Joining me on the line right now from the colp. It is Matthew Cole. Good morning to you, Matthew, Morning Katie.

Joining me on the line right now from the colp. It is Matthew Cole. Good morning to you, Matthew, Morning Katie.

How are you going in morning to your listeners?

How are you going in morning to your listeners?

Really good? Now we've got about seven minutes to get through a series of questions.

Really good? Now we've got about seven minutes to get through a series of questions.

Are you ready, I'm ready.

Are you ready, I'm ready.

Let's do it all right, matt Why did you decide to put your hand up to run again?

Let's do it all right, matt Why did you decide to put your hand up to run again?

So this is my home, Katie. So mum and dad moved up to the nt for work back in the fifties. They settled on a farm outside Bachelor. I remember my brother buying his first home in Malden off the plan. They had to clear the scrub and build his house when he had his second child. My sister lived in Grace nearly fifteen years. I've been connected to Parmeerston for a long time. It all started for me back in the twenty seventeen crime crisis when you couldn't drive around Parmeston without seeing smashed and stolen car as a band on the side of the road. And the final straw for me was when a maid of mine was to go on a work trip to Alice and as you do, forgot to lock the back door. One night, got up in the morning, his car keys were gone, his wallet was gone, his wife's purse and wedding rings were gone, and out the front his car was gone. So that family, who are very dear friends of ours, they were turned upside down for weeks on end because they had you know, his car and her car and kids to get around and they had back to one car for weeks on end, just because a couple of young criminals decided to go for a joy ride one night. And the thing is, I'm not someone who can just stand by and complain, like a lot of people were complaining, you know, and comments on Facebook. But I'm the sort of person if something's wrong and I can do something about it, I want to put my hand up. I want to get in there. I want to try and fix it or want to do something. So that's why I put my hand up in twenty twenty. But unfortunately since then, you know, nothing's really changed. In fact, it's gotten worse. So we don't have a lot of time. But last night I was on Emory ave you yep because people were messaging me and just long story short, there's a low level riot that was going on. So I went there and checked it out and I was shocked, Katie. I was shocked by what I saw there. What was alleged to be a stolen vehicle doing burnouts up and down the street. There was just constant fights. One of the people living there, called trip Below, was on the hold for five minutes, couldn't get through. Finally got through, logged a job half an hour. Forty minutes later when I left, still no police, you know, And it's our police are doing a fantastic job. They're brilliant. I've got a lot of constituents for a police They are just swamped and they don't feel that they're supported by this government. So I put in my hand up because the problem we have is a failed government that isn't serving the needs of territories. It isn't listening. The only way that anything will change is if we change the government.

So this is my home, Katie. So mum and dad moved up to the nt for work back in the fifties. They settled on a farm outside Bachelor. I remember my brother buying his first home in Malden off the plan. They had to clear the scrub and build his house when he had his second child. My sister lived in Grace nearly fifteen years. I've been connected to Parmeerston for a long time. It all started for me back in the twenty seventeen crime crisis when you couldn't drive around Parmeston without seeing smashed and stolen car as a band on the side of the road. And the final straw for me was when a maid of mine was to go on a work trip to Alice and as you do, forgot to lock the back door. One night, got up in the morning, his car keys were gone, his wallet was gone, his wife's purse and wedding rings were gone, and out the front his car was gone. So that family, who are very dear friends of ours, they were turned upside down for weeks on end because they had you know, his car and her car and kids to get around and they had back to one car for weeks on end, just because a couple of young criminals decided to go for a joy ride one night. And the thing is, I'm not someone who can just stand by and complain, like a lot of people were complaining, you know, and comments on Facebook. But I'm the sort of person if something's wrong and I can do something about it, I want to put my hand up. I want to get in there. I want to try and fix it or want to do something. So that's why I put my hand up in twenty twenty. But unfortunately since then, you know, nothing's really changed. In fact, it's gotten worse. So we don't have a lot of time. But last night I was on Emory ave you yep because people were messaging me and just long story short, there's a low level riot that was going on. So I went there and checked it out and I was shocked, Katie. I was shocked by what I saw there. What was alleged to be a stolen vehicle doing burnouts up and down the street. There was just constant fights. One of the people living there, called trip Below, was on the hold for five minutes, couldn't get through. Finally got through, logged a job half an hour. Forty minutes later when I left, still no police, you know, And it's our police are doing a fantastic job. They're brilliant. I've got a lot of constituents for a police They are just swamped and they don't feel that they're supported by this government. So I put in my hand up because the problem we have is a failed government that isn't serving the needs of territories. It isn't listening. The only way that anything will change is if we change the government.

