1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line is Brian O'Gallagher, the 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: CLP candidate. 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Brian. 4 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 3: Good morning Katie and your listeners, especially those residents living 5 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 3: in Crama, Malac and Mucky Live. 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: Well, Brian, we have got seven minutes this morning. 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: Are you ready to get started? I am all right, 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: let's do it. Brian. Why did you decide to put 9 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: your hand up to run? 10 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 3: Look, Katie, I'm pretty conscious of time and I really 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: want to focus on the biggest issue for residents, which 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 3: is crime and anti social behavior. So in terms of 13 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 3: a little bit of background, suffice to say, I've got 14 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 3: extensive experience in the NTI government and I did senior 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: economic and business develpin roles. You'd be where I did 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 3: five years as Deputy CEO of the nt Chamber of Commerce, 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 3: and I was a champion for our small meetium businesses, 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 3: who I always described as the heart and soul of 19 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 3: our economy. Currently, I've done four years in the private 20 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 3: sector recruiting international students to come and study and work 21 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 3: in our hospitality sector. And of course, up until the 22 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 3: end of this month, City Councilor for Waters Boards serving 23 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: the residents of Karma Malac neighboring suburbs, and I guess 24 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 3: it's in that role I can talk a little bit 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 3: more as a councilor. You may recall I put forward 26 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 3: a four point plan two years ago to address crime 27 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: and anti social behavior in Karmamlake, which I think I 28 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 3: actually discussed on your show now. Key elements of that 29 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: plan included getting a response to the petition to the 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: NT Parliament that I organized for almost twelve hundred local residents. 31 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: I think it's eleven hundred and sixty eighthpek side, but 32 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 3: twelve hundred. And they were requesting a permanent police presence 33 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 3: at Karma shops. And even if we just start with 34 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: a six month trial with the mobile caravan two or 35 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 3: three police officers, the response from this disastrous deaf labor 36 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 3: government was they just totally ignored it. Cape Warden, the 37 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: then police minisot try to tell us that things were 38 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 3: getting better than Krama crime, wasn't that bad? What an 39 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 3: absolute joke. And the later this year I offered a 40 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: pot of nucleus. He just didn't respond at all. They 41 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 3: just don't want to know about it. Another element in 42 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 3: that was, and I've said before, I'm a very strong 43 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 3: support of public housing. But we do have to address 44 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 3: the public housing crisis that is happening in Crime and 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: Lake and elsewhere, and ensuring there are strong consequences for 46 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: those tenants that and I've said it before, use their 47 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 3: houses as drug houses and don't tell me it doesn't happen. 48 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 3: It does. They vanalyze their house and look, this isn't 49 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: we're and tear. I'm talking about fifty to six eighty 50 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 3: thousand dollars worth, and there's continually disturbing their neighborhood day 51 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 3: in day out. And I'm talking about residents who put 52 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 3: in twenty five complaints every month about the drunken behavior 53 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 3: and the disturbance. I also may say, as for the 54 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: introduction of boot camps, and I'm very pleased that the 55 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 3: CLP is part of their Crime and Youth Justice plans. 56 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 3: Have actually committed to establishing two boot camps straight away. Fantastic, fantastic, So. 57 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: Brian, I mean, based on your previous experience, why do 58 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: you think you're the best person for this role? 59 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 3: Because I'm actually connected and engaged with residents. I actually 60 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 3: get out there and talk to them. I listened to them. 61 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 3: So let me give you a couple of real examples, 62 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 3: and these have only happened in the last couple of months. 