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Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line is Andrew Mackay, who

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Speaker 1: is indeed running for the COLP. Good morning to you, Andrew.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Sorry, mate, I think we pronounced your name wrong before.

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Speaker 1: It's Mackay, like Crystal's hometown in Queensland.

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Speaker 2: Yep, Mackay the lower case. Okay, so i'd not important.

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Speaker 1: Good on you, mate, all right, seven minutes. You're ready

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Speaker 1: to get started.

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Speaker 2: Yep, let's do it all right.

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

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Speaker 2: Well, Katie, I've always liked them motto that the standard

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Speaker 2: you walk past is the standard you accept. That's why

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Speaker 2: originally I got involved with Litchfield Council. That's why I

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Speaker 2: got involved with Scouts NT when they're going through some

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Speaker 2: financial issues, and that's why I put my hand up

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Speaker 2: to run for the seat of Goiter. I'm sick of

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Speaker 2: seeing the Labor government neglect the rural area, ignoring the issues,

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Speaker 2: and watching our quality of life slip away.

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Speaker 1: Now, why do you think that you're the best person

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Speaker 1: for the role based on your previous experience in the

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Speaker 1: community or through the work that you do.

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Speaker 2: Who you Listeners will know the rural area has a

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Speaker 2: very unique way of life and I believe it takes

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Speaker 2: a local to fight for it. I've lived in the

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Speaker 2: rural area for most of my life. This is my home.

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Speaker 2: I went to Ti Midman, I went to Green Primary School,

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Speaker 2: I headed down south to Uni and then I came

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Speaker 2: back because this is the best place to live in

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Speaker 2: the country, if not the world, and I want to

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Speaker 2: keep it that way. I'm invested in making sure the

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Speaker 2: rule area isn't forgotten about and to make sure that

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Speaker 2: we get our fair share.

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Speaker 1: What do you see as being the biggest issues in

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Speaker 1: the electros say over.

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Speaker 2: The last couple of months and well my entire life

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Speaker 2: living here. I've been talking to people all over the electorate,

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Speaker 2: from Fellows Road and Howard Springs, the Stevens Roads out

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Speaker 2: in Marraki to Monk Road and Acasia, and the issue,

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Speaker 2: time and time again is people are concerned about crime,

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Speaker 2: and especially crime coming to the rural area. I'll give

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Speaker 2: you a quick example. Just two days ago, I was

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Speaker 2: talking to a bloke named Mark who's lived in Humpty

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Speaker 2: Dow for twenty five years now. For the first time

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Speaker 2: this year, he went out and bought a padlock for

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Speaker 2: his gate. He previously he'd leave his house unlocked, he'd

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Speaker 2: leave his gate unlocked, and he had no concerns, And

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Speaker 2: now he's worried someone's going to come and steal his car.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's just not good enough. We deserve better.

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Speaker 2: People should feel safe. And I'm just watching this, this

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Speaker 2: change happen in front of my eyes.

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Speaker 1: Now asking all the candidates do you live in the electorate?

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Speaker 1: It sounds like you.

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Speaker 2: Do absolutely, Katie. I grew up just north of the

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Speaker 2: Arnham Highway and I now live in Humpty Doo with

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Speaker 2: my beautiful partner mel. I hope she's listening just south

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Speaker 2: of the Arnham Highway.

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Speaker 1: Now we've got a few listener questions to get through.

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Speaker 1: One from Jerry Wood I liked calling the godfather of

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Speaker 1: the rural area. Now he wants to know do our

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Speaker 1: candidates support the five hundred large suburban blocks those blocks

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Speaker 1: shown in the final draft of the Humpty do Activity

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Speaker 1: Center as proposed by the Planning Commission, And do you

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Speaker 1: think that this many large suburban blocks will affect negatively

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Speaker 2: I've known Jerry for a number of years and I

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Speaker 2: was actually on the Scouts board with him. For a

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Speaker 2: there's already very small block. Now, I don't support having

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Speaker 2: local existing residents, will be sustainable. And there's no forcing

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Speaker 2: people to subdivide, and that's something that some people have

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Speaker 2: some misconceptions about. We're never going to force somebody to

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Speaker 2: subdivide their block unless they want to, and we're not

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Speaker 2: and the services to support them. All right.

