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Katie Woolf spoke with Alice Springs Deputy Mayor Jacinta Price · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Katie Wolf and three sixty online at mixed one
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  Speaker 1: O four nine dot com just Enterprise. The Deputy mayor
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  Speaker 1: of Valice Springs is looking set to compete against the
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  Speaker 1: National Senator Sam McMahon for the country Liberal parties coveted
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  Speaker 1: Senate spot and she joins me on the line right now.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Jacinta.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Now, well, I saw this in the Australian a little
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  Speaker 1: bit earlier this morning and they had confirmed that you
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  Speaker 1: have said you are going to run for pre selection.
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  Speaker 3: Why have you made this decision?
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  Speaker 2: But I've thought long and hard about the decision, and
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  Speaker 2: obviously you know there are others who are also running
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  Speaker 2: for this squad. I wasn't the first to put my
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  Speaker 2: hand up, and I guess for me, knowing that others
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  Speaker 2: had chose to put their hand up, I thought, well,
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  Speaker 2: I too will put my hand up because for me,
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  Speaker 2: it's the opportunity to rep present the entire entirety of
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  Speaker 2: the Northern Carriage. The Senator is a place where you
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  Speaker 2: can affect change. You know, the committees are available to
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  Speaker 2: you as a Senator to be able to enact that
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  Speaker 2: change as well. And you know, I feel like I'm
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  Speaker 2: certainly ready for something like this. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously Senator Sam McMahon is currently in that seat.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think she's doing a good job.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I think she's done the best she can and
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  Speaker 2: there are others of us who believe we can do
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  Speaker 2: a really good job in that position. So that's why
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  Speaker 2: we've nominated.
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  Speaker 3: How many of you do you reckon there's going to be.
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  Speaker 2: I think there will. There will probably be two others
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  Speaker 2: sides for myself, but you know what, on the day,
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  Speaker 2: you never know if others decide to put their hand
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  Speaker 2: up as well, so I can't be sure really, And.
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  Speaker 1: How come you've decided to go for for this electorate
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  Speaker 1: rather than one of the others. I guess you could
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  Speaker 1: have tried to fill that spot that will we not
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  Speaker 1: so that there's a couple that are you know that
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  Speaker 1: you can run for.
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  Speaker 3: But why have you decided to go for this one?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I guess, Like I said, it gives the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to represent the whole of the Northern Territory as opposed
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  Speaker 2: to you know, electorates within the Northern Territory. And I've
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  Speaker 2: always been very passionate about fighting on behalf of Territorians,
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  Speaker 2: and particularly marginalized Territorians. So for me, you know, it
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  Speaker 2: makes sense to have the opportunity to be able to
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  Speaker 2: represent the whole of the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 1: What's the process now in terms of actually, you know,
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  Speaker 1: winning that pre selection.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know that decision is up to the party
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  Speaker 2: during the pre selection process which will take place later
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  Speaker 2: this month. And yeah, it's a party that will determine
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  Speaker 2: who will be the candidate going forward for the next
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  Speaker 2: schedule election.
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  Speaker 3: Justindra, are you worried that it's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: bit of an.
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  Speaker 1: Ugly pre selection staff or do you reckon that it's
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  Speaker 1: all going to be played out pretty fairly.
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  Speaker 2: Look, my priority is about fighting on behalf of the
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  Speaker 2: Northern Territory. You know, I never my intention was never
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  Speaker 2: to create a stoush. But I'm passionately led to fight
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  Speaker 2: for the benefit of the territory. I've been encouraged by many,
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  Speaker 2: many Territorians to do this, many Australians across the country
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  Speaker 2: to do this, and it's in the best interests of
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  Speaker 2: Territorians and Australians that I'm doing it. So yeah, it
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  Speaker 2: was never, never about trying to create any kind of
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  Speaker 2: spoush And who would.
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  Speaker 1: You sit with you if you were to win in Canberra,
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  Speaker 1: would you sit with the with the Nationals or with
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  Speaker 1: the Liberal Party?
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  Speaker 2: And well, that's a decision that the party, I believe,
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  Speaker 2: is to make. That I will be led by the
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  Speaker 2: party with regard to the party of them. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we are uniquely the country Liberal Party, uh, and we're
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  Speaker 2: in a unique position where our interests are about representing
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  Speaker 2: the whole of the Northern territory where we sit. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'll be led by the party in terms of that decision.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess it'll be an interesting one because we
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  Speaker 1: know that Sam mcmahonus has sat with the Nationals and
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  Speaker 1: and you know.
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  Speaker 3: I guess over the years.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know whether that has always been the case,
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  Speaker 1: but from what I can gather and correct me if
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  Speaker 1: I'm wrong, but you do seem to have a fairly
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  Speaker 1: good relationship with the coalition and.
