Frank Formby, running as an independent candidate for Clark with support from the Local Network, focuses on common-sense policies addressing key voter concerns. With extensive experience in the health sector across Australia and New Zealand, including palliative care and a senior lecturer role at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW, he proposes significant reforms if elected.
Frank pledges to align his salary with the median Tasmanian wage, reallocating the difference towards hiring additional staff and a youth specialist to better serve Clark's constituents. His health system improvements include adopting New Zealand's efficient care approach, expanding Urgent Care Centres, and enhancing community care coordination to address issues like ramping and bed block.
To tackle cost of living pressures, Frank aims to increase low-cost housing availability, set mandatory energy efficiency and liveability standards for rentals, and foster supermarket competition. He also advocates for greater transparency and accountability in government through the immediate disclosure of political donations, recording and publishing political meetings with lobbyists and civil groups, and bolstering the Ombudsman Tasmania's funding and investigative capabilities.