In her own words: Samantha Ratnam
A transcript of Capital Brief's interview with the Greens candidate for Wills, Samantha Ratnam.
The transcript of this interview with Greens candidate for Wills, Samantha Ratnam, has been edited for length, clarity and readability.
You obviously ran for this seat in 2016. You took a chunk out of Labor's lead, but still missed out by a decent margin. What's changed since then?
I think people's experiences of whether they can afford a home, whether they can afford to rent a home or ever think of buying a home. Especially for young people, [it’s] the cost of living.
Growing inequality, and how people experiencing that in their everyday lives. And a growing dissatisfaction with how major parties understand their lives, and the major parties aren’t doing enough to respond to those material hardships they’re experiencing.
