Liberals select Nick Tyrrell for Senate run

Hans Di yes, I belive he would vote in the interest of Canberrans.

Chiaka Barry MLA you honestly think his party would allow him to vote against party policy? That has not happened in the past.

Hans Di it absolutely has happened in the past, but I think the greater value would be his ability to strongly influence the forming of that policy in the first place. And that is exactly what he would do.

Hans Di excellent points. Would he simply become another Zed Sescelga? Most probably. We need more senators from the Pocock mold.

Mark Parton MLA but we have no experience of that happening in the past Coalition governments. How would one territory senator outweigh the demands of all the National party members who would be screaming to cut jobs in Canberra? Or move whole departments to their electorates (eg Barnaby Joyce last time).

Hans Di we do absolutely have experience of that happening in past Coalition governments, but the conversations that led to change were behind party room doors, so you never heard about them

Tramcar Trev what has pocock done for Canberra since being elected??

Jorge Alex voted with labor on everything. No difference.

Hans Di you’re obviously unaware that Liberal back bench members can cross the floor – unlike the Labor party where members get expelled if they do it.

That’s why he’s known as the 27th labor senator or doormat Dave

Mark Parton MLA the job cuts and the relocations of departments and the genreal Canberra bashing always went ahead regardless how the local Liberal senator lobbied. Or does that mean the cuts and moves and bashing would have been even worse from the coalition if not for a local voice? I think it’s fair to say that any candidate from either Liberal and Labor must put the Party first, and the territory second or third, behind the nationa interests of the party.

Nathan Burraston incorrect. Pocock voted in the same way as K Gallagher 51% of the time.

Jorge Alex what has he done?

Restored territory rights
Andrews Bill overturned, ACT given right to legislate voluntary assisted dying laws.

Centre for Disease Control
Succeeded in convincing govt to base the $251.7m new Australian Centre for Disease control in Canberra.

$55m for the Upper Murrumbidgee
Funding to improve river health and resilience, monitoring, water flow and to fix underlying issues with intergovernmental agreements.

$100m Active Travel Fund
So the ACT can bid for a share of federal funding for more cycleways & active travel infrastructure.

$8m to reinstate ACCC flight monitoring
Which has led to an immediate improvement in route cancellations out of Canberra.

Protecting ACT Universities
By opposing a poorly drafted international student cap bill that would have hurt our economy & universities.

National Capital Investment Framework
To start turning around decades of underinvestment in the ACT infrastructure.

Keep the AIS in Canberra and $249.7m
To fund essential improvements.

Road safety data sharing
So roads funding goes where it’s needed and is not pork-barrelled.

Protecting ACT Firefighters
And making the ACT world leading in the number of cancers first responders are covered for.

Comcare Review
To make sure it is working for the APS not against them.

National Cultural and Collecting Institutions
Helped secure $500m in additional funding.

PTSD support for our first responders
They no longer have to prove that their PTSD was caused by their job – making it far easier, and quicker to get the treatments they need.

Supporting Canberrans with visa issues
Helped 170 Canberrans with visa issues, securing positive outcomes for 67 people.

Opiate dependency treatments
Made them more affordable and secured extra funding for ACT pharmacies.

Humanitarian visas for Gaza
A humanitarian visa pathway so people in Australia who have fled Gaza are protected and can access the support they need.

Census questions
Pressured the govt to ensure LGBTIQ+ people are counted in the Census.

Again mate. Your brain is mush.

Chiaka Barry MLA oh of course he would. Just like Zed Seselja did

Hans Di zed Saselja ring any bells

Robert Knight oh wow!! And yet none of these things have improved the lives of the majority of Canberrans, have they improved your life??

Garv Francis to be fair Labor politicians must also put the party ahead of thier territory.

Jorge Alex how has a Liberla senator ever done for the ACT? how has a Liberal senator improved the lives of most Canberrans? And how would a Liberal Senator do this in the future.?

Garv Francis i think if we keep looking back, ee risk missing what the future has.

James Daniels how did that go for Peter and Elizabeth last month?

Lachlan Butler many federal back bench Liberals have crossed the floor over the years without adverse consequences.

James Daniels I’m sure many liberals would have said the same thing about the Canberra Liberals till last month too though?

Chiaka Barry MLA hard not to when the Liberals are responsible for plowing through the APS twice since I’ve lived in the ACT crushing the ACT economy.

Garv Francis i agree that debate should never have been part of the last election. It was both misguided and politically damaging.

That said, there’s a broader conversation to be had about the ACT’s heavy reliance on public sector wages. We need real economic growth in the ACT, and that can’t come solely from APS salaries.

Absolutely amazing that two Liberal MLAs are here basically putting the position ‘it won’t be as bad as you fear’.

Hey Hans, it’s a valid question and one many Canberrans would be interested in given the last election. I met with Liberal Party leaders in the wake of the election and made the case very clear: what happened last time cannot happen again.

Canberra is not the only place in Australia where public servants work, or people work from home.

I’m in this to represent Canberra, and I’ve been doing that long before I was a candidate!

Nick Tyrrell hi Nick, from what I read you seem a decent person and a nice Canberran. You arent the worry. It’s the Nationals and their Canberra-bashing. And I bet any future Liberal PM would make their first action to live in Sydney “where the real people live”as the last 4 Liberal PMs have all said.

Robert Knight came here to say this.

He is so invested in Canberra it’s not funny. It’s also refreshing.