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Speaker 1: Joining us live on the line is the incumbent ALP

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Speaker 1: member Joel A.

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Speaker 2: Bout And good morning to.

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Speaker 3: You, Joel, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: All right, Joel, We've got seven minutes and a number

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Speaker 1: of questions to get through.

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Speaker 2: Are you ready to get started?

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Speaker 1: Hit me? Let's go, all right, Joel. Why have you

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Speaker 1: decided to put your hand up to run again?

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Speaker 3: Well, because I am embedded in the community. My family

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Speaker 3: have been here for generations and I love serving the community,

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Speaker 3: whether it's in sport, whether that's in family, whether that's

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Speaker 3: in the community, in just basic infrastructure like parks, basketball courts,

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Speaker 3: tanners courts and the associated things that come with just

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Speaker 3: having a happy lifestyle within the Northern Territory.

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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, you know, your previous experience not

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Speaker 1: only in the job now, but also in the community

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Speaker 1: and through other work that you do.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've had extensive experience outside the territory, but also

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Speaker 3: grew up in al Springs, know the territory from north

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Speaker 3: south east to west. I've got extensive education and education

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Speaker 3: and MBA and I'm nearly finished a law degree. But

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Speaker 3: I've also had now four and a half years in

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Speaker 3: government and you need someone in government who can advocate

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Speaker 3: for your community. For the seat of Johnston, which is

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Speaker 3: Milner Moyle Jingly another one who can get things like

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Speaker 3: which I've committed to two point four million dollars for

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Speaker 3: changed rooms for mindal aces at the bag At Park.

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of the issues facing your electro, what

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Speaker 1: are the biggest issues that people are raising with you

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Speaker 1: on the doors.

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Speaker 3: Well, there's always crime and antisocial behavior Cady, that comes

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Speaker 3: up regularly. But we also have the three ees, the economy,

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Speaker 3: education and also the environment. Look, this government is trying

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Speaker 3: to address all of the concerns with five hundred and

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Speaker 3: seventy million dollars or two hundred more police. We've got

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Speaker 3: an environment plan, We've got an education plan to fully

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Speaker 3: fund schools moving forward. I know Jason Clair, the Education Minister,

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Speaker 3: is in Dahwen this week to sign that off. And

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Speaker 3: the economy, we continue to invest in the economy and

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Speaker 3: look our sixty thousand dollars incentive for home ownership to

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Speaker 3: build a new home in the Northern Territory. For territories,

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Speaker 3: we'll kick start the building industry and will help move

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Speaker 3: the economy forward.

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Speaker 1: Joel, there'll be some in your electorate who are thinking

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Speaker 1: to themselves, well, there's been eight years for labor to

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Speaker 1: try and turn some of these things around, particularly crime

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Speaker 1: and anti social behavior, and you've not been able to.

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Speaker 1: What do you say to those listeners.

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Speaker 3: Well, we're working on the immediate impacts, of course, with

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Speaker 3: extra police and extra funding, but we're also working on

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Speaker 3: the other determining factors. Number one is education and number

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Speaker 3: two is housing, and they're interchangeable. They're probably both number

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Speaker 3: one housing and education. We've got four billion dollars that's

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Speaker 3: going into housing, and we've got an extra billion dollars

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Speaker 3: going to education. That is to try and cut it

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Speaker 3: off before it starts. We are dealing with the outcome

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Speaker 3: or the symptoms of the problem. What we need to

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Speaker 3: do is remove them as best we possibly can in

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Speaker 3: an environment and a population that needs as much support

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Speaker 3: education and housing that we can possibly give them. The

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Speaker 3: relationship that we've got with the federal government with Anthony Albanezi,

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Speaker 3: Jim Chalmers, the Treasurer self ideal directly with Katherine King,

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Speaker 3: the Infrastructure Minister, is exemplary and we are so thankful

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Speaker 3: that the Feds are continued to invest in the Northern

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Speaker 3: Territory because that's what we need. We need investment and

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Speaker 3: we need the federal government, the Canberra politicians to support

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Speaker 3: us as well as locals.

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Speaker 2: Dol.

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Speaker 1: I know the electoral boundaries have changed to some degree.

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Speaker 1: But one of the issues that has been raised with

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Speaker 1: us in recent months, and we've asked the candidates for

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Speaker 1: Nightcliff and we'll do the same for Fanny Bay as well,

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Speaker 1: is about Saint Vinnie's moving into coconut growth.

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Speaker 2: Is this something that you support.

