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Speaker 1: Well up here in the top end. We've obviously been

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Speaker 1: speaking a lot about the upcoming Nightcliff by election, and

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Speaker 1: the first of the candidates to be revealed is Suki

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Speaker 1: Doris Walker for the Greens, and she joins me on

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Speaker 1: the line right now. Good morning to you, Suki.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning to you.

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Speaker 1: Listenith Now, Suki, I had a bit of a laugh

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Speaker 1: the other day or I said on air, well, I

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Speaker 1: reckon that Suki should run. I reckon that Ed Smelt

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Speaker 1: should run. And then we heard that the CLP might

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Speaker 1: be running al Fanning. We'll wait in here. But you

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Speaker 1: guys are all regulars at park running Nightcliff.

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Speaker 2: That's very true, very true, all.

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Speaker 1: The runners having a crack which I laugh, true rate

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Speaker 1: exactly exactly.

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Speaker 2: My best time at park run last Saturday.

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Speaker 1: So got a peeb I love that. Now, Suki, you

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Speaker 1: have worked closely, of course with Kat macnamara when she

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Speaker 1: got elected. Were you surprised when you learned that she

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Speaker 1: was going to resign?

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm really proud of Kat and all they've done,

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Speaker 2: and I really wish them all the best. And it's

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Speaker 2: really important to put health and health first. If things

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Speaker 2: aren't working so I really wish Cat all the best, and.

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Speaker 1: How is she going at the moment in terms of

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Speaker 1: those health battles.

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Speaker 2: Look, I won't speak for Cat, but I'm just so

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Speaker 2: grateful for what Cat has done in the community. And

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Speaker 2: what's been so heartwarming is seeing what the reactions from

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Speaker 2: the Nightcliff's, Rapid Creek and Coconut Grove communities just showing

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Speaker 2: their appreciation for the things that Cat has done.

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Speaker 1: So Gi, There's been a lot of discussion about the

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Speaker 1: cut and thrust of politics, how difficult and confronting it

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Speaker 1: can be. Are you prepared for that?

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Speaker 2: Look, anyone who knows me, Katie, knows that I have

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Speaker 2: endless energy. I'm extremely committed and I've just I'm really

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Speaker 2: ready to represent the people of Nightcliff and I'm very

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Speaker 2: committed this to changing politics in the territory.

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Speaker 1: Why did you decide to put your hand up? I

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Speaker 1: know that you came very close there in Fanny Bay

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Speaker 1: in the general election in twenty twenty four. How come

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Speaker 1: you've decided to put your hand up and have a

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Speaker 1: crack at Nightcliff.

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Speaker 2: Look, election or no election. I spend every spare moment

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Speaker 2: of my time working with this community on the issues

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Speaker 2: we care about. I absolutely love talking to people and

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Speaker 2: working together politics and trying to do what I can

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Speaker 2: to make this community even better than what it already is.

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Speaker 1: And what do you think are going to be really

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Speaker 1: some of the main issues. What are people saying to

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Speaker 1: you you know that they're going to be going for

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Speaker 1: I guess at this by election.

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Speaker 2: Look, I think a lot of people really want to

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Speaker 2: have community safety as one of their key concerns, and

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Speaker 2: I'm really committed to advocating for safe and thriving communities

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Speaker 2: for everyone. A lot of people want to see someone

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Speaker 2: in there like Kat has done, holding labor and corp accountable,

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Speaker 2: and they want to see people advocating for things that

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Speaker 2: really affect the community. In Nightcliff, affordable housing is a

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Speaker 2: really big issue. So those are issues that I'm really

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Speaker 2: excited to be advocating for.

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Speaker 1: So some people listening might be thinking the Greens member,

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Speaker 1: the former Greens member Cat has resigned and this by

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Speaker 1: election is going to cost around one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars, is what's been touted to me. The former

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Speaker 1: members going to be paid four months as per parliamentary entitlements,

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Speaker 1: and it's going to cost anywhere, you know, around thirty

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars to refit the office. They might be thinking,

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Speaker 1: why would I vote for the same party which has

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Speaker 1: caused this unnecessary cost. What would you say to them?

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Speaker 2: First? They say Cat has resigned for health reasons and

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Speaker 2: this is the process that happens after any vacancy. And

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Speaker 2: as for me as an individual, people, as I said,

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Speaker 2: know me as someone who is very present in my community,

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Speaker 2: who has a lot of energy, drive, passion and commitment

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Speaker 2: to my community. And I think my showing in the

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Speaker 2: last election, you know, I do not that electorate. I

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Speaker 2: wore my hole through my shoes, you know, I do

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Speaker 2: not that electorate almost four times. And I just found

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Speaker 2: it such a privilege to have the opportunity to speak

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Speaker 2: to people about the issues affecting them. And the sort

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Speaker 2: of campaign that I run and the sort of way

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Speaker 2: that I connect with people is about crossing the political

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Speaker 2: divide and changing politics through the connections that we make.

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Speaker 2: And so I think I've proved in the past that

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Speaker 2: I absolutely have the drive to do this and the commitment.

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Speaker 1: Soji, do you think the Greens can get up again?

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Speaker 1: Given that we saw Katwin on preferences.

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Speaker 2: Like Cliff last election sent a very clear message that

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Speaker 2: they want to see people do politics differently. We saw

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Speaker 2: huge swings to the Greens in Fanny Bay and in Braitlan.

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Speaker 2: We've seen a Greens mayor in Alice Springs, greensendors mayor

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Speaker 2: and Alice Springs, and so I think we do see

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Speaker 2: that there is this real opportunity. People see a real

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Speaker 2: opportunity for change here in the territory and absolutely I

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Speaker 2: think the people of Nightcliffe are very ready to vote

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Speaker 2: again for that change.

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Speaker 1: Well, Suki, I really appreciate your time this morning, and look,

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Speaker 1: I wish you anybody who decides to put their hand

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Speaker 1: up all the very best of luck and I'll probably

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Speaker 1: see it park run in Nightcliff on the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I look forward to it. Katie, you much,

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Speaker 2: have a good day. Thank you,