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Speaker 1: Joining us on the line right now is the Greens

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Speaker 1: candidate Kat McNamara.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Cat, morning Katie. Lovely to have you.

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Speaker 1: On the show. Now, you've got seven minutes and a

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Speaker 1: series of questions. Are you ready to get started?

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Speaker 2: I'm so ready.

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Speaker 1: Let's do it all right, Kat. Why did you decide

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Speaker 1: to put your hand up to run in the electorate

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Speaker 1: of Nightcliffs. Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Look, because I mean, I love the Nightcliff e lecturate

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Speaker 2: and I love this community. But I've been just feeling

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Speaker 2: totally let down by some of the decisions that are

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Speaker 2: being made by a government, and I just wanted to

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Speaker 2: do something to change that. Like time and time again,

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Speaker 2: I've seen the people of Nightcliff, you know, and Rapid

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Speaker 2: Crete Coconut Grove come together to voice their concern on

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Speaker 2: issues and we're just not being listened to. I think

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Speaker 2: that people of Nightcliff deserve a representative who shares their values.

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Speaker 2: I'm also fed up of hearing like hearing when experts

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Speaker 2: in the field, scientists, doctors, social workers, when they provide

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Speaker 2: evidence and ideas to solve some of our biggest problems,

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Speaker 2: and they're ignored by the major parties because theologies or whatever.

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Speaker 2: I want to see community voices and evidence based decisions

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Speaker 2: come back into politics.

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Speaker 1: Now, why do you think you're the best person for

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Speaker 1: the role based on your previous work experience or community

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Speaker 1: experience and through the work you've done.

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Speaker 2: So, I come from a blue collar background. I was

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Speaker 2: a tradee and I've had a really varied work and

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Speaker 2: life experience and a pretty adventurous life up to this point.

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Speaker 2: I've lived and worked all across Australia and in remote locations,

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Speaker 2: and I've worked with all types of people. I've done

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Speaker 2: a lot of volunteering over the years as well to

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Speaker 2: give back and contribute to those communities that I've lived in,

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Speaker 2: and I've learned it like my voice is powerful and

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Speaker 2: I'm not afraid to speak up on issues that i

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Speaker 2: think are important and to speak when I see injustice

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Speaker 2: or on issues need to be addressed, and listening to

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Speaker 2: the community.

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

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Speaker 1: in the electorate.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we've been douthentigree has been dawnocking since last

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Speaker 2: year and the three biggest things I hear on the

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Speaker 2: doors all time. One is obviously crime and safety, the

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Speaker 2: second one is the environment, and a third is integrity

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Speaker 2: in politics. Or people feeling like they can't trust their politicians.

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Speaker 1: And based on those issues, why do you feel that

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Speaker 1: you'd be best placed to sort of get stuck into

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Speaker 1: them to deal with them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, because I mean I've got the support of

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Speaker 2: the Greens, where a grassroots party run mostly by volunteers,

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Speaker 2: made up of all types of people from our community, teachers, tradees, doctors, parents,

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Speaker 2: and look, I know some people have believed the ideas

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Speaker 2: about the Greens, and I will challenge them to put

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Speaker 2: those preconceived ideas to one side because and actually read

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Speaker 2: our policies and hear what we have to say. Because

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Speaker 2: on the doors, when I get to chat to people

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Speaker 2: and talk about how the Greens want to tackle issues,

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Speaker 2: it's really well received. People are so happy to hear

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Speaker 2: our common sense and initiatives and are really keen for change.

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Speaker 2: And look, most importantly, unlike way about the CLP, we

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Speaker 2: don't accept donations from corporations who try to buy influence

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Speaker 2: in politics. So we are really and truly a grassroots

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Speaker 2: movement here in the territory.

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Speaker 1: Now, the question I've been asking the other candidates as

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Speaker 1: well is do you support the development of onshore gas? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: So I think the question over simplifies it. Yes, we

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Speaker 2: have an onshore gas industry already and we use gas.

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Speaker 2: I get that. Do I support the expansion of onshore gas? No,

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Speaker 2: we are the largest exporter of gas in australiare is

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Speaker 2: we have enough gas? The problem is that our governments

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Speaker 2: have allowed foreign owned gas companies to come in and

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Speaker 2: take our resources whilst paying barely any tax or royalties.

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Speaker 2: The idea that we have a gas shortage is actually untrue.

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Speaker 2: And look the science is clear out Like it's not

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Speaker 2: just my opinions. The IPCC and these National Energy agency

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Speaker 2: have stated that we cannot afford to open any new

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Speaker 2: fossil fuel projects if we are to avoid climate catastrophe.

