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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So we're going to kick things off with Sandy Griffin,
who is the ALP candidate. Good morning to your Sandy.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yeah, good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners
or on you for this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
No worries at all, Sandy, You've got seven minutes. Are
you ready to get started?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I sure am?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Why have you decided to put your hand up to run?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm standing Katie because I love the NT. I've grown
up in Tennant Creek, I've lived in Goider for about
twenty years, twice in Virginia, and I moved to Amraka
in twenty eighteen. I've seen the investment into Darwin and Palmerston,
but I haven't seen that same level of investment into Gouda.
And I believe we need a representative who's rurled through
(00:42):
and through just like me. But we need to be
at the table. We need to be part of government,
influencing decisions before they're made. And that's why I've put
my hand up. I want to be at the table
proactively advocating for Goida and our fair share because there's
no point arguing the toss after decisions being made.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Why do you think you're the best person for the
role based on your previous experience in the community or
through the work that you do.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Well to start. I'm honest. I'm a hard worker. I've
worked hard all my life, and if I get this job,
it's going to be the most important job of my life.
But I'm also the only candidate in Goider with direct
experience in every one of the industries and activities in Goider.
I've got a thirty year career environmental science. I have
a PhD and a law degree, so I have the
(01:34):
technical understanding of all of the issues and I can
make meaningful contributions to policy decisions. I've worked on some
of the biggest and most complex and environmentally sensitive projects
in the MT, and I'm pretty good at finding good
practical solutions to complex issues. I've worked in government at
(01:55):
senior levels, but I've also been subject to government processes
as a business owner, so i can balance both of
those things. I've got a detailed understanding of planning processes.
I can navigate the Planning Act and the Planning Scheme.
I understand groundwater. I've worked with brilliant hydro geologists in
the past. I've worked in biosecurity weeds and fire. I've
(02:19):
got firsthand understanding of mining and pastoral activities. I'm really
interested in criminal law and family violence, and I've spent
the last seven years supporting my overly parents, both of
whom have dementia, so I'm very across steams issues as well.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Now, do you live in the electrode?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Of course I do, excellent.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I'm asking all the candidates for twenty years, yep, asking
all the candidates the same question. Now in terms of
some of the issues that really do relate to the
electro what would you say are the biggest issues in
the electrode.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, because we're such a diverse electorate, I don't think
there's any single issue. We've got a range of them.
Community safetyly affects everyone. But I am confident that the
approach the labor team, led by Evil Orler is taking
is the right one. I don't believe throwing people into
jail solves problems. We've got to have smart solutions, and
(03:13):
the approach we're taking I think is a good one.
By security, particularly for agribusiness and pastoral activities in Goid,
is really big. That issue of bisecurity can undermine it,
really really quickly. So we've got to have good plans
in place and be ready road safety. If you think
(03:33):
about everything that happens in Goluder agribusiness, We've got cattle trucks,
we've got extractive industries, we've got a huge tourism sector
and a full range of support services really promoting tourism
and tourist activities. All of these use roads along with
our community, and we have a really high incidence of
(03:56):
fatalities on our roads in Glider, so I think roads, say,
is a big one. We've also got weeds fire subdivisions.
Nobody wants to see the rural area turned into another
suburb of Palmerston, and that's something I'm fiercely advocating against.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
And that is certainly a question that we've got this
morning for all of our candidates. It's actually one that's
come through from Jerry Wood, and I'll be asking everybody,
do you support the five hundred large suburban blocks, so
four hundred square meter blocks, four thousand, I should say
square meter blocks shown in the final draft of the
Humpty Do Activity Center as proposed by the Planning Commission.
(04:36):
And do you think this many large suburban blocks is
going to affect negatively the amenity and character of the
rural area.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I think there is a place for smaller blocks. If
I look at my own elderly parents, I don't want
them to go into urban nursing homes. They want to
live rural. They've lived rural all their lives. There is
a place for it. But I don't think the intensive
development that's being proposed is necessarily the right thing. We've
(05:08):
got to do planning right. I was encouraging electors early
on to get in and have another say before that
closes on the third of August. Gives the Planning Commission
your feedback. It's really important the community is heard on
this one. Now.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
One of the other questions I've got from listeners, do
you support the incorporation of Marachai into Litchfield Council boundaries.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
No. I advocated against that. I put a submission in myself.
I supported the Marrachai Progress Association with their views on it.
I attended public meetings on it. The fact is that
there isn't the value add that putting us in a
shire would give us. The arguments for it just didn't
(05:57):
stack up all right.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
We're at about five minutes for around a minute twenty
to go. Why should people vote for you?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Well, as I've said, Katie, I'm the only candidate that
has the work experience, both in government and private sector,
across every single part of the issues that arise in
our community. I really focused on keeping rural rural. I
don't want to see massive division of little time, tiny
(06:27):
little blocks in the middle of rural areas. Apart from
the issues associated with loss of biodiversity and all the
environmental issues that come with that, we need to keep
the rural fabric the way that it is, but at
the same time sensible subdivision. So you look at parents
who are looking at their kids trying to help their
(06:49):
kids become landowners. They might want to subdivide a forty
acre or a twenty acre block into two ten acre blocks.
We've got to be sensible about it and keep rural rural.
