboration of the cross-bench.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My responsibility is to the Parliament and the people \u2013 not to narrow sectional interests and political parties. That\u2019s our system, that\u2019s our tradition.<\/li>\n<li>My responsibility is to work with all elected members of Parliament, to make sure that we spend our taxes responsibly and don\u2019t waste them, to make sure we don\u2019t destroy our land and give it away to foreign corporations, to make sure our Parliament is looking after our people responsibly and not selling their future out for the sake of football stadiums and salmon farms. And I will work with anybody on that basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The two old parties also have a responsibility to heed the message Tasmanians have sent them in this election. <\/strong><strong>The responsibility for failure will lie at their door.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hubris, arrogance and bullying will simply make them even more irrelevant and unpopular than they are today. <\/strong><strong>Global and national experience teaches us minority government best represents the will of the people.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Minority government is what Tasmanians have voted for loud and clear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>And let\u2019s face it, the voter is always right. 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