1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880
Speaker 1: Today catching up with a couple of the candidates for

2
00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,119
Speaker 1: Darwin me. Now joining us on the line is Edwin Joseph,

3
00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,120
Speaker 1: who's put his hand up. Good morning to you.

4
00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,319
Speaker 2: Edwin, Good morning Katie.

5
00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,160
Speaker 1: Now Edwin, you've got six minutes to answer a series

6
00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,239
Speaker 1: of questions. Are you ready?

7
00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:20,680
Speaker 2: All time? At best?

8
00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,479
Speaker 1: All right, let's get started, Edwin? Why have you put

9
00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:25,680
Speaker 1: your hand up? To be me?

10
00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,560
Speaker 2: Kerry. I move to Darwin for a job with anti

11
00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,240
Speaker 2: government and I fell in love with the territory. Or

12
00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,919
Speaker 2: later I have changed jobs. Now I'm working for an

13
00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,440
Speaker 2: agency in third working from home. But whatever happens, I

14
00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,239
Speaker 2: don't intend to leave territory. This is my adopt at

15
00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,239
Speaker 2: home and I am passionate about serving the community and

16
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,839
Speaker 2: making it better. So this is not my first time

17
00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,800
Speaker 2: running for local government. I already ran for local government

18
00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,440
Speaker 2: elections in twenty seventeen and twenty twenty one and I

19
00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,680
Speaker 2: ran for richardson Ward. And this time I feel that

20
00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,800
Speaker 2: after a lot of community works in Darwin, I thought

21
00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,119
Speaker 2: I am ready to take up the top job. I'm

22
00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,319
Speaker 2: also running for richardson Ward, so that's why I'm running

23
00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:15,960
Speaker 2: for Now the position.

24
00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,360
Speaker 1: Tell me what qualifications or work experience do you have

25
00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,480
Speaker 1: which you think make you the best place for this position.

26
00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, so very One of the important things of the

27
00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,160
Speaker 2: Council is to make right decisions that provide best deals

28
00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,560
Speaker 2: to the rate payers. So I'm qualified. I have got

29
00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,840
Speaker 2: a multidisciplinary education, including a doctoral degree that helps in

30
00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,720
Speaker 2: making sound policy decisions. So I have got testory qualifications

31
00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:54,840
Speaker 2: in it in business administration and human resources training and assessment, micration,

32
00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,960
Speaker 2: law and practice. So I'm a jack of all trades.

33
00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,120
Speaker 2: I also work for the Anti Government and Policy section,

34
00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,520
Speaker 2: and I have experienced working for private and public sectors.

35
00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,000
Speaker 2: I work for federal government, I work for anti government.

36
00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,360
Speaker 2: I used to work for the New Hotealth Department of Education.

37
00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:21,280
Speaker 2: I have done roles in education, HR, project management and research,

38
00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,480
Speaker 2: policy consultancy, etc. So all this combination or this combination

39
00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,000
Speaker 2: makes me a better person to work for the council.

40
00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,639
Speaker 1: Now, what do you see as being the most important

41
00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,120
Speaker 1: issues for council in Darwin.

42
00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,200
Speaker 2: I'm hearing from people. The most important issue is in

43
00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:48,280
Speaker 2: anything we need to should be a genuine consultation. So

44
00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,080
Speaker 2: people have lost faith. Many of the people have lost

45
00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,040
Speaker 2: faith in the council. So lack of consultation is the

46
00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,400
Speaker 2: main issue, and the role of the council is to

47
00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,720
Speaker 2: provide basic services. Some people are a good number of

48
00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,519
Speaker 2: people are not happy with the tip fee, and there's

49
00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,239
Speaker 2: some people are saying that there are not enough shades,

50
00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,800
Speaker 2: trees are not enough and some people also reported in

51
00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,680
Speaker 2: some areas they reported about the issues with the darks neighbors,

52
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,079
Speaker 2: dark walking and and some of the aggressive dogs. And

53
00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,200
Speaker 2: the safety is one of the issues. Even though it's

54
00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,600
Speaker 2: not directly related to the local government. Many of the

55
00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,960
Speaker 2: things are with the anti government and other things. So

56
00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,480
Speaker 2: safety is an issue. So it is also the role

57
00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,320
Speaker 2: of the council to work with the national and tertiary

58
00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,320
Speaker 2: governments to provide a better lifestyle to the people here.

