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Speaker 1: We are continuing the discussions with the well with the

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Speaker 1: Territorians who've put their hand up to be the Darwin mayor.

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Speaker 1: Now we've got thirteen people who've put their hand up,

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Speaker 1: trying our best to get through. Everybody joining us on

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Speaker 1: the line right now is Julie Fraser, one of the candidates.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Julie.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good now? Julie, You've got six minutes and

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Speaker 1: a number of questions to get through. Are you ready?

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Speaker 2: I'm ready, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Let's do it. Julie. Why did you decide to put

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Speaker 1: your hand up to be mayor?

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Speaker 2: Katie? I've worked for a long time in the Northern

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Speaker 2: Territory as a teacher, nurse, midwife and social researcher, and

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Speaker 2: I just felt it was time for me to put

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Speaker 2: my hand up because I want to see change. I

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Speaker 2: want to see positive change the Darwin. I want to

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Speaker 2: maintain our livability and involve the community seriously in decision making.

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Speaker 1: Julie, what I mean you touched on a little bit there,

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Speaker 1: But what qualifications or work experience do you have which

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Speaker 1: you think make you best placed for the position.

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Speaker 2: So I have been committed to community service as a nurse,

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Speaker 2: midwife and a teacher. I have thirty years experience here

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Speaker 2: working in the Northern Territory. I've also worked for Menzie

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Speaker 2: School of Health Research, so i have a social research background.

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Speaker 2: I believe in an evidence base for why we do things,

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Speaker 2: and I've been involved in organizing in the workplace. I

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Speaker 2: understand the industrial relation system, the importance of our legal framework.

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Speaker 2: I'm very interested in best practice in governance and also

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Speaker 2: involving citizens in democratic processes. So I've been an organizer

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Speaker 2: for five years as well for two different unions.

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Speaker 1: Julie, what do you see as the most important issues

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Speaker 1: in Darwin right now?

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Speaker 2: Well, from what the key issues that I'm from, what

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Speaker 2: I'm talking about is that people I think there's a

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Speaker 2: lack of trust with government. This could be across different governments,

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Speaker 2: but they feel their voices aren't being heard. So I

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Speaker 2: feel there needs to be greater involvement of the community

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Speaker 2: in the decisions that impact them. There needs to be

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Speaker 2: greater transparency with that. So I feel from what people

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Speaker 2: have told me that these decisions have been made without them.

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Speaker 2: It's a top down approach and they feel excluded. Also,

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Speaker 2: safety is a concern that quite a lot of people

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Speaker 2: have been bringing up in the community as well, but

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Speaker 2: basic services as well, roads, rubbish rates, So these basic

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Speaker 2: services people want to see Darwin's amenity maintained. We're in

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Speaker 2: a beautiful tropical area. We've got an amazing habitat, we've got

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Speaker 2: an amazing lifestyle. They want to see that maintained.

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Speaker 1: Julie, you said safety. Do you mean like community safety?

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Speaker 2: Yes? I do believe community safety is an issue that

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Speaker 2: I will take seriously. That's what the community is telling

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Speaker 2: me in a range of ways. I'm happy to talk

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Speaker 2: about those.

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Speaker 1: We'll get through the questions first and then if we

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Speaker 1: get time, you'll be able to go back to it

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Speaker 1: if you like, just so we can get through them all.

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Speaker 1: What are the top three commitments for voters?

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Speaker 2: So my top three commitments would be around what I

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Speaker 2: was just saying, listening to the community, more transparency, real consultation,

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Speaker 2: and open decision making, so counsel should work with the people,

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Speaker 2: not over their heads. Future Proofing Darwin is my second one.

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Speaker 2: I think we need smart, sustainable infrastructure pro renewables where

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Speaker 2: it saves money and creates jobs, and I think there's

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Speaker 2: huge opportunities there. We're in a very solar rich environment

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Speaker 2: here and people are taking up solar across Australia, but

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Speaker 2: I think there's more opportunities here to support that in Darwin.

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Speaker 2: And I want development that grows the economy with what

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Speaker 2: without destroying what makes Darwin special. And the third one

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Speaker 2: would be supporting people, youth programs for safety and opportunity,

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Speaker 2: local businesses and First Nations partnerships the stronger communities.

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Speaker 1: Now, Julie, in terms of whether you've been a member

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Speaker 1: of a political party or if you are still a

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Speaker 1: member of a political party, what's the situation for.

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Speaker 2: You, I'm no longer a member of any political party.

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Speaker 2: Do you want my full history of political Well?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the question we've been asking is are

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Speaker 2: Okay, yes, I have been. I was in the Labor

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Speaker 2: Party and that was till about this time a year ago.

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Speaker 2: And the reason why I'm no longer is that I

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Speaker 2: lost faith in political parties to listen to the grassroots

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Speaker 2: and the Labor Party he no longer wanted me as

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Speaker 2: a member, and that was because I was raising my

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Speaker 2: concerns as a grassroots member.

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Speaker 1: Oh right, yeah, So did you decide to step away

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Speaker 1: or did they kick you out.

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Speaker 2: I didn't decide to step away. Yes, I was told

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Speaker 2: you were no longer a member. There was quite a

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Speaker 2: few people who lost their membership around that time. Some

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Speaker 2: people were supporting community independence for small donations and they

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Speaker 2: were expelled. That was not the reason why I was expelled,

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Speaker 2: because I was bringing up my concern and to the

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Speaker 2: party and to the government. Partly is my role, my

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Speaker 2: working role, and I don't think they wanted to listen

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Speaker 2: to my message. So I'm no longer a member.

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Speaker 1: Julie, you mentioned before about the community's safety. We've still

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Speaker 1: got about forty seconds left. Is that something you want

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Speaker 2: Yes, Look, I think that community community justice programs are

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Speaker 2: really working in some areas. For example, Group Ireland, they've

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Speaker 2: had a substantial reduction in offending by putting in culturally

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Speaker 2: appropriate community led programs and they're using restorative justice and

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Speaker 2: healing models with effective support and infrastructure. So I would

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Speaker 2: be really interested in these types of models because we

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Speaker 2: want short term, medium term and long term solutions to safety.

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Speaker 2: We need the community with us. We need Larakia organizations

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Speaker 2: and other First Nations groups involved in these decisions. We

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Speaker 2: want governments at different levels involved in supporting these programs.

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Speaker 1: Julie, we have run out of time. I do just

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Speaker 1: want to ask really quickly around preferences, where will your

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Speaker 1: preferences flow?

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Speaker 2: So my preferences, I will not be supporting the current mayor,

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Speaker 2: so my preferences are flowing away from him people who

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Speaker 2: said that they were supporting him. My preference preferences are

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Speaker 2: showing that. So I would not support the current leaders

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Speaker 2: leadership and in that's for the mayor and for chan.

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Speaker 2: I'm basically supporting women in the chan ward and I'd

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Speaker 2: like to see some fresh faces in the chan ward.

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Speaker 2: And that's how that's what my preferences reflect there.

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Speaker 1: Well, Julie Fraser, candidate for Mayor, really appreciate your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. Thanks so much for joining us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for having me Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Julie