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Speaker 1: Joining me live on the line right now is Matthew Salter,

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Speaker 1: another independent. Good morning to you, Matthew.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning listeners.

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Speaker 1: Now, Matthew, we've got seven minutes. Are you ready to

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Speaker 1: get started?

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Speaker 2: I am.

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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 Goida.

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Speaker 2: I decided to run for Goida because I've been on

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Speaker 2: council for ten years and some of the issues that

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Speaker 2: had come up I'd seen before, and I've seen them before,

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Speaker 2: and I thought the only way I'm going to get

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Speaker 2: to the bottom of these is by moving into the

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Speaker 2: state legislation.

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Speaker 1: Now, what do you see? I'll ask another question first,

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

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Speaker 1: role based on your previous experience in the community and

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Speaker 1: through the other work that you do.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I've been doing stuff on council for ten years

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Speaker 2: and there's people who will know of my exploits in

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Speaker 2: the area. Initially came up regarding fairway sorry Nunamar Ridge here,

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Speaker 2: and I was teaching it to amendment. I'm a school teacher.

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Speaker 2: I've been teaching for twenty years and I listened to

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Speaker 2: what the people were saying. I decided that we should

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Speaker 2: put a petition together. We got three hundred signatures and

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Speaker 2: the developer had to revise his plans on what he

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Speaker 2: was supposing at Nunamar Ridge. Another instance is at Fred's Past.

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Speaker 2: This was just last year. The funding was less than

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Speaker 2: what it was the previous years. So I got together

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Speaker 2: with the community groups that treads passes twenty three voluntary

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Speaker 2: organizations there and it's a voluntary board. It's just such

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Speaker 2: a fantastic heart of our community and I thought these

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Speaker 2: guys need to have some representation. And what happens is

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Speaker 2: the Litchfield Council unfortunately haven't got the funding that is

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Speaker 2: necessary to be able to look after that area. So

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Speaker 2: I need to step up. I need to make sure

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Speaker 2: that it's a regional community. People are coming from everywhere

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Speaker 2: to use that, including Palmerston. So that's the reason that

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Speaker 2: I that's the reason that I thought i'd put my

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Speaker 2: hand up.

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Speaker 1: Now someone's called in and wondered, what are your achievements

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Speaker 1: or what would you say are your achievements that they've

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Speaker 1: been on Lichfield Council.

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Speaker 2: Okay in twenty twelve when I first started there, Russell

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Speaker 2: Anderson is a wonderful CEO. And I said to him,

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Speaker 2: because I just finished doing some work at Camulda College,

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Speaker 2: I helped negotiate I've to help negotiate the ABA there

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Speaker 2: and I said, I think the staff should have a

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Speaker 2: choice to see whether they want to have a uniform.

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Speaker 2: So and everyone looked at me and said, in the

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Speaker 2: rural area, now I'm going to want a uniform. But

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Speaker 2: people like not having to choose what they wear in

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Speaker 2: the morning. And we handed it over to the stuff

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Speaker 2: so they could actually choose what sort of outfits were available.

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Speaker 2: And that was very early and people liked to have

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Speaker 2: a bit of pride in the council. Another thing was

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Speaker 2: commercial rates. All rate players in Lichfield were paying a

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Speaker 2: flat rate that included shopping centers and everyone. So we

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Speaker 2: said that UCV for commercial users was a fair way

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Speaker 2: to go. So that substantially increased revenue. So there's just

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Speaker 2: two examples in most of this year.

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Speaker 1: Matthew, we're about three minutes thirty in. What do you

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Speaker 1: see as being the biggest issues.

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Speaker 2: In the trash Okay, Look, people are talking about crime.

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Speaker 2: We're blessed, we can't shut our eyes to crime, but

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Speaker 2: it's an issue that I think needs to be a

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Speaker 2: bipartisan approach. I'm a little bit shocked with the political

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Speaker 2: points scoring that happens in Parliament. I think we need

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Speaker 2: to get together. Too big an issue, so it's not

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Speaker 2: a biggie, it's the bigger one. And again if you

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Speaker 2: hit the nail on the head about these blocks, and

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Speaker 2: I've been banging on like a for the last month

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Speaker 2: and it's on my Facebook page about subdividing Humpy Dear.

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Speaker 2: Now it's a silly plan. There is land. Fraser Henry's

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Speaker 2: Block and Tony Hardwick have huge blocks up at Nunamar

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Speaker 2: where town water passes and they don't have to worry

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Speaker 2: about the little landowners that occupy the Arnhem Highway. There's

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Speaker 2: seven kilometers of four thousand meters blocks. Now, those four

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Speaker 2: thousand meter blocks aren't any good meat. In suburban blocks,

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Speaker 2: there's no bush. People live in the rural area for

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Speaker 2: a range of reasons. They like feeding the chilks, they

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Speaker 2: like feeding the horses, they like growing fruit and vegetables.

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Speaker 2: It's about feeding the stars at night. It's about enjoying

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Speaker 2: the peace and quiet and privacy. The rural area is

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Speaker 2: a great place to raise a family. A four thousand

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Speaker 2: meter block isn't big enough. Now let me finish by

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Speaker 2: saying this that Humpy Do area plan. The deadline is

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Speaker 2: Friday at four o'clock, so that's tomorrow afternoon. Should I

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Speaker 2: have done a petition? Yeah, I probably should have, but

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Speaker 2: I've certainly written a good question. The candidates have they

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Speaker 2: actually written to the planning department and objected to this.

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Speaker 1: A couple of them sound like they have. A couple

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Speaker 1: sound like they have. But hey, we've got just over

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Speaker 1: a minute left. I want to ask you we see

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Speaker 1: do you support the incorporation of Marachai into Lichfield Council boundaries?

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Speaker 2: N You know, it's a very expensive undertaking for us

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Speaker 2: to take over, well, for Litchfield Council to take over

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Speaker 2: a massive area, and the people of Marica are very independent.

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Speaker 2: You've got to talk to them. Yeah, they love their

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Speaker 2: matt right, Lichfield, Lichfield people love their area. Yeah, don't

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Speaker 2: want too much change.

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Speaker 1: Matthew. You're not trying to rush you along. But you've

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Speaker 1: got about thirty five seconds left. Why should people vote

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Speaker 1: for you?

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Speaker 2: People like certainty, people like experience, They like someone who

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Speaker 2: can listen. I've been doing this on the local council

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Speaker 2: for ten years, since two thousand and five, on twelve

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Speaker 2: different volunteer committee groups. That's twenty years of being part

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Speaker 2: of this rural community. And I've lived in downtown how

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Speaker 2: It Springs for thirty years of experiencing government of experience

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Speaker 2: and the rural issues. We need someone who can listen,

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Speaker 2: someone with passion, but most importantly, we need someone with

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Speaker 2: a strong rule that knows how to advocate in Parliament.

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Speaker 1: Well, Matthew Salter next night. I know everyone loves everyone

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Speaker 1: needs more time. Thank you so much for your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. I'm this morning, really appreciate it, mate.

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Speaker 2: Thank you