Over 200 people attend university meet the candidates

Over 200 people attended the 'meet the candidates' session at the University of Wollongong on Wednesday August 11. The meeting was organised by the Wollongong Undergrad Students' Association (WUSA). Candidates running in Cunningham and Throsby from the Greens, Socialist Alliance, Nationals, Labor, Liberal and the Non-Custodial Parents' Party addressed the meeting.
Jess called on other candidates to actually explain their policies, rather than just issue platitudes on the need for change. She explained her opposition to the discriminatory NT intervention, the ABCC and the ban on same-sex marriage. She then outlined the Socialist Alliance's vision for a transition to 100% renewable energy, universal healthcare and education, free public transport, increased welfare benefits - all to be funded by taxing the billionaires and raising the corporate tax rate. See above post for video coverage of Jess's speech.