1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Please to say that. Joining me on the line this morning, 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: our final candidate, the Independent, Justine Davis. Good morning to you, Justine. 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 2: Hi Katie. How are you going? Yeah? 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: Really good. Lovely to have you on the show. Are 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: you ready to get started? We've got seven minutes. 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: Ay, sure, and let's do it. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: Justine? Why did you decide to put your hand up 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: to run in the seat of Johnston. 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 2: So I've lived here in Johnson and Milner for twenty 10 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: five years, raised my family here, run my small business 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: from here, and I love our community. But I'm really 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: worried about our future, and I know many many other 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: people are too that I know we deserve better, and 14 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: I know we can have better. Many people have approached 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 2: me to run over a long time, actually, and I've 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: thought about it hard. I didn't take that decision lightly. 17 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 2: I really love my job, but ultimately, my care and 18 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: love for this place and this community that I've been 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: part of for almost half my life, along with my 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: commitment to all of our future, told me that it 21 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: felt right to stand. And since we started the campaign, 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: the support for it has been really overwhelming. People want 23 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 2: someone to represent them from this community will stand up 24 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: for them, and I feel like we've got a huge 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 2: chance of making history now by having an independent represent 26 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: Johnson for the first time. 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: Now, why do you think you're the best person for 28 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: the role based on your previous experience in the community 29 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: and also through the work that you do. 30 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, So I think I've got a few answers to that. 31 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 2: So one is that my work has been I work 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: around justice and as a mediator and around conflicts, and 33 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: I've been doing that for more than thirty years, working 34 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 2: with police, with perpetrators of violence, with victims of crime, 35 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: with young people, with families, with businesses across the board. 36 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: And I've seen through that work that when people come 37 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: together with problems that feel overwhelming and insurmountable, they can 38 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: sort it out. So I feel like there's major issues 39 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: we're facing me And at the moment, one of the 40 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: things that I'm hearing on the doors is about community safety, 41 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: and I can talk a bit more about that. But 42 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 2: the other one across the board is that people don't 43 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: trust our current system. They are not happy with the 44 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: people who are representing them. They feel like they're not 45 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: listening to them, they're not working together the way they 46 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: should be to make decisions that are best for the community. 47 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: And I feel like my skill set is something that 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: can really enhance the way that we do politics here. 49 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: Imagine if our parliament, with our elected representatives working together 50 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: with the best information they have to make decisions about 51 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 2: what's best for the territory. And why isn't it like that? 52 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: That's not a very radical idea. So I really want 53 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 2: to see politics, the way we do politics change as 54 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: well as what happens happens with decisions that are made. 55 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: And I feel like I'm a person who will be 56 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: able to do that. 57 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: Justine, what do you see as being the biggest issues 58 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: in the electric based on the conversations that you are having. 59 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: So I've over the last few months, I've knocked on 60 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: every door in Johnston almost twice now and across the board. 61 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 2: As I said earlier, that every single person that I've 62 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 2: talked to once changed. I think I heard you say. 63 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: Only we know that there will be changed in this collection. 64 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: We want to make sure it's the right kind of change. 65 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: People are set up, but they're not giving up. They're ready, 66 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: They're ready for something different. They want an alternative, and 67 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: they're talking about their lack of trust and the lack 68 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: of accountability and integrity they see in our parent government. 69 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: So that's across the board. Obviously, community safety is a 70 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: really major issue. I really liked what I heard you 71 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 2: say earlier THO it's caving as well, that it's not 72 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: just it's not just community safety. Issues like housing and 73 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: health and jobs. They often get overshadowed when we talk 74 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: about community safety, and they're really strong and important issues 75 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: for people in the electric as well. And I think 76 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: it's really interesting when we talk about something like crime 77 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 2: and safety. People are not stupid, and they feel like 78 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: they're getting taken from mugs by the major parties. They 79 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: know that sending kids to prison does not work. They 80 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: know they don't want what's happening at the moment to 81 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: keep happening. They want it to change. And I know 82 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: from the work that I've done before that we can 83 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: do things better and we can do things differently, and 84 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: we could start that tomorrow. There's long term problems and 85 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: everyone knows that which needs long term solutions, but there 86 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: are also things we can do right now to make 87 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 2: the community safer for everyone. And the thirdish, I guess 88 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 2: the issue that's coming up is to do with cost 89 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 2: of living pressures. And people feeling like it's getting hard 90 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 2: and harder to live here and they want to see 91 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: that address. They want a strong economic plan that puts 92 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: the territory and puts people first. 93 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: Justine, Saint Vinnie's, it's something that's been raised with us 94 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: by people in the electorate of Johnston and other electorates. 95 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: Is it something that you support the moving of Saint 96 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: Vinnie's from Stuart Park into what can I grows. 97 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I think that we know that we need 98 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: these services, and we need them in the right places, 99 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: but we also need to make sure that the community 100 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: feels safe and confident with it, and so we need 101 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: to be able to work with the community and the 102 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 2: people who live nearby who are worried about what that 103 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: might mean for them, so to make sure that they 104 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: are safe as well as the people who are going 105 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 2: to be using the service. And I think that's something 106 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: that should be possible. 107 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: Justine, about two minutes to go. In terms of you 108 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: live in the Electric you just said you've lived there 109 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: for thirty years, don't you. 110 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, I've lived in the Honor for twenty five years. Yeah. 111 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: And in terms of gas, do you support the development 112 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: of gas specifically on shore. 113 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 2: Well as an independent candidate, what I want to support 114 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: is policies that make sense for our economy and protect 115 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: our health and future. When I'm doing looking, lots of 116 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 2: people tell me they're really worried about fracking. They're worried 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 2: about the impact on their healthorried about new pap on 118 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: the MT and they want to know for sure that 119 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: on shore gas development won't harm our health, white poison 120 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 2: our water, won't increase emissions, will make sure that their 121 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 2: children and grandchildren are safe. And what we know right 122 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 2: now is that both major parties are pushing your head 123 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 2: with on shore gas industry. We know the government's not 124 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 2: following the recommendations of their own inquiry. And I think 125 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 2: we really need to put the territory's economy and energy 126 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 2: needs before the interest of big foreign companies who stand 127 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 2: to gain so much while we risk so much. And 128 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 2: my answer is that we so excuse me. We need 129 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: to focus on generating safe and sustainable energy before making 130 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 2: deals with overseas companies. We need to make sure whatever 131 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: we do here is benefiting the territory first and is 132 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 2: keeping us safe and answering those questions before we do 133 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: anything else. 134 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: Justin just under a minute to go very quickly. Have 135 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: you decided on preferences yet? Well? 136 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 2: As an independent, we believe in listening to people and 137 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: trusting them, not telling them what to do. So we'll 138 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 2: be asking people to for whoever they feel it's most 139 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 2: aligned with their values and will represent the interests best. 140 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: And I think, as one of your previous speakers, that 141 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: it's really important people know you decide who you preference. 142 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 2: If you're not a party, it's not a person, it's 143 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: your choice. So make sure you exercise your right to 144 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: have that choice when you're at the ballot. 145 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: Box, justin very quick fifteen seconds or twenty seconds. Why 146 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: should people vote for you? 147 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: I'm from this community, I love this community. I've got 148 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: the experience and skills to make a difference. I believe 149 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: that change is possible and that we can make the 150 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: territory of the place and John's in the place that 151 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 2: we all deserve it to be. Well. 152 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: Justine Davis, the Independent running for the seat of Johnston, 153 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: really appreciate your time this morning. Thanks so much for 154 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: having a. 155 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: Chat with us. Thank you, Katie, thank you you too.