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Speaker 1: Yesterday on the show, the Northern Territory Administrator David Connolly

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Speaker 1: said his door was open to his opponents to discuss

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Speaker 1: how the office of the Administrator could help to tone

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Speaker 1: down blokey sort of talk that's a bit clumsy, he said.

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Speaker 1: It's now a matter for them whether they wish to

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Speaker 1: speak to him or not, but they'll find that he

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Speaker 1: understands that the office is bigger than the person and

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Speaker 1: it's always been about bringing territorians together. Now joining us

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Speaker 1: on the show is the opposition leader, Selena Hubo. Good

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Speaker 1: morning to you, Selena.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning to you listeners.

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Speaker 1: Great to have you on the show. Now, Selena, did

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Speaker 1: you listen to that interview yesterday? What did you make

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Speaker 1: of the administrator's comments?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I did, Katie. I listened to the administrator's interview

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Speaker 2: on your show yesterday. It's interesting hearing some of his

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Speaker 2: sort of pushbacks to some of your questions. But you know,

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Speaker 2: I think he knows that he's in a very big

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Speaker 2: and important role and that he needs to do his

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Speaker 2: job properly. He needs to give it his all and

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Speaker 2: I hope that he is genuine in that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so do I You know, I really hope that

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Speaker 1: he is. I mean, he said his doors open to

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Speaker 1: anybody that's sort of you know that's been concerned about

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Speaker 1: stuff that he said. Are you keen to meet with

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Speaker 1: him and sort of talk about some of that stuff?

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Speaker 2: Well, I think if I have the opportunity, I'll be

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Speaker 2: very frank and honest with him, Katie. That's my job.

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Speaker 2: That's what I have to do, represent territory in to

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Speaker 2: the different views. I'll continue to do that on every topic,

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Speaker 2: and particularly this one. We know that there's been a

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Speaker 2: lot of community expression for and against mister Connolly, so

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Speaker 2: I want to make sure that he understands some of

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Speaker 2: the representations that have been made to me and my

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Speaker 2: labour team about some of the comments and the hurts. So,

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Speaker 2: you know, that's my job. I need to have those

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Speaker 2: uncomfortable conversations. If he's open to listening and learning, then

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Speaker 2: I think that, you know, that role absolutely demands that

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Speaker 2: of the territory to listen and respect those views.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Selena, just a side note, some people have messaged

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Speaker 1: him pretty cranky about the vision of the Greens candidate

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Speaker 1: Suki Doris Walker and also the Independent member for Johnston

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Speaker 1: trying to block the police at that protest that was

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Speaker 1: held outside the swearing in. Do you think it was appropriate?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've seen some of the sort of blurred photos.

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Speaker 2: I actually didn't see that I was there, Katie. I

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Speaker 2: wasn't planning to be originally because I had some family travel,

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Speaker 2: but that changed. So I was able to attend the

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Speaker 2: protests and I was honored to be able to speak

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Speaker 2: as well, just to announce some of those clear views

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Speaker 2: that people had expressed to us over the last two

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Speaker 2: months about the appointment and not being happy and feeling

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Speaker 2: like it is not a fit for purpose appointments for

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Speaker 2: the territory. So I was able to do that in

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Speaker 2: my role as opposition leader. Yeah, I understand that if

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Speaker 2: there was a blockage. I can't speak for Justine or Suki,

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Speaker 2: that would be obviously questions that they need to I

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Speaker 2: didn't see it either, so I can't say even that

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Speaker 2: I observed that unfortunately. So yeah, I think that people

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Speaker 2: need to be accountable for their actions, absolutely, But I

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Speaker 2: think overall everyone who did attend the protest was very respectful.

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Speaker 2: I had people come up to me, Katie, who were

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Speaker 2: you know, not necessarily spring chickens, sort of a bit

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Speaker 2: on the older you know, more mature side of the

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Speaker 2: age line, and they said, we've never been to a

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Speaker 2: protest in our life. So I think, you know, just

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Speaker 2: that respect for people who you know, the Colps kind

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Speaker 2: of tried to lump everyone in and saying, oh, it's

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Speaker 2: all political and these views are just sort of to

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Speaker 2: attack us as a COLP government. I think that needs

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Speaker 2: to really be respected by the COLP government. That there

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Speaker 2: were people there who said we've never been to a

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Speaker 2: we felt so strongly about. So you know, it was interesting.

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Speaker 2: I mean there's people who've been to many protests as well,

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Speaker 2: so taking into the account the diversity of the territory

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Speaker 2: and understanding. And again it's back on the administrator on

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Speaker 2: the way he conducts himself in the role. And I hope,

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Speaker 2: I really do genuinely hope that he steps up into

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Speaker 2: the role and that he is whatever views he's had

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Speaker 2: is saying it's in the past, if they've suddenly changed

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Speaker 2: after have of many years of his life, then if

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Speaker 2: he can do the role with integrity, that's what territories

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Speaker 2: are asking and demanding that absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree. Hey, just on the Nightcliff by election.

