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Katie Woolf spoke with candidate for Darwin Lord Mayor Gary John Haslett · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And joining us on the line now is our next candidate,
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  Speaker 1: Gary Hazlitt. Good morning to you, Gary.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you very well?
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  Speaker 2: Now?
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  Speaker 1: Gary, you've got five minutes to answer the questions which Max,
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  Speaker 1: my producer, has provided to you, and alarm will go
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  Speaker 1: off once we get to that five minute mark. Are
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  Speaker 1: you ready?
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  Speaker 2: I'm ready?
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  Speaker 1: All right? Gary? Now what job were you in before
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  Speaker 1: putting your hand up for this election?
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  Speaker 2: So I teach filmmaking other subjects at Parmers and High
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  Speaker 2: School and I'm also beyond the council as an Ornerment
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  Speaker 2: has put that host wealth.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how long have you lived in Darwin.
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  Speaker 2: I moved to Darwin from Athelade in nineteen sixty six,
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  Speaker 2: so I've been here over fifty five years.
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  Speaker 1: And Gary, why did you put your hand up to
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  Speaker 1: run for the mayor's job.
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  Speaker 2: I have the education, experience, integrity to be the best
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  Speaker 2: or man for Darwin at the moment. I originally became
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  Speaker 2: interested in council back in the nineties when I worked
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  Speaker 2: at the ABC and the council is going to bring
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  Speaker 2: in parking minutes. Well, I lost that battle, but it
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  Speaker 2: got me started on this path. Yeah, that's where it
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  Speaker 2: all started.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what do you see as being the big issues
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  Speaker 1: in Darwin?
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  Speaker 2: The biggest is is the CHRISTI of the public, mistrusted council.
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  Speaker 2: We need a more inclusive, more transparent and accounting process
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  Speaker 2: of decision making. The way to do this is a
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  Speaker 2: committee system. The committee system meetings are open to the
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  Speaker 2: public and the minutes are published. Once you have good
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  Speaker 2: governance and accountability of administrations, can tackle the other issues
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  Speaker 2: like budget in sensitivity to provide the best services, in
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  Speaker 2: access from that ridiculous brave heights, helping make go and
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  Speaker 2: clean Green safe.
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  Speaker 1: Now taking those issues into account, why do you feel
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  Speaker 1: that your best place to work with the community to
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  Speaker 1: fix them.
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  Speaker 2: It's really simple. I'm the best place because I know
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  Speaker 2: how to work in a team as part of a team.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not a superstar.
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  Speaker 1: Now, why should people vote for you?
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  Speaker 2: People should vote for me because they can trust me.
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  Speaker 2: It's the simple as that. That is my main point
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  Speaker 2: of difference.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Gary, you've still got a bit of time left.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything else that you would like to add?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, look, I'd like to give a shout out to
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  Speaker 2: some of the other candidates in the other awards. I'm
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  Speaker 2: working closely with some new people, particularly Adam Toyne in
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  Speaker 2: Lynes Ward and Jeff Ferreller and Chan Ward and Raji
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  Speaker 2: Tiel in Richardson Woard. We need to see some new
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  Speaker 2: faces on council and these people I've identified as being
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  Speaker 2: those people that should be supported, and I'm supporting them
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  Speaker 2: and they're supporting me.
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  Speaker 1: And Gary, I guess taking that into account of have
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  Speaker 1: you got any preference deals or or is there an
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  Speaker 1: ability to do anything like that?
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  Speaker 2: There's not really easy. Well no, well I've handed out,
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  Speaker 2: I'm handing out. I had a boat card in each
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  Speaker 2: of the wards and in those other wards where I'm
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  Speaker 2: not an ornerman, that I will put on there what
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  Speaker 2: my preference does all the other orderments to let people
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  Speaker 2: know how I rate the other candidates.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Gary, I really appreciate your time this morning. Is
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  Speaker 1: there anything else you'd like to quickly add?
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  Speaker 2: No, I think going to be very interesting to see
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  Speaker 2: the outcome. And I would say to stop the scepticon
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  Speaker 2: all right, well a transformer. I feel it's a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a transformer now.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Gary Haslett, I really appreciate your time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Mate, all the best, Thanks, had a good day you.
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  Speaker 1: Too, Thank you. That is Gary haslet there the second
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  Speaker 1: candidate for us to catch up, who has put his
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  Speaker 1: hand up for the mayor's job.