A Letter From George

Dear Tom,

We sent them ten simple questions.

Ten clear, values-based questions on life, family, freedom, and truth.

And what did Tasmania’s political class do?

They ran for cover.

The Labor Party, the Liberal Party, the Greens, the Nationals, and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party did not respond to our questionnaire.

Not one had the basic decency to be transparent with the public.

This isn’t just silence. It’s cowardice.

They don’t want to be accountable to you.

They don’t want to be pinned down on abortion, gender ideology in schools, parental rights, religious freedom, or the right of faith-based schools to employ staff who actually believe in their mission.

And sadly, this refusal to engage tells you everything you need to know.

Let’s be blunt: Labor and the Liberals have both abandoned our values.

Labor, under Dean Winter, has already pledged to maintain taxpayer-funded access to late-term abortion, with no conscience safeguards. They plan to criminalise prayer and counselling that doesn’t affirm gender ideology and sexuality, through a sweeping “conversion therapy” ban.

They are committed to defending Tasmania’s radical Anti-Discrimination Act, which already erodes religious liberty and offers no protection to faith-based schools trying to uphold their values. And let’s not forget, every single Labor MP voted in favour of Tasmania’s euthanasia legislation in 2021, helping to make it one of the most extreme assisted suicide laws in the country.

Labor is proudly flying the flag of the hard Left, and they’re coming for your conscience.

And the Liberals? They helped them do it.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s Liberals have vowed to reintroduce their own conversion-practices ban, one that opens the door to criminalising parents, priests, and counsellors who simply dare to disagree. They have refused to commit to any protections for life, parental rights, or freedom of speech.

They’ve said nothing about safeguarding the most basic freedoms for families and people of faith in this campaign. And yes, seven Liberal MPs, including then-Premier Peter Gutwein and now-Premier Jeremy Rockliff, voted in favour of the euthanasia bill in 2021. The party refused to take a stand, and that enabled the bill to pass.

Rockliff calls himself a moderate, but in reality, he’s just tagging along with the same activist agenda.

The minor parties showed us nothing better.

We expect the Greens to be against our values. The Nationals, and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers are supposed to be conservative, but when given the opportunity to prove it, they went completely silent.

Not a word. Not a reply. Not a single answer.

They want your vote without earning your trust.

Only one independent candidate, John Macgowan in Clark, had the courage to engage with the issues, answering thoughtfully and in full. Mr Macgowan answered “Yes” to nine of our ten questions, and, while staking a personal pro-life position, he did not support rolling back abortion laws, stating he would only consider doing so if there were clear public support.

This election has revealed a brutal truth: the political establishment in Tasmania is either hostile or indifferent to your values.

They’re afraid to answer your questions because they don’t represent you.

They don’t believe in your freedom.
They don’t believe in your family.
They don’t believe in your faith.

So now, it’s up to us to make that truth known. Loudly. Publicly. Unapologetically.

Let’s show these politicians that ignoring the silent majority comes at a cost.