Box Hill to Return to the Liberal Party: Candidate Nicole Werner
Episode description
Box Hill is the Chinese capital of Melbourne, much like Hurstville in Sydney. Traditionally a Liberal seat (1955-1982 and 1992-2018), it is tipped to return to the Liberals in the Nov 2022 election with Malaysian candidate Nicole Werner.
Daughter of working class migrants from Malaysia in 1987, Nicole is a lifelong local of Box Hill whose career has been managing charities in the not-for-profit sector (foodbanks).
We discussed:
- A working class migrant family arrives in Box Hill
- Point Cook Rd and why Labor won't double it
- How SW-Sydney suburbs were treated differently during lockdown
- The 'super station' being built in Box Hill
- Mont Albert residents denied access to the secret Union Station plans
- Why media won't accept a young, Asian female running for the Liberal Party
- Affirmative action and racism in Australia
- Is Daniel Andrews popular on the street?
- Monte Carlo Pizza in Noble Park
- Foodbanks overwhelmed in 2020
- How would the Liberals have done any better?
- Vulnerable Victorians should leave the state
- Media blackouts
- Equality of opportunity, outcome and effort
- Motivations to work for the community
- Where do values comes from?
- The foundation of faith
- Compromising values for the political party
- Friends outside of politics
- What Millennials are talking about
- Minority groups over represented in media
- The personality of Nicole Werner
- Great food in Melbourne's eastern suburbs
- Crossfit and F45
- Participating in school sport
- How to use TikTok
Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/box-hill-to-return-to-the-liberal-party-candidate-nicole-werner
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