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Speaker 1: Lauren Moss, the incumbent member for the Labor Party, joins

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Speaker 1: me on the line right now. Good morning to you, Lauren.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Now, Lauren, are you ready to get started. I've got

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Speaker 1: a series of questions for you. Let's do it 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? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Look, at the end of the day, I love this community.

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Speaker 2: I have got strong connections in this community. I have

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Speaker 2: delivered for Casurina the first election commitment we made around

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Speaker 2: the multi story car park at Ardih to seeing the

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Speaker 2: steam center open at Dripstone Middle School. And I've got

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Speaker 2: the energy and commitment to keep delivering for a community

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Speaker 2: that I want to keep serving.

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Speaker 1: You sort of answered the question, but what are your

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Speaker 1: biggest achievements do you think since becoming the local member?

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Speaker 2: There are lots of things that I'm really proud of

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Speaker 2: in Casarina. But you know, one of the first things

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Speaker 2: that we did and we came to government was building

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Speaker 2: that multi story car park at Ridih and Katie, I

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Speaker 2: remember that very well because Pete Davies and yourself advocated.

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Speaker 2: It's very hard for that back in the day and

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Speaker 2: really you know, there's been lots of projects since then.

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Speaker 2: Steam Center at Dripstone is useful and will be an

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Speaker 2: amazing afset for kids across the northern suburbs. We've got

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Speaker 2: extra land going into the Casarina Coastal Reserve, which I

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Speaker 2: think you know adds for the protection there. It's right

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Speaker 2: in our doorstep and our community absolutely loves it. We've

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Speaker 2: got a community safety hub there at Casarina, which you

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Speaker 2: know I'm working as a police minister to make sure

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Speaker 2: we maintain that as well shared byite Path to Lee Point.

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Speaker 2: But the end of the day, I think any fitting

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Speaker 2: member will also tell you there's arrange things we do

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Speaker 2: each and every day, from helping with housing and working

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Speaker 2: with council, and those things sometimes can be the most rewarding.

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Speaker 1: What do you see as being the biggest t shoes

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Speaker 1: in the electrodes?

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Speaker 2: Oh, certainly the things that people are raising with on

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Speaker 2: a day to day basis, things like crime and antisocial behavior,

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Speaker 2: cost and cost of living, but also health and education

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Speaker 2: and environment. When we have a lot of hospital workers

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Speaker 2: and a lot of people who work in education through Caasarina,

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Speaker 2: so they certainly want to know what's happening in those

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Speaker 2: areas as well.

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Speaker 1: Now in terms of those issues, why do you believe

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Speaker 1: that you are best place to sort through them, particularly

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Speaker 1: the issue of crime, when I know it keeps getting

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Speaker 1: raised with us time and time again that labor has

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Speaker 1: been in power for the last eight years, and some

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Speaker 1: people not satisfied with the response.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think you know, and you will have heard

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Speaker 2: this answer probably from from a number of people, that

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Speaker 2: we do have significant investment going into community safety through

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Speaker 2: the budget. But some of the things more locally here

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Speaker 2: in Casarina are, of course the trial of the Territory

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Speaker 2: Community Safety Hub there in Casurina, which is a partnership

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Speaker 2: between police, neighborhood Watch and of Crime. And I've had

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Speaker 2: really good feedback about that. Eva and I when she

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Speaker 2: was the Transport Minister, went along to talk to people

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Speaker 2: down there at the bus depot. We've seen eight million

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Speaker 2: dollars a year going to extra security and transit offices

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Speaker 2: on the bus network. And again I'm getting good feedback

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Speaker 2: about those sorts of investments. So from my perspectives, I'm

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Speaker 2: always going to be you know, you know me, Katie,

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Speaker 2: I'm not about negative campaigning. I'm not you know, I'm

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Speaker 2: somebody who wants to be accessible to my community and

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Speaker 2: wants to work with the community to find positive solutions

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Speaker 2: and actually get them done and delivered.

