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Katie Woolf spoke with candidate for Palmerston Mayor Raj Samson Rajwin · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And well, our final candidate joins me in the studio
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  Speaker 1: right now. Good morning to you, Raj Sampson, Raj went,
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Raj, good morning. Thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: your time. Now are you thanks for having us here? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: no problem at all. Are you ready to get started? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: all right, let's do it now, Raj? What job were
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  Speaker 1: you in before deciding to put your hand up for
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  Speaker 1: this election?
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  Speaker 2: Look, I got a little bit stuck up because of
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  Speaker 2: Corona lockdowns. Otherwise, I'm running a medical center in India.
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  Speaker 2: I'm running a consultancy company here where I'm helping a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people, and I've got investment in some businesses,
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  Speaker 2: so it's working all right. So right now, the thing
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  Speaker 2: is how council has been going. And I know that
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  Speaker 2: I've been running for elections or I have keen interest
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  Speaker 2: in politics, and how council has been running in Palmerston
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  Speaker 2: and because of people support from local people. Yes, I
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  Speaker 2: put my hand up.
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  Speaker 1: So that's why I decided to put your hand up
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  Speaker 1: for the election. Yes, Now, how long have you lived
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  Speaker 1: in Palmiston locally?
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't matter how long I lived, because this question
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  Speaker 2: comes again and again. I've been connected to Darwin and
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  Speaker 2: Palmerston is not too far. You know, we will live
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  Speaker 2: in Northern Territory. When we live in Darwin, we are
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  Speaker 2: living in Palmerston. When we are living in Parmason, we're
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  Speaker 2: living in Darwin. So they are all connected. I've been
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  Speaker 2: I will say, not officially or not legally, but otherwise
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  Speaker 2: I've been living in palmersonal form the last ten years.
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  Speaker 1: So you do live in Palmiston at the moment. At
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  Speaker 1: the moment, yes, And what do you see as being
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  Speaker 1: the big issues in Palmiston right now?
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  Speaker 2: Big issue right now is that crime. Now, this is
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  Speaker 2: not a local issue, but local government, local people. We
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  Speaker 2: don't cease to become citizen. If we are thinking of people,
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  Speaker 2: we should be thinking of this issue which we cannot ignore.
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  Speaker 2: This comes in front of our eyes without saying, without
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  Speaker 2: even without anything, so we can take we can use
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  Speaker 2: community participation, which I would have shown, but unfortunately came
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  Speaker 2: in lockdown. I could have I was about to meet
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  Speaker 2: the so called criminals or convicted people or on bailroad,
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  Speaker 2: whether we were supposed to have a meeting, and I
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  Speaker 2: would have shown a trailer in a real time that
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  Speaker 2: were how I will solve this matter? And I only
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  Speaker 2: can solve these counselors, mayors, CEO has been there for
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  Speaker 2: a long time. They have been, they have been, they
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  Speaker 2: have been nearly they have been nearly good. So no
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  Speaker 2: doubt in that, and I got great admiration for all
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  Speaker 2: all of them. But this is a situation, very difficult
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  Speaker 2: situation not every individual can handle. I have a track
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  Speaker 2: record of being a leader of doctors in India so
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  Speaker 2: that that human thing, that inherent capacity doesn't go away.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't matter if I in Australia, America, England, anywhere,
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  Speaker 2: that capacity will be there. I can use that capacity
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  Speaker 2: and solve this matter far far better. But other things
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  Speaker 2: which I help, which I do support, is that I
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  Speaker 2: will fast. I call these major projects like infraterstructure one
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  Speaker 2: one to two million dollar footpath upgrade which should be
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  Speaker 2: should be okay for roller blades, YEP and disabled access.
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  Speaker 2: We need improve lights, dog parks should be better. I
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  Speaker 2: would like to invest in renewable energy, stormwater storage and
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  Speaker 2: solar panels. This has already been going on, but it
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  Speaker 2: hasn't been that effective as we can make it. I
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  Speaker 2: would like to invest waste management strategies. I would like
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  Speaker 2: to invest two to three million dollars in that where
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  Speaker 2: we can support recycling, use innovation here to improve the outcome.
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  Speaker 2: I want to reduce the ongoing expenses which are already there.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, I will improve infrastructure which can cost up
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  Speaker 2: to five hundred thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 1: Ras You've only got about thirty seconds left. Why should
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  Speaker 1: people vote for you?
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm a different person. I've got different vision, different personality,
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  Speaker 2: different strategy that will work this time. This is a
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  Speaker 2: difficult time. Vote and support me, Raj Samson. Raji in
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  Speaker 2: bot one if not one, two or three, don't follow
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  Speaker 2: their how to vote card because they're putting in number two,
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  Speaker 2: they are teamed up against me.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Raji, didn't you only four seconds left? Good on you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so very much for your time this morning, Raj,
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  Speaker 1: and thank you that was your final candidate there for
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  Speaker 1: the Palmerston Mayor's role. Raj Samson. Rajan