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Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line right now is the

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Speaker 1: colp's candidate for the Seed of Daily, Chris Sivatrees.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Chris.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katie. Thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, great to have you on.

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Speaker 1: Now, before we get into it, am I pronouncing your

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Speaker 1: surname correctly?

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Speaker 3: You are Civities is how we say it here in Australia.

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Speaker 2: Excellent.

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Speaker 1: Now, you've got about eight minutes forty to answer all

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Speaker 1: of these questions because we went a bit over time

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Speaker 1: with Duran Young because there was a couple of local

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Speaker 2: So Chris, are you ready?

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Speaker 3: I certainly am all right.

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Speaker 1: Now, why did you decide to put your hand up

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Speaker 1: to run for the Seed of Daily?

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Speaker 3: Katie? My wife and I live in Berry Springs. This

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Speaker 3: is our home. I've lived in the territory for most

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Speaker 3: of my life, but this is not the territory I

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Speaker 3: grew up in. I've watched over the last eight years

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Speaker 3: the thing seems to have gotten worse and worse and worse.

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Speaker 3: And rather than sit in the sidelines and complain about it,

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Speaker 3: I'll put my hand up and I want to try

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Speaker 3: believed in serving the community. That's why I joined the army,

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Speaker 3: That's why I did a term on a regional council.

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Speaker 3: That's why I volunteer my time at a range of

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Speaker 3: events and with different community organizations. I believe that through

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Speaker 3: serving your community, you can create positive change within that community,

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Speaker 3: and I believe the Country Liberal Party is the best

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Speaker 3: our economy, and restore our lifestyle. I want to see

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Speaker 3: the territory is the best place to live, work and

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Speaker 1: Now, what do you see as being the biggest issues

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Speaker 3: Look, I've been all over the electric listening to the people,

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Speaker 3: however i can. And people keep telling me some of

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Speaker 3: the same things over and over. So one of the

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Speaker 3: biggest ones is law and order. It doesn't matter if

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Speaker 3: law and order issues are affecting absolutely everyoneeople's houses and

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Speaker 3: businesses are getting broken into and people just don't feel safe. Look,

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Speaker 3: I'm a big block kating, but I also want my

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Speaker 3: I want them to feel safe when they go shopping.

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Speaker 2: Now. The other big one, yeah.

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Speaker 3: Road roads, roads, It's what I'm hearing absolutely everywhere, everyone

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Speaker 3: I'm committed to prioritizing investment in our roads which is

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Speaker 3: A lot of these operators I've been talking to are

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Speaker 3: And there's a range of factors here, including all of

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Speaker 1: Now, Chris, taking all of those issues into account, why

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Speaker 3: My experience through my work and volunteering, I have a

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Speaker 1: Now in terms of servicing the whole Electra. Like we

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Speaker 3: Look, Katie, it's like you said, it's very much a

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Speaker 3: Look? I have. I've spent time across the whole Electric

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Speaker 1: We've got about three minutes left, tell me. I mean,

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Speaker 1: some people would say that the colp in the electorate

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Speaker 2: I mean, what do you say to that and how

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Speaker 3: Do that, Katie, Well, actually, no labour's been into the

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Speaker 3: I want to represent the whole community. So if I'm

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Speaker 1: Now, a couple of very local related questions, or one

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Speaker 2: What do you think about that?

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Speaker 3: Look, the people in Dundee have been screaming out for

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Speaker 1: Just another one that's come through that a lot of

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Speaker 3: Look, to be honest, Katie, I'll be speaking and listening

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Speaker 3: come up, as I said, I'll be speaking and listening

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Speaker 1: Well, Chris, you've got one minute left and still a

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Speaker 3: Look, I'm not a highly polished career politician. I'm not

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Speaker 3: I believe I'm strong, trustworthy candidate. I'm passionate, I'm driven.

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Speaker 3: I understand that this isn't just a nine to five job.

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Speaker 3: I'm fully committed to serving the community that we live in.

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Speaker 3: I stand ready and able to represent the people are daily.

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Speaker 3: It's part of the strong SEALPED team, and that SEALEP

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Speaker 2: Well, Chris Sivertrees, you've got about twenty seconds left. Is

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Speaker 2: there anything else you want to say very quickly before

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Speaker 3: No, I think that just about covers it.

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Speaker 2: Katie, Well, good to speak with you this morning.

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Speaker 1: We really appreciate your time, and thanks so much for

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Speaker 3: No, thank you very much for having me.

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Speaker 2: Thank you