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Speaker 1: You touched on this a tiny bit in the answer

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Speaker 1: just then. But we know that the likes of Casuarina Square,

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Speaker 1: the shopping centers around Casuarina have had some really serious

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Speaker 1: issues when it comes to crime and anti social behavior

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Speaker 1: youths in the running a mark, I mean, Casuarina Square

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Speaker 1: management at different times have had to take some quite

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Speaker 1: serious measures to get on top of something that, you know,

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Speaker 1: that really is out of their control. What have you

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Speaker 1: done as a local member to try and combat these.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I meet with our center managers quite regularly

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Speaker 2: through the electorate. I always have, whether it's the Casuarina

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Speaker 2: Village or Casurina Square or elsewhere, you know. I think again,

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Speaker 2: one of the examples is that we have established a

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Speaker 2: community safety hub there in Casurina, and that's something that

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Speaker 2: Polly and Warren and the team at Casurina Square certainly

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Speaker 2: advocated quite hard for. But I think as well, you know,

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Speaker 2: there are a lot of other solutions and things that

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Speaker 2: are part of the puzzle here that you know, these

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Speaker 2: center managers are also advocating for more activities for young people,

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Speaker 2: again something that I have been a very strong advocate

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Speaker 2: for since before I came to Parliament and have delivered on.

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Speaker 2: We are investing in and progressing a use and community hub.

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Speaker 2: So it's also about, you know, how do we make

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Speaker 2: sure that we are building a more connected community around

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Speaker 2: these shopping centers, around our houses around Casurina, to make

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Speaker 2: sure that kids are engaged in positive activities, they're feeling

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Speaker 2: like they're part of our community, they know that they're

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Speaker 2: valued part of our community. And also those more practical

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Speaker 2: immediate solutions like making sure we've got police on the

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Speaker 2: beat through some of these centers, and you know, those

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Speaker 2: are all things that I've worked on with our local

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Speaker 2: center managers.

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Speaker 1: Lauren, just over two minutes to go. Do you support

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Speaker 1: the development of Lee Points? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Look, I think the permits for leepoint obviously were approved

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Speaker 2: such a long time ago, Katie, and the thing that

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Speaker 2: I focused on at that time was promoting the opportunity

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Speaker 2: for people to have their say and I've seen some

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Speaker 2: really positive changes as a result of that, and government's

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Speaker 2: been really clear on our position on LEEPOINT and the

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Speaker 2: support for that project given it's got its approval.

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Speaker 1: And do you support the development of gas onshore gas.

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Speaker 2: Again, I think we've had a really strong position on

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Speaker 2: our support for the gas industry. It's a really important

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Speaker 2: part of the transition, it's part of long term work

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Speaker 2: opportunities for Territorians. And I've seen firsthand how that environmental

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Speaker 2: environmental regulatory system has improved and grown around that industry

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Speaker 2: from my time of seeing the environment minister. And a

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Speaker 2: huge shout out to everybody who's worked on that actually,

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Speaker 2: because it's a mammoth amount of work.

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Speaker 1: Lauren, one minute to go. Why should people vote.

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Speaker 2: For you again? I have a track record of delivering

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Speaker 2: for Casuarina. I have delivered time and time again projects

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Speaker 2: for this community. I want to make sure that we

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Speaker 2: continue to support our local schools. I want to make

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Speaker 2: sure that we continue to maintain a positive approach to

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Speaker 2: finding solutions in our community. And you know, this is

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Speaker 2: what I want to do, keep serving this beautiful community.

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Speaker 2: And I hope I have the opportunity.

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Speaker 1: To thirty seconds left. Anything else you want to add?

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Speaker 2: Goodness? Wow, I just you know, you never know with

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Speaker 2: that what going down. Oh look, I think at the

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Speaker 2: end of the day, you know, I I think that

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Speaker 2: it's about having a positive approach to finding solutions, and

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Speaker 2: I think I have demonstrated that time and time again.

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Speaker 2: I'm not about negative politics, I'm not about slogans. I'm

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Speaker 2: about finding solutions and working with the community to deliver it.

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Speaker 2: And you know it's going to be an interesting thirty

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Speaker 2: one day.

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Speaker 1: It certainly is, Lauren just in time, Lauren Moss, thank

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Speaker 1: you very much for your time this morning. Much appreciated.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you