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\t\t\t\tWednesday, June 19th, 2013<\/span> | Posted by Matt Dunn<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Labor eyes young blood<\/h1>\n
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New candidate: Australian Labor Party candidate Anthony Naus in Leongatha last Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

THE Australian Labor Party has a new candidate for the seat of McMillan.<\/p>\n

Anthony Naus, at just 22 years of age, will be taking on sitting Liberal MP Russell Broadbent \u00a0and Katter\u2019s Australian Party\u2019s David Amor for the seat.<\/p>\n

Mr Broadbent has held the seat since 2004 but Mr Naus said that he can\u2019t let his opponent \u2018walk\u2019 into the seat again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met Russell a couple of times,\u201d Mr Naus told The Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very pleasant guy and I like him, a lot of people do.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a good Liberal but he is not indestructible. He has to be challenged and can\u2019t just walk in and get the seat every time. \u201cThere has to be a contest and I will challenge and do that. He\u2019ll run a fair campaign and I\u2019ll run a fair campaign and see how it goes in September.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Naus has grown up in the McMillan seat, first living in Bunyip and now living on his parents\u2019 rabbit farm in Shady Creek while he finishes his arts degree in sociology and politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family has always been involved with politics and Labor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always been for social justice and equality issues, especially through a Catholic upbringing with the missionary side of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not get involved and provide equality and equal opportunity for everyone? That\u2019s why I ran for Labor because they provide those kinds of opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite being only 22, Mr Naus said he is ready for federal politics and now was as good a time as ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to challenge myself and the opportunity presented itself and you never know if these kinds of opportunities will come up again, so I decide to just go for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabor is not doing too well, but if I can provide those couple more votes I might as well do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really just a great opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are disillusioned by both parties and it\u2019s always good to have a new voice and new face and get people involved. It doesn\u2019t matter if you are Liberal or Labor, just be interested in politics again. I think it\u2019s a great time for any politician to come into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Education reform is at the forefront of Mr Naus\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gonski funding reform is sadly being blocked by state governments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think providing that base level for each student based on need, not school, is much fairer and we are giving this money.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the State Government is saying \u2018No, we are not going to give money to struggling kids\u2019 and that\u2019s disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Broadband Network is another policy of his campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s huge for regional Australia and a big enabler for small businesses, education, health and those mediums that require fast internet and also remote communities,\u201d Mr Naus said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need the up to date tools to work with to get into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a part of a farming family, Mr Naus takes a strong view on coal seam Ggs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the potency of the coal seam issue has around here and the effects that will have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Labor party doesn\u2019t have a concrete position on this but I am against this for sure. It\u2019s going to create many more problems than it will solve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leadership debacle in the Labor camp is nothing to be worried, about according to Mr Naus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just a distraction and really, people are sick of it; I\u2019m sick of it and get really angry at it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the tools to win this election, we really do. We should win on these things but leadership, all through this run up, has come up again and distracted the public, and the media has jumped right onto it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not doing ourselves any favours with it all, but at the end of the day I think that people will focus more on the policy because that\u2019s what really affects people\u2019s lives and we just have to pull our heads in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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