2BOB Meets the Candidates
2BOB's Meet the Candidates for the Federal seat of Lyne was held in Taree's (NSW) Uniting Church Auditorium on Wednesday, 24 April.
Candidates each had four minutes to introduce themselves, and then 90 seconds to answer each of the five set questions in rotating order. Questions were then taken from the floor, with a one minute wrap up/summary following.
2BOB recorded the evening, scheduled for broadcast on Thursday, 2 May and again on 9 May, with candidates' responses to the five set questions broadcast at 1.30pm daily in the week leading up to the election.
The five set question topics were: Climate Change; Local Employment; Education; Preventative Health and the NDIS; Future Legislation in the next Parliament in relation to First Nations parliamentary advisory body and a Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
Ballot for order of speakers was conducted at the beginning.
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Pictures by Emma Siossian (ABC). Picture (right) shows right to left: Paul Kiggins timekeeper; Kevin Carter moderator; Dr. David Gillespie sitting Nationals local member; Ryan Goldspring for Fraser Anning's National Conservative Party; Ed Caruana - Australian Workers Party; Jeremy Miller - Independent; Phil Costa Australian Labor Party; Garry Bourke (Palmers) United Australia Party; Stuart Watson - Greens; empty chairs - Dean McCrae - Liberal Democrats; Catherine Zhao - Christian Democratic Party.
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