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Speaker 2: What I do support is long term sustainable jobs and

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Speaker 2: cheaper bills and that comes with renewables.

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of Saint Vinnie's moving to Coconut Grove,

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Speaker 1: we understand Coconut Grove like it's not actually in the

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Speaker 1: electorate of Nightcliff, but it is an issue or it's

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Speaker 1: a topic that people in Nightcliff have contacted us about.

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Speaker 1: Do you support Vinnie's moving into coconut growth.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I actually just live a stone throw from there.

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Speaker 2: So I understand the concerns that people have, and I

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Speaker 2: have heard people bring it up, and I've heard that

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Speaker 2: people felt like they were not consulted, and so that's

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Speaker 2: not good enough in near community consultation. Also, the reality

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Speaker 2: is that we need these services and when they run well,

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Speaker 2: they do a really good job and they have to

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Speaker 2: go somewhere, but community consultation is essential. Look, this is

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Speaker 2: something that's been the pipeline, I think for a while.

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Speaker 2: And you know, it's ultimately an issue for Brent Potter

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Speaker 2: and Tasha Files as the current members.

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Speaker 1: Now in terms of the issues of like crime and

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Speaker 1: anti social behavior. How do you think they'd be best

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Speaker 1: dealt with in the electors?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so crime, I mean, look, there are times I

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Speaker 2: definitely don't feel safe from my own home and witness

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Speaker 2: heats of anti social behavior, and everyone deserves to feel

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Speaker 2: safe in their home, and it is a problem the

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Speaker 2: current crime situation. It's not fair on police. It's unfair

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Speaker 2: to expect them to cover all the grounds. They're not

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Speaker 2: social workers, they're not youth workers. It's an unnecessary burden

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Speaker 2: that we're placing on them. So we want to see

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Speaker 2: we've got to see us getting to the source and

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Speaker 2: what are the drivers of crime? For example, domestic, family

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Speaker 2: and sexual violence is the biggest social issue. It's the

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Speaker 2: largest aspect of crime. I mean, this is why kids

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Speaker 2: are out on the street at night. Sixty five percent

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Speaker 2: of the men incarcerated are there for domestic advanced related defenses.

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Speaker 2: But instead of doing something about the problem, we just

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Speaker 2: see this sort of ambulance at the bottom of the

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Speaker 2: cliffs type response. We just build more prisons instead of

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Speaker 2: actually addressing the causes. So frontline services have been crying

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Speaker 2: out to be properly funded, and they have been severely

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Speaker 2: underfunded for decades. So of course the problem is that's

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Speaker 2: getting worse.

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Speaker 1: Cap a minute and a half left, have you decided

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Speaker 1: where your preferences are going to go?

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Speaker 2: No, So the preferences will be a matter of for

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Speaker 2: or I'm the party, like I'll have a say in

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Speaker 2: the party as well. But it's not something that we've

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Speaker 2: looked at or done yet. What I do actually, Katy,

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Speaker 2: you know, I really want to a point here about

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Speaker 2: preferences because I hear a lot of misunderstanding and this

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Speaker 2: conceptions of the community about it. Preferences are simply when

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Speaker 2: people talk about preferences that's the how to vote card

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Speaker 2: that each party puts out, and it's nearly a suggestion

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Speaker 2: on how people might vote based on who we think

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Speaker 2: might be more closely aligned with our values. But I

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Speaker 2: or any party is not giving your preference to anyone else.

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Speaker 2: So when we hear people say, oh, why vote for

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Speaker 2: the Green dage's preference, Labor, the preferences are up to you,

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Speaker 2: and the preferences flow according to what each and every

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Speaker 2: voter puts on their cards.

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Speaker 1: Forty seconds left, Cat, why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Look, I'm just I really love this community. My

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Speaker 2: kids go to school here. I'm here to represent people

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Speaker 2: of Nightcliff and bring their voices into Parliament. I will

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Speaker 2: listen and act in the best interest of our electorates. Always.

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Speaker 2: I want to hear from people who have the solutions

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Speaker 2: and experience and elevate their voices and like you know, honestly,

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Speaker 2: once again, we do not accept corporate donations, so you

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Speaker 2: know that I am working for the people of Nightcliff

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Speaker 2: and Rappa Creek and Coconut Grove only.

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Speaker 1: Well, Kat Magnamari, you've come in just in time. They're

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Speaker 1: right on seven minutes. Really good to speak with you.

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Speaker 1: This morning. I appreciate your time. Thanks so much, Katie,

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Speaker 1: no worries, thank you