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Speaker 1: the opposition leader, Vincentazi has been on the front foot

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Speaker 2: Katy Perry is a good gat for the city, but

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Speaker 2: I think we've got to be taking a closer look

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Speaker 2: at why these global acts firstly are repeatedly seemed to

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Speaker 1: And for the Premier's part, he was on five double

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Speaker 3: With a Katie Perry thing that would have sort of happened.

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Speaker 3: A key official that works for us introduced me to

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Speaker 3: Paul Dainty and we just had a good conversation and

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Speaker 3: I said, why can't we sort this out? And one

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Speaker 1: And there we go. So smart, good, that's how it

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Speaker 1: Why do this happened forever in a day since? So

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Speaker 1: why don't they come? Is it population? Bigger stars? Now?

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Speaker 1: Katie Perry isn't Taylor Swift anymore? She was up there

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Speaker 1: MP on the loane, Frank, good morning.

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Speaker 4: Hey, good morning, Matthew and well look well done to

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Speaker 4: fine tight opportunity at the Grand Final function and good

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Speaker 1: All right now, there are rather priorities here. And you

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Speaker 1: All right, now on tomatoes, you heard any more news there?

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Speaker 4: Some farmers are waiting and have waited up to forty

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Speaker 1: that one, Frank, But gee, they've been waiting that long,

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Speaker 4: Matthew, there's no reason that PERSA cannot share those results

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Speaker 4: Absolutely it is, and look, things are starting to move

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Speaker 4: You know. The warning signs are there now. You know

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Speaker 1: All right, And just before you go, you bid to

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Speaker 1: What's the feeling in the lower House when it hits there.

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Speaker 4: Well, look, I'll be having look, I'm looking having a

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Speaker 4: So that's how it will work. And let's say that

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