00:02In the Molka electorate's largest town, the final few voters trickle in.
00:08Nulamboy's future front of mind, with major employer Rio Tinto preparing to pack up.
00:14You don't want to just see the town disappear because Rio lives.
00:17It's a beautiful place, there's still lots of people that are probably going to say it's their home.
00:21I think there's lots of people who are thinking about it.
00:23Again, it's always challenging, but I think people think about it both on a government level and a private level.
00:30There needs to be a bit of a plan in place to make sure that everyone's benefiting from the proposed
00:36plans that are coming.
00:37The East Arnhem Land electorate also taking in large remote Yongle communities.
00:43The only two candidates for the SNAP by-election, triggered by the resignation of long-term independent Yingia Goyula, offering
00:51their final pitch.
00:52Independent voices are so important in the anti-parliament, and the two major parties have really lost their way.
00:59I believe Labor's been historically delivering and helping and liberating Yormo for a long time.
01:09Down the road in Yirikala, this sound engineer wants to see focus on tourism and the local economy.
01:17We need to build infrastructure to enable people to come to these communities and to support the community economically by
01:27being a part of the community.
01:30Arian's partner Ruth unable to work the hours she wants after the community's daycare centre temporarily closed.
01:38Over 300 hours this year that I could not go to work because the daycare centre has been closed, which
01:44is over $12,000 in wages that I could not earn.
01:49A council rates bill of over $5,000 a year also hurting.
01:54Every year we save up, we save up, we save up, and then comes the end of the year and
01:58we get the rates bill and that all goes into the rates bill.
02:01Tough issues for this complex remote electorate and a new face set to take on its challenges.
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