Matthew, why do you think you're the best person for the roles? And based on your previous work experience or work that you've done in the community.

Matthew, why do you think you're the best person for the roles? And based on your previous work experience or work that you've done in the community.

Thanks. So, my background is I got a bachelor in computer science from Northern Territory University back in two thousand and four. So I've worked as a software engineer, a team lead and a project manager building large complex systems for various for the Northern Territory government. So any public servants listening, I've worked on my HR and everyone uses my HR every week. So I also grew up on a farm outside Bachelor. That was the family business. There was a small business. Money was always tight. How I earned my pocket money when I was a kid. My dad had would get two forty four going drums and if I filled them all the way up with chicken manure, then I'd get five dollars, so you know, and that would go down on the mango trees. So that was how I earned my pocket money when I was a kid. Money was tight.

Thanks. So, my background is I got a bachelor in computer science from Northern Territory University back in two thousand and four. So I've worked as a software engineer, a team lead and a project manager building large complex systems for various for the Northern Territory government. So any public servants listening, I've worked on my HR and everyone uses my HR every week. So I also grew up on a farm outside Bachelor. That was the family business. There was a small business. Money was always tight. How I earned my pocket money when I was a kid. My dad had would get two forty four going drums and if I filled them all the way up with chicken manure, then I'd get five dollars, so you know, and that would go down on the mango trees. So that was how I earned my pocket money when I was a kid. Money was tight.

I learned.

I learned.

I learned the value of a dollar and not spending money that I didn't have. And I'm not afraid to get in and get my hands dirty fixing things. I've also been involved in you community groups for twenty years as a youth leader, and then I've spent seven years working as a gymnastics coach for Darwin Gymnostics Club. So there I was coaching gymnastics to kids, teenagers, young adults. And one thing that I learned there was that young people need physical activity, and they need structure, you know, they need discipline. We have a lot of young people in Palmerston unfortunately, and they lack structure in the home and that's resulting in a lot of the behaviors that we're seeing at in public now. They need positive role models and sports is a great way to get them into a healthy community. I've seen this happen at Raiders, you know, a couple of years ago on a home on a training night. You know, some people came in with a bad attitude and their friends, the coaches, the committee members you know, had a young do and said look, hey, you can't behave like that here. So they pulled their heads in, you know, and everyone got along. You know. It's a great family environment and it's a great place to build that to in a young person's life. So that's why I'll always be backing the Raiders, the Crocs, the Sharks, barber the Parma Boxing Club, any community group that provides a positive environment for young people.

I learned the value of a dollar and not spending money that I didn't have. And I'm not afraid to get in and get my hands dirty fixing things. I've also been involved in you community groups for twenty years as a youth leader, and then I've spent seven years working as a gymnastics coach for Darwin Gymnostics Club. So there I was coaching gymnastics to kids, teenagers, young adults. And one thing that I learned there was that young people need physical activity, and they need structure, you know, they need discipline. We have a lot of young people in Palmerston unfortunately, and they lack structure in the home and that's resulting in a lot of the behaviors that we're seeing at in public now. They need positive role models and sports is a great way to get them into a healthy community. I've seen this happen at Raiders, you know, a couple of years ago on a home on a training night. You know, some people came in with a bad attitude and their friends, the coaches, the committee members you know, had a young do and said look, hey, you can't behave like that here. So they pulled their heads in, you know, and everyone got along. You know. It's a great family environment and it's a great place to build that to in a young person's life. So that's why I'll always be backing the Raiders, the Crocs, the Sharks, barber the Parma Boxing Club, any community group that provides a positive environment for young people.

