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Speaker 1: Now we are kicking off. I'll meet the candidates series

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Speaker 1: today in Karama with the incumbent member the Alps, Nari

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Speaker 1: r Kid.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Nari, Good morning Katie, and good morning to

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Speaker 2: your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Now, Naria, I've made it really clear right from the

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Speaker 1: get go, but I will just say it again because

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Speaker 1: I know we have had people get in contact with

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Speaker 1: us about the new youth detention center and also about

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Speaker 1: the story by Matt Cunningham on the front page of

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Speaker 1: the paper today. We'll catch up with you. We'll certainly

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Speaker 1: try to catch up with you on those two issues

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Speaker 1: at another date, because today is all about the seat

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Speaker 1: of Karama. Now we've got seven minutes. Are you ready

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Speaker 1: to get started? Let's do this, Katie all right now,

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Speaker 1: why did you decide to put your hand up to

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Speaker 1: run again?

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie. I put my hand up to run again

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Speaker 2: because over the last eight years I haven't been able to,

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Speaker 2: I guess, undertake all of the work that I would

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Speaker 2: hope to have during that time. I came in with

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Speaker 2: a very clear plan. I entered politics to help ulnerable

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Speaker 2: people live the best life that they possibly can by

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Speaker 2: helping to fix the systems along the way. So you've

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Speaker 2: mentioned two of those biggest issues that get raised with

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Speaker 2: me as a local resident and the local member every

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Speaker 2: single day, and that's crime and public housing. And so

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Speaker 2: when I first started campaigning in twenty fifteen, after I

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Speaker 2: was pre selected for the Labor Party, I set out

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Speaker 2: to find out why Malac and Korama tended to be

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Speaker 2: in the news for all of the wrong reasons in

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Speaker 2: regards to high amounts of crime and dysfunction, more so

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Speaker 2: than other suburbs. And what I found out was that

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Speaker 2: every fifth home in Karama and Malac on average are

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Speaker 2: public housing properties. And so that led me to realize

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Speaker 2: that there are a fifth of our community at least

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Speaker 2: who are having troubles reaching the poverty line and so

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Speaker 2: struggling to make ends meet, struggling to maintain a tendency,

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Speaker 2: and often that comes with a lot of other associated issues.

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Speaker 2: And so for the first four years when I earned

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Speaker 2: the trust of the people in Malac and Korama, I

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Speaker 2: spent that time solidifying I guess the communication around the electorate,

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Speaker 2: letting people know that there were opportunities available to support

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Speaker 2: those who are struggling to really reward and I guess

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Speaker 2: go the extra mile for those who are doing the

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Speaker 2: right thing, but also to hold people to account. And

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Speaker 2: what we often found was that there was so much

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Speaker 2: work that needed to be done, and it was really

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Speaker 2: great to see the community come together, raise a lot

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Speaker 2: of issues and stand up to help create the Karama

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Speaker 2: that we all wanted. So I'm looking for another four

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Speaker 2: years to continue that really important work.

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Speaker 1: Now, why do you feel that you're the best person

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Speaker 1: for the role based on your previous experience in the

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Speaker 1: community and through the work that you've done.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and so, Katie, I have lived in the electorate

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Speaker 2: for a very long time. I spent about six or

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Speaker 2: seven years growing up in my lad my lab Primary

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Speaker 2: School's my old school. I bought my home in Karama

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Speaker 2: on Apple Gum Drive in January two thousand and six,

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Speaker 2: so just to tick over eighteen a half years ago.

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Speaker 2: So I've been here constantly for a very long time.

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Speaker 2: I've seen the changes I know the local community. I've

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Speaker 2: had thousands of commons during those times, and there's some

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Speaker 2: really great things here that we've been able to get

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Speaker 2: up and running that we'd like to continue as well.

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Speaker 2: So I've always been community focused. I consider myself to

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Speaker 2: be a community person who happens to have a bit

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Speaker 2: of power in an important role, and that's the way

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Speaker 2: that I've always conducted my business. So you know some

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Speaker 2: of the things we've been able to set up, and

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Speaker 2: if you notice, I'm always saying, well, it's never just

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Speaker 2: about me and what I've done. I can't achieve anything

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Speaker 2: unless I've got a great team and a great group

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Speaker 2: of stakeholders who work together. Small things that have made

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Speaker 2: a huge improvement, like the partnering with Counsel, including Justine

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Speaker 2: with Counsel to deliver the first ever outdoor full basketball

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Speaker 2: on a daily basis. We've just had the new clubhouse

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Speaker 2: some other things that I've had to look at as well.

