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Speaker 1: On the line with us right now to continue today's

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Speaker 1: discussions where we have got me candidate and Julie Palmer.

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Speaker 1: Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show now. And Julie,

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Speaker 1: why you've got about six minutes and a series of

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Speaker 1: questions to get through? Are you ready to get started?

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Speaker 2: Go for it?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 2: Likes best, but just let let me let you know

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Speaker 2: and let your listeners know. I've got really sore throught,

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Speaker 2: So no, I don't I'm not diseased or anything like that. Anything. No,

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Speaker 2: that's yea every now and then, yep, that's all right.

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Speaker 1: Well if you need a cough, that is I okay. Now, Julie,

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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: Because I'm invested in this community, Katy. So when our

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Speaker 2: GP services collapsed in twenty twenty, I stepped in and

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Speaker 2: bought everything I had, my skills, my heart, my entire

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Speaker 2: life savings into establishing and building in Bohemia Health. It's

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Speaker 2: been going great guns providing a service to the community.

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Speaker 2: I see Katherine as my forever home. I have put

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Speaker 2: off my hand to stand for counsel because one of

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Speaker 2: the things through life when you life has taught me

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Speaker 2: is when you see something that you love, you don't

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Speaker 2: walk away even when things are going awry. And Catherine

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Speaker 2: has been through several ups and downs recently, and one

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Speaker 2: of the things I absolutely want to do is bring

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Speaker 2: my skills to the table, my understanding of local government

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Speaker 2: and how government works to make this a really, really

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Speaker 2: lovely place. I mean it already is, but there's so

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Speaker 2: much more we can do, and so much more we

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Speaker 2: can do when we work together and commit to making

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Speaker 2: a difference and making a change now.

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Speaker 1: And Julie, what qualifications and work experience do you have

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Speaker 1: which you do you think make you best placed for

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Speaker 1: the position of me.

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Speaker 2: So, I'm a scientist by training. I've been in Australia

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Speaker 2: for about forty years now. I'm a scientist by training,

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Speaker 2: kind of systems thinker. I've had management in the public,

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Speaker 2: private and non government sectors in Australia. I was a

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Speaker 2: member of a large team that developed and consulted on

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Speaker 2: the current AMPTY Local Government Act twenty nineteen. I know

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Speaker 2: how the system works and I know the importance of

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Speaker 2: working together because you cannot make it, make any change

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Speaker 2: if you just are a sow a warrior. I'm not that.

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Speaker 2: I'm someone who believes in strengths based practice, in bringing

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Speaker 2: people's skills to the table and growing that skill and

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Speaker 2: benefiting that for everyone. So I've done community development work.

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Speaker 2: I've worked at high levels of government. I've bought people

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Speaker 2: around the table together and negotiated outcomes for communities and

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Speaker 2: for government apartments. I firmly believe in the collaboration that

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Speaker 2: can build stronger communities.

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

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Speaker 1: to sort through the council?

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Speaker 2: If you follow social media, it's everything. But you know,

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Speaker 2: apart from that, from my point of view, I think

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Speaker 2: one of the things that we absolutely need to do.

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Speaker 2: Mayor Lee's Clark, who's the retiring mayor, put up this

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Speaker 2: amazing list of achievements on the Catron Town Council's page

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Speaker 2: yesterday and it's really important that every member of the

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Speaker 2: community reads that post and finds out what council has

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Speaker 2: been doing for the length of her tenure. I don't

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Speaker 2: think we at Catronites and as councils sell ourselves and

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Speaker 2: sell what we are doing really well. I don't think

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Speaker 2: we in council communicating with the community and letting people

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Speaker 2: know exactly what's happening in a very respectful way, and

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Speaker 2: engaging the community. I really really believe in engaging the community.

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Speaker 2: So for me, the priorities would be compliance, accountability of councilors,

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Speaker 2: especially to the community, and accountability of council to the community.

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Speaker 2: The implementation of an amazing strategic plan that the community

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Speaker 2: has developed over several years, and making sure that the

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Speaker 2: meansful plan is aligned to that strategic plan, and an

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Speaker 2: engaged community.

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Speaker 1: And Julie, about two minutes left, what are your top

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Speaker 1: three commitments to voters. I mean, you're sort of touched

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Speaker 1: on them there, but anything else you'd like.

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Speaker 2: To add, right, absolutely, So we do talk about community

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Speaker 2: safety and environment sustainable environmental sustainability, understanding that council really

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Speaker 2: hasn't got a major role to play these responsibilities of

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Speaker 2: the territory and Commonwealth government. So I'd really like to

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Speaker 2: the other two levels of government, making sure that Catherine

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Speaker 2: has a local voice in these bigger discussions that are

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Speaker 2: happening to that impact on the community, and making sure,

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Speaker 2: I guess, from all of the conversation I've seen on

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Speaker 2: social media that people understand what council's role is, why

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Speaker 2: council increases rates, what needs to happen around community safety,

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Speaker 2: what role council is playing, what role community can play,

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Speaker 2: and how we might engage in an environment, in an

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Speaker 2: environment that is sustainable for future generations.

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of have we been asking all of

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Speaker 1: our candidates, are you a member of a political party

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Speaker 1: or have you ever been?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely not, never, have, never, will.

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Speaker 1: Now, never will no fair enough. Now you've got about

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Speaker 1: thirty seconds left. Why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: Well, if people want to see a change, if people

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Speaker 2: want accountability from council, if people want someone leading Council

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Speaker 2: in a way that is productive and productive and useful

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Speaker 2: for community, then they should vote for me. I am

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Speaker 2: someone who brings a lot of skills to the table,

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Speaker 2: and I'm someone who understands government. If we want to

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Speaker 2: make a change, I want to work with the community

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Speaker 2: of Catherine to make that difference. I want to listen,

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Speaker 2: I want to be able to speak up, and I

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Speaker 2: want to absolutely make sure that Catherine is never ignored.

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Speaker 1: Well and Julie Palmer, all of our women out of

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Speaker 1: Catherine today have all stuck to time as well. You

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Speaker 1: have you come in right on six minutes and one second.

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Speaker 2: I run a general practice clinic Okati. I have to

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Speaker 2: you know how.

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Speaker 1: To keep the time well. Only and Julie, lovely to

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Speaker 1: speak to you this morning. Thanks so much for joining

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Speaker 1: us on the show.

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Speaker 2: Thank you