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Speaker 1: Another listener question, do you support the incorporation of Marachai

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Speaker 2: Well as a representative on Lichfield Council. Up until a

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Speaker 2: that there is no point putting Marica into a council

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Speaker 2: that cannot provide any services for that area. It makes

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Speaker 2: no sense to me. They bought out there with a

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Speaker 2: only a silp government has committed to keeping our Litchfield,

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Speaker 1: Now, Andrew, we're only at about three minutes thirty. You're

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Speaker 1: powering through the questions mate, based on the issue, based

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Speaker 1: on the issues that we've discussed. And you know, looking

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Speaker 1: at some of those concerns that you said locals have

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Speaker 1: got out in the electrode, why why do you think

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Speaker 1: you're the best person to get through those issues.

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Speaker 2: Well, people that know me, they know that I don't

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Speaker 2: mince my words. I'm happy to call a state of

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Speaker 2: spades sometimes. And if we want to tackle the issues,

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Speaker 2: we first need to acknowledge that there's an issue. And

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Speaker 2: that's something that Labor government has changed their mind on

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Speaker 2: of a sudden they're acknowledging there is a problem. But

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Speaker 2: everyone out here knows that there is a problem and

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Speaker 2: we need to tackle it. And that's why I'm part

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Speaker 2: of the seald team that has a plan to actually

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Speaker 2: address address the root causes as well as to make

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Speaker 2: sure that violent offenders are kept off the streets and

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Speaker 2: that people can feel safe.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, that issue of crime is a big one right

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Speaker 1: across all of the different electorates. I mean, is there

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Speaker 1: other issues out there in the rural area, particularly in

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Speaker 2: So one common one that comes up is road safety,

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Speaker 2: and especially with our major intersection, something I've been advocating

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Speaker 2: within council for for a number of years now, in

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Speaker 2: particular with the Fred's pass Road intersection on the Artem Highway. Now,

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Speaker 2: when I went to school at to MIDMN, nearly every

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Speaker 2: to be at the boxing Croc. And that's something that

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Speaker 2: the Labor government has ignored year after year. We are

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Speaker 2: when are we going to do something about this intersection?

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Speaker 2: And they told us not for another ten years. And

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's good enough. So one thing I'm

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Speaker 2: just fixing that intersection and other problematic intersections to keep

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Speaker 2: driving to and from school is a major concern of mine.

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Speaker 2: And the other issue that people have been raising constantly,

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Speaker 2: we need more funding. We need to look at you know,

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Speaker 2: what other options are there in terms of potent new

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Speaker 2: these things, because we can't wait until where all our

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Speaker 2: schools are full before you start planning for them.

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Speaker 1: All right, you've got about a minute twenty to go.

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Speaker 1: Why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: I think people should vote for me because I'm a local.

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Speaker 2: I am someone who's invested in this community. This is

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Speaker 2: my community that I'm running for. Somebody with a proven

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Speaker 2: track reate good of delivering for the rural area on council.

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Speaker 2: Somebody with a proven track rec good of high quality

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Speaker 2: data analysis, which is, as you know, decisions are best

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Speaker 2: made when you look at the data, you look at

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Speaker 2: the outputs, and you can sit down and see the

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Speaker 2: full picture. Some and sorry, you're right, And people, I

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Speaker 2: think are looking for somebody out here who's honest, they

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Speaker 2: have integrity, and they're willing to fight for the rural area.

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Speaker 2: And only a CLP government which I will be a

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Speaker 2: part of, will be able to deliver for the rural

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Speaker 2: area to ensure that we have our fair share.

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Speaker 1: All right, seconds to go anything else you can to

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Speaker 1: let the listeners know about.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you've just raised it before. But as everyone knows,

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Speaker 2: the electoral role closes at five pm tomorrow. If people

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Speaker 2: want to see change, they need to make sure that

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Speaker 2: they update their enrollment, enrolled the vote for the first

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Speaker 2: time if you haven't, it's never too late, and vote

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Speaker 2: for a CLP government in August. If they want to

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Speaker 2: see change. We can't keep going this way.

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Speaker 1: Katie, Well, thank you very much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: Andrew really appreciate it, and you came in about four

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Speaker 1: seconds under time. Good on your mate.

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Speaker 2: No worries, Katie, how a lot we go you too,