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Speaker 1: We know that the results are in for the Ara

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Speaker 1: if you're a by election, with Labour's Manuel Brown securing

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Speaker 1: eighteen hundred and thirty two votes, the Colps Leslie Tungue

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Speaker 1: Tellum receiving eight hundred and eighteen, followed by the Federation

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Speaker 1: Parties Alan Middleton on one hundred and twelve votes. So

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Speaker 1: joining me in the studio right now is Manuel Brown.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Emanuel.

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

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Speaker 2: Yes, really good to meet you. Now. How are you

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Speaker 2: feeling after the by election on the weekends.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely overwhelmed, you know, especially with the numbers and everyone

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Speaker 4: turning up and voting for us, for voting for me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it does seem as though there's been a swing

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Speaker 1: towards the Labor Party and a swing towards you.

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Speaker 2: What do you reckon what do you attribute that to?

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Speaker 4: I think, you know, being on the ground, I mean,

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Speaker 4: you know, the volunteers that came out, we're locals that

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Speaker 4: spoke language, you know, and that's where I think the

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Speaker 4: other parties mister Mark, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So you are obviously, you know, you're a big part

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Speaker 2: of the cany. It's very well.

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Speaker 1: No, my mom lives out in mannin Grea knows you well.

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Speaker 1: Your wife, I believe works works with my mom. I

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Speaker 1: know that you are a big part of the community.

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Speaker 1: You've got a young family that you're raising out there

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Speaker 1: as well. What are some of the key issues do

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Speaker 1: you think and some of the you know, the key

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Speaker 1: things that were raised with you throughout the by election yep.

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Speaker 4: So obviously housing, roads and jobs. You know, they're the

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Speaker 4: main things that that we look at. And it's a

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Speaker 4: big it's a big era for your a seat. So

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Speaker 4: the different regions have different priorities, so but but they're

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Speaker 4: the three main ones. And then you've got Tivy Island's

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Speaker 4: compared to West Arnham and so the TVL and access

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Speaker 4: into urban towns is pretty simple and easy, and that's

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Speaker 4: what I'll be working on with West Arnham.

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Speaker 1: And so you know, I know that there are like

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Speaker 1: you said, there's it's pretty it's a big region and

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Speaker 1: there's obviously different priorities everywhere. How do you reckon it's

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Speaker 1: how are you going to kind of make sure that

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Speaker 1: you're juggling getting out to the whole electros when it

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Speaker 1: is such a big one.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I do that. I do that in my spare

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Speaker 4: time as a hobby anyway.

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Speaker 3: You know, I love.

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Speaker 4: Driving down through Kakadu and and and around and you know,

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Speaker 4: and visiting my family back at tivy Islan. Just getting

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Speaker 4: out and meeting them is what I do anyway. So

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Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to that part. I'm looking forward to

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Speaker 4: the roads drying up actually, so.

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Speaker 1: You can actually drive around a little bit, a little

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Speaker 1: bit more freely, I suppose.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, half the roads are underwater towards Meningrida, but

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Speaker 4: another another few weeks it should be drying up.

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Speaker 1: And what would you say some of the key challenges

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Speaker 1: are I guess for you to navigate in the electrash so.

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Speaker 4: The key well, you know access, you know the and

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Speaker 4: there's there are communities where we are, you know, lack

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Speaker 4: of communication as well, like Mindaalang. You know there's no

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Speaker 4: telsto there sometimes. And then you've got all the as

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Speaker 4: all the ouse stations in between Gabru and Maningrida that

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Speaker 4: people haven't heard of that I need to go and

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Speaker 4: visit as well.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me it's obviously you know, for the COLP,

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Speaker 1: there's been a lot of discussion about whether they do

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Speaker 1: or don't support the voice, and we know that their

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Speaker 1: rank and file party have voted to not support the voice.

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Speaker 1: The parliamentary wing still undecided at this point. But from

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Speaker 1: your perspective, was that something that was an issue in

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Speaker 1: the by election.

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely.

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Speaker 4: You know we have leaders from these communities, from these

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Speaker 4: boards that go down to these to.

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Speaker 3: The meetings, you know, down in Canbe.

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Speaker 4: We've got Maddie Ryan from Maningrida that goes Gibson Farmer

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Speaker 4: goes from Tivy Island. So I talked to these mob

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Speaker 4: and they say it's a huge issue. We get a

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Speaker 4: foot in the door. That's the main priority.

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Speaker 1: And so definitely, you reckon the electorate is supportive of

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Speaker 1: the voice and they want it to happen.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely as a whole. The voice.

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Speaker 4: Everyone wants the voice, but the specifics is the one

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Speaker 4: we need to work on, especially for those that are

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Speaker 4: not engaged, you know.

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Speaker 1: So Manuel, for you, you know, hitting the ground running.

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Speaker 1: That's going to be the first thing that you're you're

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Speaker 1: wanting to do now that you're now that you're going

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Speaker 1: to be.

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Speaker 2: In the role.

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Speaker 4: Oh well, the first thing I want to do is

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Speaker 4: go around and have a little catch up with everyone

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Speaker 4: that's supported me. But that won't happened for another couple

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Speaker 4: of weeks because sitting's happening. Apparently I'm getting sworn intomorrow,

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Speaker 4: so right, I'll be busy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so what happens? Do you go straight?

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Speaker 1: Do you have to take part in parliament over the

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Speaker 1: next couple of weeks.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll need to upgrade my wardrobe and get a

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Speaker 4: couple of suits.

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Speaker 1: And good on you, mate, big congratulations on the wind

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Speaker 1: and a big swing towards you as well. You know,

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Speaker 1: it must have been a tough like it must have

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Speaker 1: actually been a tough decision and a tough situation for

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Speaker 1: you though, stepping in after the loss of somebody who

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Speaker 1: I know was a dear friend of yours.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely.

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Speaker 4: I sat down and spoke to him about the twenty

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Speaker 4: twenty four election about four days before he passed, and

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Speaker 4: he said, you know, what are you doing? And I said, well,

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Speaker 4: I'm interested, and then unfortunate this happened. So yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I've stepped in and the family are stoked, you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, congratulations. I really appreciate you coming in and

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Speaker 1: having a chat with us this morning. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for your time and all the best.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Katie, Thank you