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Speaker 3: It has been supported by the Labor government. I know

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Speaker 3: there have been some divergent views, but we're also working

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Speaker 3: with Saint Vincenter Paul's on a longer term plan, so

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Speaker 3: the move into Coconut Grove is a semi permanent plan.

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Speaker 3: I've been working with them as the Planning Minister or

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Speaker 3: Infrastructure Minister on a longer term solution for their accommodation needs.

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Speaker 3: So they've moved out of the Fonglim elector they've moved

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Speaker 3: into the Fanny Bay Electric I'm working closely with them

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Speaker 3: and the community, Mark monahand Frong Whim and Brent Potter

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Speaker 3: Fanny Bay as to a long term solution and that

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Speaker 3: includes planning and the allocation of land.

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Speaker 2: It hasn't moved yet though now.

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Speaker 3: It hasn't moved yet, but it's happening in the near future.

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Speaker 3: They've started the development down in Coconut Grove.

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Speaker 2: All right, couple of quick ones. Do you live in

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Speaker 2: the electorate?

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Speaker 3: No, I live just outside the electorate.

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Speaker 2: In terms of your preference, aware of.

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Speaker 3: That Codie, that's been a long standing element and you

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Speaker 3: know I alerted the electorate to that just before the

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Speaker 3: by election and it continues to be education.

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Speaker 2: Now, that's all right.

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Speaker 1: It's something I'll ask all of the candidates this morning

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Speaker 1: as well.

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Speaker 2: For this electorate in terms of your preferences.

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Speaker 1: Is that something that has been decided upon yet or

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Speaker 1: is labor going to sort of go across the board

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Speaker 1: with their preferences.

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Speaker 3: The party organizes preferences. It's not something that's done personally,

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Speaker 3: but the party will. But we will always put the

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Speaker 3: CLP last.

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of gas development, do you support the

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Speaker 1: development of gas particularly on shore?

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Speaker 3: We signed some deals with Tambour and recently the Empire

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Speaker 3: Agreement has just come out and we are working diligently

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Speaker 3: with those companies to ensure that we have a gas

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Speaker 3: solution moving forward. As we transition to renewables.

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Speaker 2: So you do, Joel or the team does.

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Speaker 1: No.

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Speaker 3: I do, and we have demonstrated that with those contracts

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Speaker 3: we've signed with Tambran and Empire recently.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we're at about a bit over five minutes,

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Speaker 1: Joel Adham.

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Speaker 2: Why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 3: Why should people vote for me, Katie? Because I'm a

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Speaker 3: great advocate for the Seed of Johnston and I've delivered

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Speaker 3: on the promises previously. We've supported the community through COVID.

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Speaker 3: I was delivering groceries when we couldn't do much. I

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Speaker 3: was delivering groceries to the elderly in the Seed of Johnson.

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Speaker 3: As we've moved forward, I've now been elevated in the

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Speaker 3: cabinet and if there's an issue that you've got in Johnson,

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Speaker 3: you can come to my office or you can come

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Speaker 3: to me directly and we address it as best he

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Speaker 3: possibly can. We don't solve every problem that you've got,

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Speaker 3: but we work diligently as a team and as a

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Speaker 3: labor government. We can deliver for the people of Johnson

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Speaker 3: as well as the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: You've got a little bit left.

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Speaker 1: Anything else you want to say quickly before were you go, Yes, Katie.

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Speaker 3: Look, we're about creating jobs and supporting the bigger picture

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Speaker 3: and a more secure workforce. As the Business, Jobs and

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Speaker 3: Skills Minister, I've worked diligently and very very hard after

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Speaker 3: over the last nine months to develop a workforce plan

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Speaker 3: and we know that one of the biggest issues in

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Speaker 3: the economy is the workforce. I've done summits business summits

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Speaker 3: across the territory and in the top three is always workforce.

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Speaker 3: The lawl Lavy government has also got a common sense

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Speaker 3: approach to crime, five hundred and seventy million dollars more

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Speaker 3: into the budget and two one hundred two hundred more

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Speaker 3: police plus twenty five call center operators. If you vote

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Speaker 3: for Joe Bowden, what you see is what you get.

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Speaker 3: I used to play for the Richmond Football Club, but

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Speaker 3: now I'm playing for the Johnston team and we work

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Speaker 3: hard and we deliver on what we say. We're going

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Speaker 3: to deliver well.

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Speaker 1: Joel Bouden, thank you very much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to you soon. Thanks Katie, thank you