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Katie Woolf spoke with candidate for Katherine Mayor Matthew James Hurley · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is our first candidate,
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  Speaker 1: Matthew Hurley. Good morning to you, Matthew.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning mate.
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  Speaker 1: Are you ready to get started? I am. Let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a few minutes now. What job were you
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  Speaker 1: in before deciding to put your hand up for the
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  Speaker 1: Mayor of Catherine's role.
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  Speaker 2: I'm actually and on the current counsel. I'm a counselor
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  Speaker 2: on the current counsel.
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  Speaker 1: And how long have you lived in Catherine nine years?
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  Speaker 1: Nine years? And why did you put your hand up
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  Speaker 1: to run for me?
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  Speaker 2: I've been in counsel in the last four years. I
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  Speaker 2: can see the negative side of things of what we're
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  Speaker 2: doing role, what we did wrong. I want to work
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  Speaker 2: harder for my community and to make them a break,
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  Speaker 2: to make them happy with that. Coundl what do.
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  Speaker 1: You see as being the big issues for Catherine at the.
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  Speaker 2: Moment, housing and rate.
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  Speaker 1: And taking those issues into account. Why do you feel
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  Speaker 1: that you're the best place to work with the community
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  Speaker 1: to try and fix them.
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  Speaker 2: I've always been a very social person, very talking about
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  Speaker 2: jail well with my with my team and with the community.
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  Speaker 2: And I already made a few government contacts doing my role.
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  Speaker 2: That I'm currently in so I feel that will help
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  Speaker 2: me get get the job done.
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  Speaker 1: And Matthew, why do you reckon people should vote for you.
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  Speaker 2: Because I've failed the account and need the people person
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  Speaker 2: in there. Someone's going to lead them into the next
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  Speaker 2: the next few years like eight years even or whatever
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  Speaker 2: someone and need fresh body in there to guide them along.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be in the long haul and that's
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  Speaker 2: going to have people confidant with their counsel.
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  Speaker 1: You've got a little bit of time left. Is there
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  Speaker 1: anything else you'd like to add, Matthew.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, no one. Matthew Hurley, good on you.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew all the best, mate, Thanks so much for your
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  Speaker 1: time this morning. Thank you, ma'am, thank you. That was
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  Speaker 1: Matthew James Hurley there, one of the candidates who put
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  Speaker 1: their hand up for the mayor position.