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Speaker 1: Well, we are continuing to meet some of the candidates

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Speaker 1: for the race for mayor in Catherine and joining us

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Speaker 1: on the line right now is Mel Doyle. Good morning, Mel,

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Speaker 1: Morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good now? Mel, We've got about six minutes

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Speaker 1: and a number of questions to get through. You're ready

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Speaker 1: to get started, yep, let's go all right?

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Speaker 2: Mel?

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

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Speaker 1: be the next mayor of Catherine.

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Speaker 2: I've got a strong background in local government, working in

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Speaker 2: community and economic development, and I've been through that experience

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Speaker 2: with Nicky at the coffee shop, with the recent assaults

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Speaker 2: and just changing the narrative. We've had a bad narrative

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Speaker 2: with everyone coming through. We speak to a lot of

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Speaker 2: tourists every day where you know, oh, Catherine's not the

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Speaker 2: place to come. That's wrong. Catherine's a beautiful place to come.

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Speaker 2: And we want our tourists to keep coming, and we

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Speaker 2: want to change that narrative to encourage more and more

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Speaker 2: people to come here. Now, that's my main focus is that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Now, when it comes to your work experience

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Speaker 1: or qualifications, what do you like, what do you do

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Speaker 1: you bring which you think makes you best placed for

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Speaker 1: the position of me.

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Speaker 2: Community connection, working hard for the people in the community,

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Speaker 2: creating events and community connection. That social connectedness is very

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Speaker 2: important in a community. I have an economic background in

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Speaker 2: tourism as well. I come from out back Queensland where

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Speaker 2: I worked in Winton for twelve years and then north

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Speaker 2: up in Concurry doing the same thing, creating events and

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Speaker 2: working with the community on the ground, rolling up my

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Speaker 2: sleeves and being a real hard worker and listening to

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Speaker 2: the community.

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Speaker 1: Mel, what do you see as the most important issues

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Speaker 1: in Catherine for the council to deal with?

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Speaker 2: Security? I think CCTVs actual lighting at night time, ensuring

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Speaker 2: that everyone's safe visitors and community alike. Beautification, making sure

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Speaker 2: our tourisms have Tourists have a great experience when they

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Speaker 2: come here, but the locals are very proud of their place,

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Speaker 2: their community, where they live. And it's what's the simple

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Speaker 2: things that we can improve and make a big difference.

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Speaker 1: Mel, what are your top three commitments to voters.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to be a hard worker. I'm a great listener.

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Speaker 2: I'm very transparent. Anyone can approach me whenever and wherever

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Speaker 2: they see me in the street. If I'm at Wallie's

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Speaker 2: I encourage everybody to come and talk to me. I'm very,

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Speaker 2: very honest. I'll be straight. If I can't do something,

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Speaker 2: I'll do and try my hardest to find out how

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Speaker 2: I do and find a way or a solution for

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Speaker 2: everybody concerned. But yeah, I'm just a foot soldier. I'm

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Speaker 2: not a career politician, but I really really want to

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Speaker 2: work hard for Catherine Mel.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever been a member of a political party

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Speaker 1: or are you currently a member of a political party?

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Speaker 2: No, I'm not.

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Speaker 1: No, Mel, You've still got a bit of time left,

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Speaker 1: about three minutes. Why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: If people vote for me, they know that they've got

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Speaker 2: somebody that they can come and talk to. Like I

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Speaker 2: said before, I'm a very straight up, honest I call

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Speaker 2: a spade. I will fight hard. I don't stop at

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Speaker 2: every roadblock. I will endeavor to find a solution to

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Speaker 2: every problem, partner with any department that I need to

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Speaker 2: partner with to fine that solution. I know we're limited

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Speaker 2: by what we do at council, but I don't get

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Speaker 2: into the mud with everybody. I'm very positive. I'm a

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Speaker 2: very go hard, happy and yeah, find a solution to

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Speaker 2: everything kind of girl. Anyone that knows me or anyone

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Speaker 2: that wants to get to know me. You'll find that

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Speaker 2: in the first five minutes. And I'm a very happy,

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Speaker 2: hard working, transparent in your face and won't take no

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Speaker 2: for an answer.

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Speaker 1: Now, anything else you'd like to add before I let

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Speaker 1: you go.

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Speaker 2: No, you just wrote Maldoyle for mayor even counselor You'll

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Speaker 2: you won't have a better foot soldier than maldol. I

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Speaker 2: can tell you it's your work hard, you go hard.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, and I love Catherine. Catherine means the world

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Speaker 2: to me.

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Speaker 1: Well, I tell you what, Mel You've answered the questions

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Speaker 1: very efficiently and effectively this morning. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for your.

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Speaker 2: Time, no worries. Thanks K and everybody listening.

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Speaker 1: Thank you