What would be your priorities be should you be elected?

To influence the government of the day - whether Labor or the Coalition - to return to the values that made this country great.

As a nation, we've veered way off course in recent years.

The notion of meritocracy has gone out the window, in favour of woke policies.

How do you plan to balance the diverse needs of such a large electorate?

By listening to the views of as many people as possible, and by having trusted people on the ground, giving me constant feedback.

Naturally, as the current member has shown, representing Barker necessitates a lot of travel, and I'm definitely up for that.

How can the Federal Government assist farmers battling the drought?

Via adopting some of One Nation's commonsense polices, including our proposed ban on any further sale of freehold farmland to foreign investors and limiting the sale of leasehold farmland to a tenure of 25 years.

We also strongly support the reestablishment of a Federal Governmentbacked rural lending fund to safeguard Australian farmers throughout drought.

How would you tackle climate change?

We are the only political party to question climate science and we're still waiting for credible evidence that man-made climate change is happening.

Research needs to continue, but after 30 years of work by the IPCC there is insufficient evidence of global warming of the kind it predicted, and there is insufficient evidence of the climate catastrophes it predicted.

Unfortunately, Australia has committed to the deepest and most savage carbon emission cuts in the world on a per-person basis.

How would you address the housing shortage and rising prices?

One Nation plans to introduce a five-year moratorium on charging GST on building materials to help reduce the cost of new housing and support the construction industry. This policy is aimed at addressing the rising costs of building materials and ensuring more Australians can afford to own a home.

Mental health services are badly needed in our area. How would you advocate for more facilities in Barker?

Australia's health system was beyond capacity prior to COVID-19 and evidently inadequate in regional parts of the nation.

One Nation recognises the need to bolster the number of regional doctors, nurses, and other critical health professionals.

To encourage better regional medical services, One Nation will introduce threeyear contracts for newly qualified medical professionals and in return pay their HECSHELP loans in full.

What do you think is the best energy pathway for the region? Renewables, nuclear, other?

We support the diversification of energy sources (including coal, gas, nuclear and renewables) to ensure we aren't overly reliant on just one or two technologies.

One Nation's energy policy aims to leverage a competitive advantage, utilising our natural resources, to generate cheaper, more reliable power.

Do you have any plans for increased aged care services in the region?

One Nation would advocate to increase the Medicare rebate to better remunerate GPs and promote bulk billing.

We would also crack down on Medicare fraud, hoping these policies would help ease some pressure on local aged care services and other medical services.