Election Candidate Surveys
Candidates for Lyons / TAS House of Assembly Election 2018
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Scoring Key
| Yes, Definitely10 | Probably7 | Unsure5 | Unlikely3 | Definitely Not2 | No Comment1 |
Candidate scores
| BG | BP | Candidate | Party | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Total | |
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| A | 1 | KENT, Michael | Jacqui Lambie Network | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| A | 2 | REYNOLDS, Chris | Jacqui Lambie Network | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| A | 3 | VERVAART, Bob | Jacqui Lambie Network | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| B | 1 | BARNETT, Guy | Liberal Party | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 61 | |
| B | 2 | HIDDING, Rene | Liberal Party | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 61 | |
| B | 3 | HOWLETT, Jane | Liberal Party | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 61 | |
| B | 4 | SHELTON, Mark | Liberal Party | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 61 | |
| B | 5 | TUCKER, John | Liberal Party | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 61 | |
| C | 1 | BUTLER, Jen | Australian Labor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| C | 2 | CLARK, Darren | Australian Labor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| C | 3 | GAFFNEY, Gerard | Australian Labor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| C | 4 | LAMBERT, Janet | Australian Labor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| C | 5 | WHITE, Rebecca | Australian Labor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| C | 6 | WRIGHT, Kylie | Australian Labor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| D | 1 | BRINDLEY, Fraser | Tasmanian Greens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |
| D | 2 | HUTCHINSON, Helen | Tasmanian Greens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |
| D | 3 | LANDON-LANE, Lucy | Tasmanian Greens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |
| D | 4 | MILLAR, Glenn | Tasmanian Greens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |
| D | 5 | WHISSON, Gary | Tasmanian Greens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | |
| E | 1 | ALLEN, Matthew | Shooters, Fishers & Parmers TAS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| E | 2 | BROADBY, Shane | Shooters, Fishers & Parmers TAS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| E | 3 | DI FALCO, Carlo | Shooters, Fishers & Parmers TAS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| E | 4 | HARVEY, Andrew | Shooters, Fishers & Parmers TAS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| E | 5 | TURALE, Wayne | Independent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| UNG | 1 | MURTAGH, Tennille | Independent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| UNG | 2 | PEART, Kim | Independent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Questionnaire
Prayers in Parliament are an important reminder that we must all ultimately answer to the higher authority of Almighty God. The prayers, which consist of a request for divine guidance and the Lord’s Prayer, are an expression of the Christian foundation of our nation. According to the latest census, about 52% of Australians identify with Christianity.
Would you vote to support the continued opening of State Parliament with Christian prayers?
Anti-discrimination law prohibits offending, insulting or ridiculing a person based on attributes including sexual orientation or gender identity. This unjustly restricts free speech and freedom of faith. A free community and an open society should accommodate robust debate on these matters.
Would you support amendments to allow more robust debate on contested issues, such as sexual orientation and gender identity?
The Tasmanian abortion toll of over 1000 deaths per year is a tragedy. Studies show that pregnant women who abort their unborn babies, often wrongly believing they have no other option, are more likely than other women to suffer depression, other illnesses and even death in the months or years that follow. Tasmanian laws should protect unborn children and their mothers from abortion.
Would you vote to support abortion law reform, including removing provision of ‘late term abortion’ for unborn children in Tasmania?
Euthanasia and assisted suicide deliberately kill persons who may be suffering. They do not include ending burdensome or futile treatments. Evidence shows legal euthanasia may lead to the death of people who are depressed, not terminally ill and who do not request lethal injection. Society is better served by improved palliative care.
Would you vote against any proposal for legal euthanasia and assisted suicide?
Tasmanians are spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year playing poker machines. This is associated with high social impact, including family breakdown. Poker machines entail a particularly addictive form of gambling, and should not be conveniently accessible in hotels and clubs.
Would you support a bill to phase out poker machines from hotels and clubs over the next ten years?
While no form of bullying is acceptable, the Safe Schools program normalises homosexual and transgender behaviour. It has increased identity confusion and has provoked the bullying of children who hold conservative values. However, there are other programs available specifically targeting all forms of bullying that are successfully addressing the root causes.
Would you recommend that schools replace the Safe Schools program with a curriculum that encourages respect and courtesy for all?
Problems with prostitution, including drug abuse, street and child prostitution, have escalated in other states following legalisation or decriminalisation. By contrast, the Nordic model of prostitution law which criminalises the purchase of sex has been proven to protect sex workers from exploitation and reduce trafficking.
Would you support the adoption of the Nordic model of prostitution law that protects women from exploitation?
Rates of teenage sexually transmitted infections have skyrocketed during recent years. At the same time, school sex education programs have emphasised condom use as “safe sex”, with little or no emphasis on sexual abstinence before and fidelity within marriage as the only truly safe sex.
Would you support a sex education program promoting abstinence before marriage and faithfulness in marriage?
Australia has one of the highest per capita rates of use of illegal drugs in the world. The "harm minimisation" policies of the past have failed because they sustain drug users in their habit. Sweden's successful harm prevention policies include mandatory treatment for addicts.
Would you support drug policies that focus on harm prevention, with a drug-free goal for treatment of addicts?
When children are relinquished for adoption, their need to grow up in an intact family with a mother and father who are married to one another should be protected wherever possible. There is overwhelming evidence that children do best with both a father and a mother – something same-sex couples cannot provide.