So voting for me, I will work really really hard
for the electorate. I'm not afraid to make hard decisions
and I am not a pushover either, so I will
(07:09):
argue very very strongly for this community.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Well, Sandy have finished just in time, with about three
seconds to go. So Sandy Griffin, the ALP candidate. Thank
you very much for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
My absolute pleasure, Katie, thank you, thank you,
So we're going to kick things off with Sandy Griffin,
who is the ALP candidate. Good morning to your Sandy.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yeah, good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners
or on you for this opportunity.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
No worries at all, Sandy, You've got seven minutes. Are
you ready to get started?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I sure am?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Why have you decided to put your hand up to run?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm standing Katie because I love the NT. I've grown
up in Tennant Creek, I've lived in Goider for about
twenty years, twice in Virginia, and I moved to Amraka
in twenty eighteen. I've seen the investment into Darwin and Palmerston,
but I haven't seen that same level of investment into Gouda.
And I believe we need a representative who's rurled through
(00:42):
and through just like me. But we need to be
at the table. We need to be part of government,
influencing decisions before they're made. And that's why I've put
my hand up. I want to be at the table
proactively advocating for Goida and our fair share because there's
no point arguing the toss after decisions being made.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Why do you think you're the best person for the
role based on your previous experience in the community or
through the work that you do.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Well to start. I'm honest. I'm a hard worker. I've
worked hard all my life, and if I get this job,
it's going to be the most important job of my life.
But I'm also the only candidate in Goider with direct
experience in every one of the industries and activities in Goider.
I've got a thirty year career environmental science. I have
a PhD and a law degree, so I have the
(01:34):
technical understanding of all of the issues and I can
make meaningful contributions to policy decisions. I've worked on some
of the biggest and most complex and environmentally sensitive projects
in the MT, and I'm pretty good at finding good
practical solutions to complex issues. I've worked in government at
(01:55):
senior levels, but I've also been subject to government processes
as a business owner, so i can balance both of
those things. I've got a detailed understanding of planning processes.
I can navigate the Planning Act and the Planning Scheme.
I understand groundwater. I've worked with brilliant hydro geologists in
the past. I've worked in biosecurity weeds and fire. I've
(02:19):
got firsthand understanding of mining and pastoral activities. I'm really
interested in criminal law and family violence, and I've spent
the last seven years supporting my overly parents, both of
whom have dementia, so I'm very across steams issues as well.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Now, do you live in the electrode?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Of course I do, excellent.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I'm asking all the candidates for twenty years, yep, asking
all the candidates the same question. Now in terms of
some of the issues that really do relate to the
electro what would you say are the biggest issues in
the electrode.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, because we're such a diverse electorate, I don't think
there's any single issue. We've got a range of them.
Community safetyly affects everyone. But I am confident that the
approach the labor team, led by Evil Orler is taking
is the right one. I don't believe throwing people into
jail solves problems. We've got to have smart solutions, and
(03:13):
the approach we're taking I think is a good one.
By security, particularly for agribusiness and pastoral activities in Goid,
is really big. That issue of bisecurity can undermine it,
really really quickly. So we've got to have good plans
in place and be ready road safety. If you think
(03:33):
about everything that happens in Goluder agribusiness, We've got cattle trucks,
we've got extractive industries, we've got a huge tourism sector
and a full range of support services really promoting tourism
and tourist activities. All of these use roads along with
our community, and we have a really high incidence of
(03:56):
fatalities on our roads in Glider, so I think roads, say,
is a big one. We've also got weeds fire subdivisions.
Nobody wants to see the rural area turned into another
suburb of Palmerston, and that's something I'm fiercely advocating against.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
And that is certainly a question that we've got this
morning for all of our candidates. It's actually one that's
come through from Jerry Wood, and I'll be asking everybody,
do you support the five hundred large suburban blocks, so
four hundred square meter blocks, four thousand, I should say
square meter blocks shown in the final draft of the
Humpty Do Activity Center as proposed by the Planning Commission.
(04:36):
And do you think this many large suburban blocks is
going to affect negatively the amenity and character of the
rural area.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I think there is a place for smaller blocks. If
I look at my own elderly parents, I don't want
them to go into urban nursing homes. They want to
live rural. They've lived rural all their lives. There is
a place for it. But I don't think the intensive
development that's being proposed is necessarily the right thing. We've
(05:08):
got to do planning right. I was encouraging electors early
on to get in and have another say before that
closes on the third of August. Gives the Planning Commission
your feedback. It's really important the community is heard on
this one. Now.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
One of the other questions I've got from listeners, do
you support the incorporation of Marachai into Litchfield Council boundaries.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
No. I advocated against that. I put a submission in myself.
I supported the Marrachai Progress Association with their views on it.
I attended public meetings on it. The fact is that
there isn't the value add that putting us in a
shire would give us. The arguments for it just didn't
(05:57):
stack up all right.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
We're at about five minutes for around a minute twenty
to go. Why should people vote for you?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Well, as I've said, Katie, I'm the only candidate that
has the work experience, both in government and private sector,
across every single part of the issues that arise in
our community. I really focused on keeping rural rural. I
don't want to see massive division of little time, tiny
(06:27):
little blocks in the middle of rural areas. Apart from
the issues associated with loss of biodiversity and all the
environmental issues that come with that, we need to keep
the rural fabric the way that it is, but at
the same time sensible subdivision. So you look at parents
who are looking at their kids trying to help their
(06:49):
kids become landowners. They might want to subdivide a forty
acre or a twenty acre block into two ten acre blocks.
We've got to be sensible about it and keep rural rural.
So voting for me, I will work really really hard
for the electorate. I'm not afraid to make hard decisions
and I am not a pushover either, so I will
(07:09):
argue very very strongly for this community.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Well, Sandy have finished just in time, with about three
seconds to go. So Sandy Griffin, the ALP candidate. Thank
you very much for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
My absolute pleasure, Katie, thank you, thank you,
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