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  Speaker 3: And the year of the Prime Minister.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, I have a great relationship with many coalition
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  Speaker 2: members from the Liberals and the Nationals. I've over the
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  Speaker 2: years supported the l MP in fundraising in different parts
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  Speaker 2: of the country. You know, I have been guest speaker
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  Speaker 2: for the LMP throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for me, it's, you know, naturally a natural
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  Speaker 2: progression to head toward attempting to try to get into
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  Speaker 2: the Fedral Parliament. But like I said, I've had the
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  Speaker 2: support of both the Lives and the Maps in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the coalition and I'm very grateful for that.
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  Speaker 1: And Jacinta, I know you just said then that you
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  Speaker 1: have assisted the LMP with some of their fundraising over
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  Speaker 1: the years. Will they be supporting you in this race?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I've already had a branch in New
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  Speaker 2: South Wales hold a fundraiser and you know, they just
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  Speaker 2: held a fundraiser in the hope that I would run
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  Speaker 2: for you know, that I would nominate for any kind
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  Speaker 2: of seat. They didn't know which seat that I'd be
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  Speaker 2: nominating for, but they went ahead and held a fundraiser
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  Speaker 2: because they had that belief in me. And I know
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  Speaker 2: that there's certainly others other branches across the countries who
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  Speaker 2: are really keen also to do fundraising on behalf of
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  Speaker 2: me as well, So I'm really grateful for that.
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  Speaker 1: Justin just finally this morning, I will ask you and
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  Speaker 1: I think I sort of touched on this before. But
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  Speaker 1: why do you reckon you'll be a better rep than
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  Speaker 1: the other people who are putting their hands up?
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  Speaker 3: And indeed Senator Sam McMahon, who's current.
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  Speaker 2: In me, Yeah, look, I think you know, for me,
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  Speaker 2: it's about trying to create balance in our parliament. I
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  Speaker 2: think we've got to have a balance, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: terms of young and old. Culturally, I know that you
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  Speaker 2: know a lot of well, one of the major issues
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  Speaker 2: in the Northern Territory are indigenous issues. I am a
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  Speaker 2: person of both mixed heritage and something that I have
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  Speaker 2: a great wealth of knowledge in and certainly the ability
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  Speaker 2: to fight in the Senate for I know that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there have been many MPs who have sort of come
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  Speaker 2: to me and said, you know, we find it really
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  Speaker 2: difficult to fight on Indigenous issues because we get called,
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  Speaker 2: you know, shut down, called racist because of our background.
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  Speaker 2: You know. Then they've told me you're unique in that.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, you know, I have an Indigenous background. Therefore
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  Speaker 2: I can push back on those sorts of issues. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've worked with the Center for Independent Studies
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  Speaker 2: for a number of years now, since twenty and sixteen,
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  Speaker 2: and while I've been director of the Indigenous Program I've
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  Speaker 2: worked very closely with my colleagues across issues of public policy,
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  Speaker 2: you know, foreign policy, education, help, economic policy and all
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  Speaker 2: those sorts of areas that I've got a grasp across
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  Speaker 2: many of those areas, and that's what I want to
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  Speaker 2: bring to Parliament should I be nominated.
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  Speaker 1: Now, just Sindra know that that Senator Sam McMahon has
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  Speaker 1: also spoken to the Australian and has said that you
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  Speaker 1: should instead be targeting the labor held marginal seat of
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  Speaker 1: Lingiari and Solomon.
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  Speaker 3: What would you say to that comment?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, look, I say that there are those who I
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  Speaker 2: know who are going to put their hand up for
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  Speaker 2: those seats, and I know that you know I've previously
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  Speaker 2: run for one of those seats and it was very challenging,
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  Speaker 2: very very challenging, of course, but as I said, the
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  Speaker 2: Senate seat gives me the opportunity to represent the entire
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  Speaker 2: Northern territory.
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  Speaker 1: Price always good to catch up with you. We really
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  Speaker 1: appreciate your time this morning. And so is it decided?
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  Speaker 1: What day is it decided who's going to actually to
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  Speaker 1: contest in those seats.
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  Speaker 2: We should know by the twenty sixth of June.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, we'll talk to you again in the
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  Speaker 1: very near future, no doubt.
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  Speaker 3: We really appreciate your time today.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. That is the well.
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  Speaker 1: She's currently the other Springs Deputy mayor just Enterprise, but
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  Speaker 1: as we know, has announced that she is putting her
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  Speaker 1: hand up for the Senate spot for the Country Country
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  Speaker 1: Liberal Party. That seat is currently or That spot is
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  Speaker 1: currently held by National Senator Sam McMahon. Some saying that
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  Speaker 1: it's going to set things up for an ugly pre
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  Speaker 1: selection stash by the sounds of it from what just
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  Speaker 1: enter Price has said there. She doesn't want it to
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  Speaker 1: become that way. You know, I sort of see it
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  Speaker 1: as it's a competition. Like any competition, you play as
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  Speaker 1: fairly as possible, would be my advice to anybody having
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  Speaker 1: a crack at poultics.