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Speaker 1: Well, I did a shout out and he's called through.

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Speaker 1: Calvin Donaldson is one of the candidates as well. Calvin,

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Speaker 1: good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Calvin.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready? I've got a few questions for you.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready?

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Speaker 2: Sure? Let's do this all right.

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Speaker 1: We'll start with what job were you in before putting

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Speaker 1: your hand up for the election?

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Speaker 2: So?

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Speaker 3: I work in community services. I'm currently in early childhood,

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Speaker 3: but I've worked across the community services sector for like

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Speaker 3: the last seventeen eighteen.

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Speaker 2: Years, and most of that's been up here in the

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: Oh, that was going to be my lext question. How

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Speaker 1: long have you lived in Darwin?

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Speaker 4: In Darwin coming on eight or nine years, and I've

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Speaker 4: also spent a couple of years down around the Alice

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Speaker 4: Springs area and out back Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: And Calvin, why did you decide to put your hand

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Speaker 1: up to run for the mayor's job?

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Speaker 3: Because I think it's time the community has someone a

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Speaker 3: bit younger and more relatable to the wider community. We

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Speaker 3: have a young population up here and it's not about

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Speaker 3: there's lots of things in Darwen, but nothing seems to

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Speaker 3: have ever been followed through. So I put my hand

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Speaker 3: up to just expand on what's already existing around our

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Speaker 3: Daln community and.

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Speaker 1: What do you see as being the big issues for

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Speaker 1: Darwin at the moment.

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Speaker 2: I think it's more about sustainability and renewable energies and

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Speaker 2: once again, like just expanding on resources that we.

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Speaker 4: Have already around Darwen, like.

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Speaker 3: Milli points for example.

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Speaker 2: I think, yeah, it's great there's a playground, but there's

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Speaker 2: a big open space. There should be a community hub

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Speaker 2: with cafes and restaurants in like a recording studio and

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Speaker 2: community center where people can rent out rount like organizations

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Speaker 2: can rent out like office spaces and stuff like that

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Speaker 2: and just really utilize the space. I'd also encourage small

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Speaker 2: businesses to sort of look at expanding so we can

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Speaker 2: do more of like a street each tour around Darwin

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Speaker 2: and like our other suburbs.

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Speaker 1: Now taking those issues into account, why do you feel

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Speaker 1: that you're the best place to work with the community

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Speaker 1: to fix them.

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Speaker 3: I just think we need to change. I think why

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Speaker 3: not me? If I don't put my hand up, I

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Speaker 3: won't know.

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Speaker 2: So I'm happy with however the outcome comes the selection.

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Speaker 2: It is my first time running, it won't be my last,

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Speaker 2: and yeah, I hope the community gets behind me and

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Speaker 2: gives me that chance to show them what I can do.

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Speaker 2: And especially coming from community services, I definitely would like

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Speaker 2: to support our more vulnerable communities, especially around the homeless

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Speaker 2: and things like that to give everyone.

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Speaker 3: Like a fair chance in life.

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Speaker 1: And Calvin, just finally, why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: Just because I'm a younger, fresher faith and I think

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Speaker 2: that Darwin needs a change. We need someone who And

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Speaker 2: don't get me wrong about my other opponents, there's nothing

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Speaker 2: wrong with their ages. I just think that they're on

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Speaker 2: the older side and we need a younger, fresher look

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Speaker 2: because Darwin, but always everything just is the same.

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Speaker 3: Everything goes to the same contract as everything's.

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Speaker 2: Built the same way. Even look at our restaurants, every

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Speaker 2: menu is basically the same. So I just think it's

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Speaker 2: time for a change and a shakeup. And why not me?

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Speaker 1: Well, Calvin, thank you so much for calling through this morning.

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Speaker 1: We didn't have your number mates, so thank you very

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Speaker 1: much for calling through and letting people know why they

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Speaker 1: should vote for you.

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Speaker 3: No worries, Thank you for having me this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. That is well, our final candidate for the

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Speaker 1: Darwin the Darwin job of me, Calvin Donald Sunday so