59
00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,080
Speaker 2: And even they relate that to homelessness. So there are

60
00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,600
Speaker 2: so many issues in then here which I will work

61
00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,240
Speaker 2: on if I get elected Eden.

62
00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,520
Speaker 1: What are your top three commitments to voters if you know,

63
00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:02,080
Speaker 1: if you are elected, I would.

64
00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,920
Speaker 2: Say, as I would repeat that, my my aim is,

65
00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,200
Speaker 2: like you know, the governance that based on the community needs.

66
00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,520
Speaker 2: So the number one will be genuine consultation as you

67
00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,919
Speaker 2: said earlier, So genuine consultation means it's not reaching many

68
00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,760
Speaker 2: people it's it's actually listening to them and I'm doing

69
00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,520
Speaker 2: what they want. That's one thing. Second thing is second

70
00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:38,360
Speaker 2: commitment would be transparency and accountability in financial management. So

71
00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,200
Speaker 2: that will that is based on like you know, so

72
00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,440
Speaker 2: some people are not happy about how things are done,

73
00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:51,679
Speaker 2: how tenders are are are released, and I'm not sure

74
00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,360
Speaker 2: about the details, but there is an artical news article

75
00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,720
Speaker 2: which I read that there is a there are two

76
00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,880
Speaker 2: options for Civic Center, but only one was released for

77
00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,039
Speaker 2: public consultation. I don't know about the complete details of that,

78
00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,240
Speaker 2: but you might go here. They're like you know, I

79
00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,159
Speaker 2: read on in the Independent that there are two options,

80
00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,600
Speaker 2: but one option was kind of hidden. So if I

81
00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,720
Speaker 2: was if i'm if I get elected, definitely there would

82
00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,680
Speaker 2: be full financial transparency. There would be my second commitment,

83
00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:30,280
Speaker 2: and that commitment will be based on a safety of

84
00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:36,160
Speaker 2: the people. So I'm seeing like you know, and even

85
00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,840
Speaker 2: though the safety is an anti government issue, but I

86
00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,279
Speaker 2: suggest doing the expanding the work of arranges to work

87
00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,320
Speaker 2: with the police. And there are other mechanisms we can

88
00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:52,760
Speaker 2: include to improve safety, like ccdvs and more lighting. Better

89
00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,400
Speaker 2: lighting would help avoid ter antisocial behavior. And there are

90
00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,200
Speaker 2: also maybe if I go for four you let me.

91
00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,200
Speaker 2: People are talking about affordable parking as well, so that

92
00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,560
Speaker 2: is important. Like you know, so I have when I

93
00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,160
Speaker 2: listened to people, many of the people said that they

94
00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,400
Speaker 2: have stopped going to city, especially when when they've implemented

95
00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,919
Speaker 2: that meters. I personally being like you know, I found

96
00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,719
Speaker 2: that the paste and other things are very easy for me,

97
00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,440
Speaker 2: but it is not for everyone. And some of the

98
00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,840
Speaker 2: seniors stopped going. They said they stopped going to city.

99
00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,480
Speaker 1: We have the six minutes is run out. I'm afraid

100
00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,560
Speaker 1: we're trying to keep it fair for everybody. I do

101
00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,560
Speaker 1: want to just quickly ask you though, are you a

102
00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,159
Speaker 1: member of a political party or have you ever been?

103
00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,000
Speaker 2: Yes, I used to work for a politician four years ago,

104
00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,880
Speaker 2: but that there's nothing to do with my with my

105
00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,240
Speaker 2: election or any of the community rules. I stopped working

106
00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,479
Speaker 2: for that because that didn't go well with in the

107
00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:57,280
Speaker 2: community rules.

108
00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,240
Speaker 1: Actually know, so are you? I would have said which

109
00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,600
Speaker 1: political party? Just to our listeners know, we have been,

110
00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,800
Speaker 1: like I said, we've been asking that of all the candidates.

111
00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,400
Speaker 2: I used to be a member of Labor Party.

112
00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's okay. Now in terms of your preferences, just

113
00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,200
Speaker 1: very quickly, who are you preferencing.

114
00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,400
Speaker 2: I prefer independent candidates, so I prefer the Leah part

115
00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,200
Speaker 2: of the mayor and Andrew Johnath for the.

116
00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,880
Speaker 1: What Well, that is all we've got time for Edwin Joseph.

117
00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,000
Speaker 1: Great to find out a little bit more about you

118
00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,280
Speaker 1: this morning. Thank you so very much for your time.

119
00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:38,840
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you,