Labor MP Jess Teesdale addresses the media after defeating sitting member Bridget Archer at the federal election. Video by Aaron Smith (4/5/25)
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00:00What an exceptional morning, you know, we're very pleased and very lucky, I think, that, not lucky, the Australian people have voted, and they've voted for positivity in a time of uncertainty, and that is what the Labour Party are bringing, positivity and hope for the future.
00:15The only real challenge we had during the campaign was when we were expecting it was potentially April 12th, and that got pushed back. I think that was the only challenge. We knew what we were going in for, particularly with spending our time. We wanted to make sure that our time was spent in community, so whether it was organisations, companies, businesses, but mostly on doors and with people, and we did that, and I'm really, really pleased with how that worked out.
00:39I'm really lucky that my passions are very much aligned with Labour's, so, particularly in that education space, I know I've talked about it so much, but the fact that we're looking at education as a whole-of-life aspect is incredible, and I'm so excited to get to work in this space.
00:56We know that housing has been such a huge issue, so we're going to continue now. We get to continue building these 1,200 affordable and social homes for Tasmania. We've already started, but now we actually get to complete that, and that's really exciting.
01:08So, as the representative for BAS, what an exciting phrase to say, I think what we really want people to know is that we are here, we are here for you to come and talk to us, we want to hear the issues that matter most to you, and we're here to work for you.