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The Mayor of Alice Springs Matt Paterson joins us on this weeks episode to discuss what's happening in Alice Springs since the NT government reintroduced grog bans in the region.

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil May­or Matt Pater­son was elect­ed to the role in 2021 as a 30-year-old, mak­ing him the youngest May­or in Alice Springs his­to­ry. Qual­i­fied as an elec­tri­cian, May­or Pater­son is a Mem­ber of the Aus­tralian Insti­tute of Com­pa­ny Direc­tors, Vice Pres­i­dent of LGANT and sits on the board of Tourism Cen­tral Aus­tralia, Cham­ber of Com­merce and Region­al Cap­i­tals Aus­tralia. May­or Pater­son has an exten­sive his­to­ry of work­ing in var­i­ous com­mu­ni­ties in Cen­tral Aus­tralia which has giv­en him an inti­mate knowl­edge of the community.

Dri­ven to con­tin­u­al­ly improve the live­abil­i­ty of Alice Springs, May­or Pater­son is focused on deliv­er­ing bet­ter infra­struc­ture for Alice Springs fam­i­lies. He served as a Coun­cil­lor pre­vi­ous to being elect­ed May­or and is pas­sion­ate about pro­vid­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for all res­i­dents in Alice Springs. Being a father to two young chil­dren, May­or Pater­son is focused on deliv­er­ing bet­ter infra­struc­ture for fam­i­lies in Alice Springs and mak­ing the com­mu­ni­ty a bet­ter place for gen­er­a­tions to come.

A dec­o­rat­ed sportsper­son, May­or Pater­son has rep­re­sent­ed Alice Springs and the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry on the crick­et field and has also ded­i­cat­ed time off the field to grow­ing sport in the com­mu­ni­ty. He has served as a Crick­et Aus­tralia Com­mu­ni­ty Ambas­sador, com­mit­tee mem­ber of the Alice Springs Turf Club and a long-time pres­i­dent of his local crick­et club. May­or Pater­son is also heav­i­ly involved in the com­mu­ni­ty out­side of sport, putting a great deal of effort into con­nect­ing mean­ing­ful­ly with com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers from all walks of life. 

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