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Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line is the first of

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Speaker 1: our candidates, Brian Manning for the Labor Party. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Brian.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Now we've got I'm really good. Thank you. We've got

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Speaker 1: seven minutes and a series of questions to get through.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready.

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Speaker 2: Go for it?

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Speaker 1: Let's do it all right? Why did you decide to

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Speaker 1: put your hand up to run for the seat of

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Speaker 1: Port Darwin.

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Speaker 2: I look, Katie, I'm a proud and born and bred

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Speaker 2: Darwin local. I've got deep connections to the Port Darne

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Speaker 2: electric I was educated at Dawn Free Primary High Schools.

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Speaker 2: I decided to run because I want to actively be

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Speaker 2: part of the change I want to see in my

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Speaker 2: home city, and not just be one of those people

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Speaker 2: who winds that are have good things were in the

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Speaker 2: old days. But you know, I strongly believe our best

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Speaker 2: years are ahead of us. I've spent my career teaching,

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Speaker 2: getting charactery kids ready for work. For the past eight years,

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Speaker 2: I've been assistant principal at dah Middle School. Prior to that,

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Speaker 2: I was AP at the Anti Music School, which saw

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Speaker 2: me travel all over the NT. If I'm lucky enough

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Speaker 2: to be elected, my goal was to build a longer

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Speaker 2: and say to Port Darwen, working with community and other

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Speaker 2: stakeholders to make sure we all play our partner get

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Speaker 2: in the territory working if I'm elected, you know, speaking

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Speaker 2: to people on the doors, some of the things that

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Speaker 2: have come back to me is that you need to

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Speaker 2: be a strong local member to advocate for Port Darwin.

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Speaker 1: And based on your sort of previous work experience and

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Speaker 1: some of the work that you've done through the community,

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Speaker 1: why do you think that you are the best person

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Speaker 1: for the job. Oh?

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Speaker 2: Look, you know I've got an established network over the years,

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Speaker 2: you know, through through small business in the CBD. In

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Speaker 2: my job as the ap you know, I've taught countless

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Speaker 2: numbers of kids and established relationships with those parents that

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Speaker 2: still live in the CBD. My job as a principal

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Speaker 2: and assistant principles you know, really it's a challenging environment

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Speaker 2: to working. You're constantly dealing with parents, teach as students,

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Speaker 2: and you have to negotiate when when outcomes. And that's

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Speaker 2: something that I think I can do. Over the years,

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Speaker 2: I've managed to establish good relationships with people from all

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Speaker 2: sides of the political spectrum. You know. In fact, some

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Speaker 2: of the best conversations. I have people who you know,

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Speaker 2: have told me that they've been CLP voters, but they

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Speaker 2: really really want to see Port Darwen and change for

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Speaker 2: the better.

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

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Speaker 1: in the electrics?

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, you know, I won't beat around the bush obviously,

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Speaker 2: crime and antisocial behavior, but there's a nuance in I

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Speaker 2: think in Port Darwen I get more responses around, you know,

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Speaker 2: because people live in there's a lot of people who

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Speaker 2: live in apartment buildings, so they're quite secure. That's not

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Speaker 2: to say that they don't aren't affected by crime, but

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Speaker 2: a lot of so I was speaking to people on

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Speaker 2: the Esperanade a couple of days ago. Anti social behavior,

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Speaker 2: you know, people yelling in the part, some people witnessing

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Speaker 2: violence between Aboriginal people in and around the CBD. So crime,

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Speaker 2: anti social behavior I think more so in Port darn

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Speaker 2: But you know, as I speak to small business owners,

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Speaker 2: you know, like going around and I spoke to John

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Speaker 2: from John John's recognizing some of the challenges he's faced with,

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Speaker 2: and you know other business owners in Nucky Street, Cabinet Street,

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Speaker 2: and the more they are really supportive of the TPS

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Speaker 2: guys to your security guys and they're doing a fantastic job.

