1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Jack Tea, and if you are listening from Todunger, you 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: have until midday tomorrow to get your vote in from 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: the local body election. Yes, you could say that we're 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: covering the two most keenly anticipated elections in the world 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: right now, the US and November and Todunger this weekend. 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Chances are though, if you are listening from Todunger you 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: haven't voted yet because turnout was sitting at about twenty 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: three percent on Wednesday. This election, of course, is going 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: to decide who will be on Todunga's first democratically elected 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: council since the previous council was disbanded and replaced by commissioners. 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: Matt Carley is chief executive of the Todunger Business Chamber 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: and is with us this evening. Good evening, Jordan, Jack. 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: Why do you reckon? Turnout is so poor? 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 2: A number of things and Mike Hoskins dead on right 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: this morning when he said we won't get over thirty 16 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: percent and local government needs a look acause it's not 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: working at the moment, but we've got new wards in place. 18 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: There's a bit of fatigue the postal services and working 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 2: until they try had a new initiative with putting bins 20 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: and shopping centers. The candidates lest it quite late. There's 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 2: a bit of apathy and also a bit of fatigue, 22 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: so there's a hot mix of issues there. 23 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: What confidence do you have that the newly elected council 24 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: will avoid the pitfalls that tore the last council apart? 25 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 2: It really depends on how well they get together. A 26 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 2: good indication is whether they can have fair well good 27 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: discussions in the council media room, but they can sit 28 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: down and enjoy a working lunch in the media room 29 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 2: and their lunch room breakout room in between meetings. If 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: that culture and communication isn't there, it will fall through again. 31 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: And what are the major issues that the new council 32 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: will be dealing with? 33 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: Do you think they've got a big bow waves of 34 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: projects ahead of them. We don't need people with imaginations, 35 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: We just need people with solutions for financing and funding 36 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: and prioritizing and obviously engaging with those communities. But transport, 37 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: then regulatory burdens and CBD projects, yeah, than main ones. 38 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 1: How do most people that you've spoken to in totaling 39 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: I feel about the job that Antollie and the other 40 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: commissioners did. 41 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: Predominantly. Our audience as we've surveyed as roughly between sixty 42 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: and seventy percent, have been quite supportive of where their 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: direction is going. I think they're quite open to new candidates, 44 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: for getting a new pair of eyes to look over 45 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: the numbers and care review some of their work. But overall, yeah, 46 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: the commissioners have done okay, and maybe a bit of 47 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: balance in the future between skills and elected officials is 48 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: the way to go. 49 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's interesting. So who do you think is going 50 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: to be the next mayor? 51 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: Who knows, I can tell you tomorrow afternoon, but I'd 52 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: say there's our members show is sort of their top 53 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: four where Mahi, Greg Brown, Maas Rhea, and Tina Salisbury, 54 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 2: so it'll probably be one of those. 55 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's STV of course A so yeah, thanks 56 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: could get interesting once you have all of those votes 57 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: tallied up. 58 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: Yes, split votes and other things, but at least with 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: STV that avoids split voting that it really gives priority. 60 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 2: So I think it'll be interesting in the wider mix. 61 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 2: The mayor is only one vote and we've got a 62 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: new ward system, so I think that'll be interesting with 63 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: how those ward councilors go. Are there only champions for 64 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: the award or are they keen to make big decisions 65 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 2: across the whole city. 66 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, very good, Thanks Matt, Good luck for the next 67 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: twenty four hours or so. That is the chief executive 68 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: of Todunger's Business Chamber. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, 69 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, 70 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.