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Speaker 2: Taking on the role of the Minister for Urban Housing,

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Speaker 2: I've been able to work with my department to stand

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Speaker 2: the department that we need to be more hands on.

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Speaker 2: We need to be more community minded and we need

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Speaker 2: to get out of the office and be with the people. So,

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Speaker 2: as an example, Katie over in Malac, about five weeks ago,

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Speaker 2: the department invited representatives from social services, so we have

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Speaker 2: So I'm always looking at what other drivers of what

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Speaker 2: we have today, what drives the behaviors, How do we

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Speaker 2: refuse to take support or they just can't change for

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Speaker 2: whatever reason, that's always where the accountability and the compliance

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Speaker 2: come in. And so we're very realistic that every single

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Speaker 2: a bit longer than we'd all like.

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Speaker 1: It's got messages coming through this morning, and look, I'm

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Speaker 1: not surprised people sort of saying Karamas had some really

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Speaker 1: serious issues with crime and anti social behavior, and you know,

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Speaker 1: saying that not enough has been done over the last

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Speaker 1: eight years. What do you say to that and what

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Speaker 1: can you sort of point to that shows that you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for that, Katie, and thank you for all

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Speaker 2: of the text messages coming in. As a local resident

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Speaker 2: and a local member, and particularly as an Aboriginal entist

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Speaker 2: aland women women, I understand these issues very very well

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Speaker 2: and it's hard to hear those stories every single day.

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Speaker 2: That's why my team and I, my government and I

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Speaker 2: and the stakeholders continue to work together. Our job is

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Speaker 2: and the people who are directly involved, and we work

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Speaker 2: very closely together to case manage so that action results.

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Speaker 2: It's always about that accountability and making sure that whoever

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Speaker 2: have the ability to be supported to do better the

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Speaker 2: next time around, and making sure that it acts as

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Speaker 2: ensuring that those people who may be entering that at

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Speaker 2: to our attension, that they're noticed a lot earlier, that

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Speaker 2: people are supported when they're just starting to come off track,

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Speaker 2: rather than going down a path of devastation and distruction.

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Speaker 2: And so to all of those out there who are hurting,

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Speaker 2: who have been impacted, I hear you loud and clearly.

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Speaker 2: The work is nowhere near done. Our job is to

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Speaker 2: make sure that we holistically address the problem because we know,

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Speaker 2: and I've learned from my job as a Territory Families Minister,

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Speaker 2: locking people up doesn't solve anything. It gives us a

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Speaker 2: bit of a reprieve. It's making sure that the rehabilitation

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Speaker 2: process kicks in and people are supported on the outside.

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Speaker 2: So that's a big component of what.

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Speaker 1: I also marry. Fifty seconds left, a couple of quick ones.

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Speaker 1: You've already said you live in the electorate, so I

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Speaker 1: don't need to ask you that. In terms of preferences,

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Speaker 1: where are they going to get.

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Speaker 2: I'm still discussing that with my party and the decision

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Speaker 2: hasn't been made yet, Katie, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, thirty five seconds left. Why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: People should vote for me because I have a track

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Speaker 2: record of listening and delivering and it's always in partnership.

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Speaker 2: I'm one of those politicians not unlike our chief Minister

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Speaker 2: Eva Laula, who's trying to do myself out of a job.

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Speaker 2: I got in here to just be a straight talker

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Speaker 2: and a straight deliverer. I'm not interested in fluffing around

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Speaker 2: about issues, but actually understanding what drives them and what

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Speaker 2: sustainable change we can make. After I leave politics, I

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Speaker 2: would like the changes that I've helped to implement to

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Speaker 2: remain forever, because I will be here in Karama, living

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Speaker 2: on Apple Gum Drive well after this year's election.

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Speaker 1: Katie, Well, Nari, you're just in time. Thank you very

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Speaker 1: much for joining us this morning. Much appreciated.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for your time, Katie, Thank you