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Speaker 2: And look, you know where the law of government is

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Speaker 2: investing in that front line. And you know, we're putting

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Speaker 2: in two hundred more swarm police officers over the next

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Speaker 2: four years. New CCTV and call centers, upgrades for forensic stuff, infrastructure,

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Speaker 2: new vehicles, legislation. You know, these are things that will

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Speaker 2: take immediate effect. Now. You know, EVA has only been

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Speaker 2: in for what since than the similar few issues that

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Speaker 2: she's had, like six to eight months in and already

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Speaker 2: seeing where I'm already hearing on the doors that people

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Speaker 2: like Eva's leadership. They like the fact that she's decided

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Speaker 2: and that they you know, they think that that we're

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Speaker 1: Excuse me sorry, in terms of I mean those issues

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Speaker 1: with anti social behavior. You touched on this. You've obviously

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Speaker 1: gone out and spoken to John Coenig there at John

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Speaker 1: John's and others. I mean, it's been quite debilitating in

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Speaker 1: some ways for some of those businesses, to the point

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Speaker 1: we've seen you know, some wanting to shut shop or

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Speaker 1: looking at like they're going to shut shop. You've spoken

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Speaker 1: about some of what's happening already. What more do you

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Speaker 1: think can be done to really try to revive the

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Speaker 1: city again and stop those issues that we're seeing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think there's a it's a multi prong

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Speaker 2: approach the way I see it, Katie's you know, I

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Speaker 2: see activation in the CBD. Like you know, Darwin is

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Speaker 2: our is our northern most capital, and you know it's

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Speaker 2: our gateway to Asia. And what we need to be

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Speaker 2: seeing in our CBD is a thriving CBD where people

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Speaker 2: are visiting that place for retail, for entertainment. I would

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Speaker 2: like to see more activity there so you know, like

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Speaker 2: I'm advocating for a farmer's market on a Sunday to

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Speaker 2: bring people in. But also you know, if you've been

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Speaker 2: up to the city on the weekend on the Sunday,

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Speaker 2: it's like crickets up there. You know, we've got something

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Speaker 2: like one hundred or so cruise ships that are destined

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Speaker 2: to arrive here, and I want those people to, you know,

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Speaker 2: their experience. I imagine in my mind going to there's

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Speaker 2: a new Larochee of Cultural Center that's opening down Stokes Wharf.

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Speaker 2: Is a new museum up by the Supreme Court that's

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Speaker 2: going to be open serned. You know the Dale Fessel's

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Speaker 2: a bit. You know so much. It's great about our

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Speaker 2: city and you know, I'll never talk it down because

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Speaker 2: I love this place and I see our best user

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Speaker 2: ahead of us. Still.

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Speaker 1: Now, Brian, we've got about a minute and a half

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Speaker 1: to go. A quick one. Do you live in the Electric?

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Speaker 1: We're asking all the candidates that one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, Look when I was approached by Eva, I

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Speaker 2: don't live in the Electric currently, but you know, I've

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Speaker 2: got three kids grade two, three and four and I'm

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Speaker 2: reluctant to pull him out of school, but I spoke

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Speaker 2: in my wife about it, and if I'm fortunate enough

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Speaker 2: to win, we're already looking at real estate listing, so hopefully,

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Speaker 2: you know, some of my real estate mates will get

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Speaker 2: in touch with me, and if I'm fortunate enough to win,

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Speaker 2: and I'll be moving in after the election. But look,

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Speaker 2: I think that it's really important that people understand that

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Speaker 2: I want to be a strong local member to represent

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Speaker 2: them and I'll do everything I can to improve our

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Speaker 2: city and make sure that you know it's a comfortable

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Speaker 2: with a all safe space for everyone.

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Speaker 1: Brian, forty seconds to go. Why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, as I said, you know, I'm invested in

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Speaker 2: this place, Katie. I'm not going anywhere. You know. I

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Speaker 2: haven't fallen out of love with Darwen. I love this place.

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Speaker 2: This is my home. My father came up here from Mandaba,

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Speaker 2: a little country town in Queensland. I don't know if

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Speaker 2: you're know, but in nineteen fifty six for a rook

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Speaker 2: and you know we've been here ever since. My family's here,

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Speaker 2: my grandmother's here, my mum's here, my sister's here. You know,

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Speaker 2: I'm in here for the long haul and I want

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Speaker 2: to see positive change and I think Evil Lawa's government

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Speaker 2: should be given another chance. She's making some really good

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Speaker 2: moves at the moment. She's decisive and I think that

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Speaker 2: territories and people at Port Darne should really have a

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Speaker 2: look at who their candidates are to make sure they

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Speaker 2: can represent their interests well.

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Speaker 1: Brian Manning, just in time, two seconds over. Good to

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Speaker 1: speak with you this morning. I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie. Thank you to be up in the morning

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Speaker 2: if people want to see me too today at twelve o'clock.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. Brian Matting, the Labor Party candidate for Port Darwin,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, Thanks