00:00As new houses are built in the Aboriginal community of Amungana near Alice Springs,
00:13community leader Kumali Riley senses a missed opportunity.
00:17We can have a bunch of builders, we can have plumbers, we can do a lot of that if it's the
00:28community's got to have control over that.
00:31Decision making is, you know, it belongs to the community.
00:37In a region weighed down by poverty, the lack of opportunity is front of mind for many.
00:44It's terrible, there's no services sometimes, there's no, there's a breakdown of all communities.
00:53In Lingiari, one in three enrolled voters did not cast a ballot at the last federal election,
00:59making it the lowest voter turnout in the nation.
01:02Many in the bush are questioning whether their vote will make a difference after seeing successive
01:07governments fail to turn the dial on generational disadvantage.
01:11We've got too much of all this alcohol, drugs and, and all this is, have a devastating,
01:20you know, impact on our people, domestic violence and stuff like that.
01:28Held by Labour for over 20 years, Lingiari takes in the top end to the outback and covers
01:34all of the Northern Territory's remote Aboriginal communities.
01:38It's a vast electorate covering 1.3 million square kilometres or 99% of the Northern Territory.
01:46Alice Springs in the centre and Catherine in the north are its two main centres.
01:53The region has had its fair share of crime headlines over the years and attracted a flurry
01:58of politicians to the Red Centre with promises of change.
02:02And delivered in community by community.
02:05And it will lead to a safer environment here in Alice Springs.
02:09A drop in tourists since the COVID pandemic has many small businesses in Alice Springs hanging on.
02:16Many of us are on our knees.
02:19It's critical for many business owners at the moment in terms of if this year doesn't shape up,
02:24you'll probably see some more closed doors come next summer.
02:28On the streets of Alice Springs, there's a push for elected leaders to do more.
02:33It's time to get beyond crime as the one sole issue in Alice Springs,
02:37and it's time to invest in the town again.
02:39Like everyone else in the town, they're mostly sick and tired of them doing nothing.
02:42I think the government's not really listening to what Alice Springs people want.
02:56Labor's Marion Scrimgeour is re-contesting the seat she narrowly won in 2022.
03:02The former NT Deputy Chief Minister and Land Council head acknowledges systemic change is hard fought.
03:09There is something seriously wrong when we scratch our heads and we all say,
03:16well, young people don't want to work, when the system doesn't allow that to happen.
03:21And we need to change that.
03:25Her main opponent is former Federal Police Officer Lisa Siebert,
03:29who's running for the country Liberal Party on a platform of change.
03:34If we have an idea, we need to show results.
03:36And we need to show that there are practical solutions and outcomes that are delivered in the policies that we have.
03:42And if we don't, if we can't execute on those, then we've actually failed in our commitment.
03:52In the bush, where the greatest need exists, leaders are tired of false hope and broken promises.
03:59They forget all that, their sweet promises, and then we're back on square one.
04:04Nothing's, nothing's changing.
04:07A huge electorate with equally huge social challenges for whichever party wins.
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