You know, I'll be behind them, Matthew in terms of we're at five minutes, only two minutes to go. In terms of the mold and oval, I mean, that's something we've spoken a lot about on the show. What do you think could have been done differently or how would you handle that better?

You know, I'll be behind them, Matthew in terms of we're at five minutes, only two minutes to go. In terms of the mold and oval, I mean, that's something we've spoken a lot about on the show. What do you think could have been done differently or how would you handle that better?

So to start with Katie, I just want to thank you for your advocacy on that one, because honestly, without you, I don't think that would have they would have got fixed. That is, unfortunately, just a classic case of red tape, you know, and it's no one's fault in you know, the creation is problems, no one's fault. You know, it's just OVAL's belonged to schools, sports club comes along. You know, the assets are managed by one agency and coordinated by another. But the problem is you need you need a champion, You need someone to cut through the red tape and make sure that things happen because, unfortunatetionally, when something you know is everyone's responsibility, it's no one's responsibility they need So if I've been in there, and I think Mary Claire had in previous years been working hard to try and get that resolved, if I'd been in there, I would have been working with the departments and following up and making sure that things were resolved in a timely manner.

So to start with Katie, I just want to thank you for your advocacy on that one, because honestly, without you, I don't think that would have they would have got fixed. That is, unfortunately, just a classic case of red tape, you know, and it's no one's fault in you know, the creation is problems, no one's fault. You know, it's just OVAL's belonged to schools, sports club comes along. You know, the assets are managed by one agency and coordinated by another. But the problem is you need you need a champion, You need someone to cut through the red tape and make sure that things happen because, unfortunatetionally, when something you know is everyone's responsibility, it's no one's responsibility they need So if I've been in there, and I think Mary Claire had in previous years been working hard to try and get that resolved, if I'd been in there, I would have been working with the departments and following up and making sure that things were resolved in a timely manner.

Matthew one minute to go. Why should people vote for you.

Matthew one minute to go. Why should people vote for you.

Look, Katie, I give a shit. Excuse my language, that's all right. This is my home. This is my home, right like the amount of doors I've drawn off, the stories that people tell me, it breaks my heart, right, this is this not acceptable? You know, it's not acceptable that people are who've got to get up at six o'clock in the morning, have a low level riot going on outside their house, have stolen cars, you know, doing burnouts. The senior citizens are getting their homes invaded, you know, and suffering long term trauma. You know, the people are afraid to let their outside of their front gate because of the broken glass, and you know the things that they might encounter. If the people of Blaine have will put their faith in me, I promised to be a champion for them, for the people of Woodruff, Molden and Bellomack, and I'll be working hard every day for them, the same way I've been working hard for the last ten months, you know, three years.

Look, Katie, I give a shit. Excuse my language, that's all right. This is my home. This is my home, right like the amount of doors I've drawn off, the stories that people tell me, it breaks my heart, right, this is this not acceptable? You know, it's not acceptable that people are who've got to get up at six o'clock in the morning, have a low level riot going on outside their house, have stolen cars, you know, doing burnouts. The senior citizens are getting their homes invaded, you know, and suffering long term trauma. You know, the people are afraid to let their outside of their front gate because of the broken glass, and you know the things that they might encounter. If the people of Blaine have will put their faith in me, I promised to be a champion for them, for the people of Woodruff, Molden and Bellomack, and I'll be working hard every day for them, the same way I've been working hard for the last ten months, you know, three years.

Really well, Matthew, we have run out of time. I really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning. All the best.

Really well, Matthew, we have run out of time. I really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning. All the best.

Thank you very much, Katie.

Thank you very much, Katie.

Thanks you

Thanks you