It is election year in the territory and while Canberrans won’t go to the poles for another nine months, campaigning has already begun.
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00:00 It's a campaign that will bring about energy and about ideas.
00:14 We are not going to sign a blank cheque.
00:22 Tackling the big issues of climate change, of housing, of inequality, issues we know
00:27 that need urgent and bold responses.
00:32 You could be forgiven for thinking you're experiencing déjà vu.
00:36 The ACT is heading into an election year where Canberra's light rail, rates, housing, health
00:42 and education system improvements are all key issues.
00:46 But has the political and social terrain changed?
00:49 Labor has been in government since 2001, the longest serving in the country, and they've
00:54 been in coalition with the Greens since 2012.
00:57 The last election was held in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
01:01 Since then, inflation and interest rate rises have made cost of living pressures more acute.
01:06 But there's also been a change in government at the federal level since that last ACT election,
01:11 and the strains placed on the economy by the pandemic have subsided.
01:15 So all these changes and other issues have Canberrans thinking it's time for fresh leadership
01:20 in the territory.
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