{"id":2546,"date":"2025-06-22T16:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/?page_id=2546"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:59:44","slug":"home-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME PAGE"},"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-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_image_sticky et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LAUNCH-4_banner.jpg\" title=\"LAUNCH-4_banner\" width=\"2000\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LAUNCH-4_banner.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LAUNCH-4_banner-1280x632.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LAUNCH-4_banner-980x484.jpg 980w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LAUNCH-4_banner-480x237.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3412\" \/><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h6><strong>On July 19, 2025<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h5><strong>Independent Peter George was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in electorate of Franklin.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>He was the first candidate elected, winning overwhelmingly on first preferences with 11,499 primary votes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He secured the seat comfortably without relying on preferences, as his first-preference count far exceeded the state quota and allowed him to distribute a significant surplus of votes to other candidates.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\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_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_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=\"VISION FOR TASMANIA\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9SHcJTBPf7Y?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<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><span class=\"et_pb_background_pattern\"><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FOUR PRINCIPLES<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<ul class=\"et_pb_icon_list_0 et_pb_icon_list et_pb_module et_animated et_flex_module\">\n<li class=\"et_pb_icon_list_item_0 et_pb_icon_list_item et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\ue0f3<\/span><div class=\"et_pb_icon_list_text\">BUDGET REPAIR<\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"et_pb_icon_list_item_1 et_pb_icon_list_item et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\ue074<\/span><div class=\"et_pb_icon_list_text\">SOCIAL REPAIR<\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"et_pb_icon_list_item_2 et_pb_icon_list_item et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\uf578<\/span><div class=\"et_pb_icon_list_text\">ISLAND REPAIR<\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"et_pb_icon_list_item_3 et_pb_icon_list_item et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\uf515<\/span><div class=\"et_pb_icon_list_text\">INTEGRITY REPAIR<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_0 et_pb_testimonial et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Parliament.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Parliament.jpg 520w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Parliament-480x323.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 520px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3472\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><strong><em>Working above narrow political interests to create a healthier state, better education outcomes, more sustainable jobs and adequate housing for all Tasmanians<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_1 et_pb_testimonial et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><img data-dominant-color=\"676756\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #676756;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0657-scaled.webp\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0657-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0657-1280x960.webp 1280w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0657-980x735.webp 980w, 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et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8f9191\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8f9191;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stadium-4-copy-300x225.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stadium-4-copy-300x225.webp 300w\" class=\"wp-image-223655 not-transparent\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p><strong><em>Nurturing the growth of small businesses that are the backbone of our state\u2019s economic life instead of subsidising and favouring the big end of town \u2013 the multinationals, the corporate interests, the entitled insiders that have captured the two old 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