63 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 3: About three weeks ago, and I'm part of the Selby team. 64 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: Jured Mayley who is deputy leader, and myself, well, he 65 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: went to a neighborhood meeting down in Delwood Crestit organized 66 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 3: by one of the neighbors. There were twenty residents there 67 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 3: and the meeting went for about an hour and a half. 68 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,119 Speaker 3: Jared and myself only got to speak for last ten 69 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 3: minutes because they wanted to be heard. And for people 70 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 3: like Jim and Barbara, they know who they are. He's 71 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 3: an eighty three year old gentleman. He can't even go 72 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 3: fishing because he's so afraid for his wife. They can't 73 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: leave the unit because there's continual screaming and fighting in 74 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 3: the adjacent units. Esuppose they have two people, but no, 75 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: they have about twenty or thirty people there for Kir 76 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: and Tony up in Krama. They've had to invest about 77 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 3: thirty forty thousand dollars just to try and secure that 78 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 3: place from all the habit going on and the wonderful 79 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 3: More family who live up in Chambers prison. Mom and 80 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 3: Dad takes shifts three hour shifts to try and stay 81 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 3: awake and keep a protective eye over their house and 82 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 3: their family. This is absolutely shocking. And then I also 83 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 3: went out Katie with Lea. We went to see a 84 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 3: Greek family. They've had to basically fortify their whole Branda. 85 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 3: It's almost like they live in a prison just so 86 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 3: that theyn't get attacked. And they tell us about all 87 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 3: the violence and the screaming and including rapes going on outside. 88 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 3: That's just not acceptable. And then we had a really 89 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,559 Speaker 3: shocked one. We met with a young family in carab 90 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: And presence the husband. I think it was a Sunday afternoon. 91 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: He was going up to get some dog food. As 92 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 3: he stepped out the gate, these young news came with knives, 93 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 3: put it to his throat, demanding money, right in front 94 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 3: of his lovely young wife and two toddlers. Now, I 95 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: actually went to see them two days ago to see 96 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 3: the Unfortunately the husband wasn't there, but here he's still 97 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 3: traumatized by him. But the young white said to me, 98 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 3: and she was pretty brave, but she said, by and 99 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 3: we're going to leave. We can't put up with this anymore. 100 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 3: We're fit up with it. And then yesterday we talk 101 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 3: about the Sedge Court one. Well, I actually went out 102 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 3: there and did a welfare check on the guy, and 103 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 3: there's no allegence in this. He's been bashed, he's got 104 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: a broken foot, he's got jaws also, he's got bruises 105 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 3: all over him. He was absolutely terrified he was going 106 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: to be killed. And that is really where he is 107 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 3: tried aumatized. He probably doesn't want to speak about because 108 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 3: he doesn't want to upset his ninety year old mother 109 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 3: and get her concerned. That's so he's caring for his 110 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 3: mother thinking about that, and it's really hard. And whilst 111 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 3: I was there, Katie, I have to say this. I 112 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 3: think one of the lead ring leaders of the attack 113 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 3: was calling from outside, calling saying we're going to murder you, 114 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 3: and some sort of perverse form of Larico justice, we're 115 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: going to kill you and let death threats to him. 116 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 3: And then she actually called me out because I obviously 117 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 3: had my car out there and Brian A. Gallagher, come out, 118 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: come out. I want to tell you outside of the story, 119 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 3: I said, I can't see if there's a different view here. 120 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: Yet she bloody ruined it, you know, she was did 121 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 3: the same deferats. So the key thing here is I've 122 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 3: got Residents have had enough of this bloody government. They 123 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: need someone who's listened and only to see your people 124 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 3: can do it. And the only way we can get 125 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 3: that is boat one COLP, vote one brian O Gallagher 126 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 3: sealp for Grama's probably the only way. We can't risk 127 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: getting another labor government. 128 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: In bright ten seconds left, mate, can I ask you 129 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: very quickly? First off, do you live in the electors? 130 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,119 Speaker 3: I live about three hundred meters away. 131 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: Okay, preferences. 132 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 3: Look, we can't risk another labor government and I don't 133 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: care which way people do the preferences for residents. If 134 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: you want to change this, the only way is to 135 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 3: vote one COLP across the board. We hear about right. 136 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 2: We are out of time. Thank you so very much 137 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: for having a chat with us this morning.