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Speaker 1: Obviously it's just days away, now, less than a week.

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Speaker 1: What do you think are going to be the main

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Speaker 1: issues that people vote on and is it labors to lose?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I think well, we don't hold the seat obviously,

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Speaker 2: so we do want to win that seat. We want

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Speaker 2: to make Nightcliff a labor seat to represent the people

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Speaker 2: of Nightcliff, Coconut Grove and Rapid Creek. And that's We've

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Speaker 2: got a great candidate and Ed smelt Katie as many

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Speaker 2: people know, it's been a councilor and now just on

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Speaker 2: he got elected for his second term with the DA

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Speaker 2: and City Council. It's really community focused some of the issues.

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Speaker 2: I've been outdoor knocking in that electorate as well, just

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Speaker 2: to hear for myself as well as the opposition leader.

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Speaker 2: One of the things that people are really focused on,

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Speaker 2: you know, community safety comes up a lot. The environment,

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Speaker 2: protections for the environment. Obviously this is quite a progressive

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Speaker 2: election in the Northern territory. You know, concerns around what's

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Speaker 2: the balance for regulation with industry and particularly gas and renewables,

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Speaker 2: why has the government dropped the renewables target? And you know,

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Speaker 2: so that they were the sort of things that I've

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Speaker 2: heard in the two or so weeks that I've spent

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Speaker 2: door knocking in the election for the Nightcat by election.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it's really interesting. I think people are Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's going to be a tight one. I think it's

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Speaker 2: going to be really really exciting night to find out.

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Speaker 2: And if we don't then it's up to two weeks Katie.

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Speaker 2: I think listeners would be aware that if it's tight,

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Speaker 2: they have to go to preferences, have to wait for

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Speaker 2: postal votes. It's usually a two week wait. So hopefully,

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Speaker 2: well we'll know on the Saturday evening when we start

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Speaker 2: the count. If not, then yeah, we want to make sure,

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Speaker 2: of course every vote counts and making sure people do know.

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Speaker 2: If you haven't voted in the by election yet, please

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Speaker 2: do so, says The early vote centers open it's really

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Speaker 2: convenient till five pm every single day and then most

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Speaker 2: people should be aware. Saturday voting on the seventh of March,

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Speaker 2: the final day to have your voice heard for Nightcliff

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Speaker 2: at the Nightcliffe High School Katie, eight am till six

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Speaker 2: pm on the day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're going to catch up with the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: Electoral Commissioner a little bit later. This hour as well. Selena,

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Speaker 1: quick one before I let you go. It's looking like

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Speaker 1: Air Asia has suspended, well canceled their services. Passengers booked

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Speaker 1: services after well the who are books sort of after

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Speaker 1: April from Darwin to Bali. They've been told that their

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Speaker 1: flights are canceled. The airline reckons that customers are going

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Speaker 1: to receive a full refund from their original form of

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Speaker 1: payment within fourteen days. I mean, what do you think

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Speaker 1: this decision means for territorians. Obviously people are going to

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Speaker 1: be disappointed.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Katie, I only learned of this sort of late

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Speaker 2: last night. We had some people text message our team,

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Speaker 2: our teammates and members and some of our staff in

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Speaker 2: our office to say that there've been cancelations. It's interesting

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Speaker 2: I haven't heard any public notification from the Celpeak government

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Speaker 2: about what's actually happening. Get it. We were very baffled

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Speaker 2: last night and I thought, I checked my email this

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Speaker 2: morning to us. You know, there's usually a government media

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Speaker 2: release if there's something that you know, concerns territories, particularly

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Speaker 2: air services, which we know are so important for Premucy family,

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Speaker 2: for businesses to do business in the territory, in for

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Speaker 2: people to have a break as well to have that

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Speaker 2: well deserved holiday. SOD be very interesting to understand from

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Speaker 2: the Celpeak government what the decision is around these cancelations

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Speaker 2: of air services, because that's something that the territory really

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Speaker 2: needs to see boosted. I put a submission into the

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Speaker 2: Product Ascues Me into the Parliament, the Federal Parliament's Inquiry

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Speaker 2: about airfares. We've put that We've really urged them to

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Speaker 2: come to the Northern Territory to hear directly from territories

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Speaker 2: in businesses about the stress of having reduced services, limited

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Speaker 2: services and sometimes no services in parts of the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: So this is a really key one for our Labor opposition.

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Speaker 2: So I'm really keen to understand why this decision has

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Speaker 2: been made and what the government has to say.

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Speaker 1: About it well, Opposition leader Selena Ubo. Hopefully we're going

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Speaker 1: to find out a little bit more in just a moment.

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Speaker 1: Robin Carl's going to be joining us. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, have a great day you too.

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Speaker 1: Thank you