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Katie Woolf spoke with candidate for Palmerston Mayor Ryan Pettifer · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Joining us in the studio right now is Ryan Petipher.
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  Speaker 2: Is that how I pronounce it? Ryan?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's it.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for coming in this morning. Mate. Are
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  Speaker 2: you ready to get started? Yeah, let's get cracked. All right,
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  Speaker 2: let's do it now.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan. What job were you in before deciding to put
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  Speaker 1: your hand up for the election.
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  Speaker 3: I'm still in it. I'm an electrician. I was doing
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  Speaker 3: night shifts this week, so I was able to get
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  Speaker 3: in there today.
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  Speaker 2: Good stuff. Now, how long have you lived in Palmerston?
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  Speaker 3: For five years?
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  Speaker 1: And why did you put your hand up to run
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  Speaker 1: for the mayor's job?
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  Speaker 3: Because in twenty eighteen, I was part of the Palmerston
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  Speaker 3: Community Plan. I was a bit of a mediator between
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  Speaker 3: two distinct groups in there, and I thought I should
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  Speaker 3: just have a crack at the full time. And now
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing what I said I was going to do.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what do you see as being the big issues
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  Speaker 1: in Palmerston at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of them are, you know, they're sort of
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  Speaker 3: put under the ruggers too hard. They're federal issues. You know,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people say youth crime, youth crime, and
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  Speaker 3: only so much can get done by the current council.
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  Speaker 3: But I want to get in there and see what
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  Speaker 3: can get if not directly done, then indirectly done.
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  Speaker 1: And so do you just sort of see like obviously
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  Speaker 1: youth crimes one that people bring up, but are there
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  Speaker 1: other issues that you reckon our concerns?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly. I mean, given my background as an electrician,
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  Speaker 3: infrastructures on my mind and it covers a lot of things.
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  Speaker 3: But namely one of the big concerns at the moment
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  Speaker 3: is the weeds and the lakes. You know, that's a
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  Speaker 3: bit of an issue that I think I might have
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  Speaker 3: an inside scoop on. Some people also don't know that
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  Speaker 3: there's a salinity issue with the water at that area,
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  Speaker 3: given how close we are to the harbor. All the
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  Speaker 3: fresh water gets into the irrigation means there's less fresh
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  Speaker 3: supplies and it gets saltier, and saltier means the grass
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  Speaker 3: gets browner for the same amount of water.
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  Speaker 1: And so taking those issues into account, why do you
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  Speaker 1: feel that you're the best place to work with the
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  Speaker 1: community in an effort to try and fix them.
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  Speaker 3: I think I might be closer to the median demographic
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  Speaker 3: of Palmerston, being a thirty something trady myself, you know,
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  Speaker 3: So certainly that community engagement. I think I might have
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  Speaker 3: a bit of an inside angle on that, And yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that's one of the main reasons.
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  Speaker 1: And Ryan, you've still got about two minutes left, why
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  Speaker 1: should people vote for you?
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  Speaker 3: I think definitely that community engagement is a big one.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of information is out there. I've certainly been
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  Speaker 3: able to find it myself by attending the council sessions
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  Speaker 3: in the plaza online, but a lot of people don't
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  Speaker 3: realize that I don't even know where to start. But
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  Speaker 3: having said that, they're also still very opinionated, So I
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  Speaker 3: think definitely the community engagement is definitely a big thing
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  Speaker 3: for the people at Palmerston. And I think that as mayor.
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  Speaker 3: If I was to be mayor, I think everyone would
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  Speaker 3: know that I was mayor because I just maybe got
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  Speaker 3: a bit more of a personality towards engaging and especially
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  Speaker 3: was that common demographic.
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  Speaker 2: And you've still got a little 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 1: to those out there listening as to why you think
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  Speaker 1: you should be the mayor?
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  Speaker 3: Definitely the infrastructure angler. If you think about it, You've
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  Speaker 3: got Mitchell Creek you've run, would like to see that
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  Speaker 3: as a conservation area and some people would also like
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  Speaker 3: to see it as a recreational area. So certainly being
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  Speaker 3: able to jump on a motorbike can have a blat
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  Speaker 3: with the boys, you know. Having a fish in the
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  Speaker 3: Centenary Lakes with no weeds, definitely, there's quite a few
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  Speaker 3: options available to myself if I was to become mayor.
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  Speaker 1: Well Ran, we really appreciate your time this morning. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you very much for joining us and all the very best.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Katie, Thank you Ryan Petterford there, who is indeed
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  Speaker 1: one of the candidates for the Palmerston mayor position.