1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: political landscape, Katie Wolf has it covered on three sixty 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Every one is listening Mix one oh four point nine. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: I do want to read a few of the messages 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: out that we've received so far this morning. There's one here, 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Mark Turner, What a joke of a speech, trying to 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: blame the opposition leader for forcing him to come out 8 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: about the affair. 9 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: No, mate, you're on. 10 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: You're an adult and choose to have that relationship. You're 11 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: a public figure and have standards you need to adhere to. 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: Shame. 13 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: Shame, shame, says that Texter. Another one here, Michael Gunna 14 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: must resign immediately. He lied to us consequently, he is 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: unfit to lead Territorians. I've got one here, Hi kd 16 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: call for the whole of the fifth floor to be 17 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: drug tested. Miners get tested, oil and gas get tested. 18 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 2: NT Police. 19 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if the NT police do, but it 20 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: says all in the name of safety. 21 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: If you're pulled over. 22 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: In a car and there's any doubt, you're tested, all 23 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: in the name of keeping us safe. 24 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think that we need to 25 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: do it. 26 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: Another one here, absolutely Katie Gunner thinks that he can 27 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: act like Donald Trump, trying to turn this labor scandal 28 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: into the opposite, onto the opposition. 29 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: Another one here from Allan. 30 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: It says Hi Katie Labour's spin at its best was 31 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: on show when MLA Turner made his speech, when he's 32 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: several times blamed the opposition leader for raising the issue. 33 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 2: Not true. 34 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: The NT News did that, and the Chief Minister could 35 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: have accepted the allegation and host it down if it 36 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: had the balls to comment days ago. Yes, it's principally 37 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: a private matter, and Gunner stands commended for. 38 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: His lack of acceptance. 39 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: I feel for mister Turner's family, but as a politician 40 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: there's certain rules of behavior and public scrutiny that applies. 41 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 2: Gunner should resign as he's let the. 42 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: Public down on so many fronts, not only this matter, 43 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: says Alan. Now, they're just a few of the messages 44 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: that we're receiving so far this morning. Now, for the 45 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: sake of fairness, I do want to play this. I 46 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: do want to play this audio for you. It is 47 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: Mark Turner's speech from Parliament House overnight. 48 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: Take a listen you. 49 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: Madam Speaker. I rise tonight to make a personal explanation 50 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 3: about untrue rumors circulating online which concerned me. It was 51 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 3: not my intention to respond to untrue rumors and innuendo. 52 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: There are untrue things said about every one of us 53 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: every day. It is my view that online rumors should 54 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 3: stay in the dark corners of the Internet and not 55 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 3: dredged up in the Parliament for theater. 56 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: To do. 57 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 3: Otherwise, it's a very dangerous precedent for all of us. 58 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 3: I have been speaking to the Chief Minister this week, 59 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: and I'm grateful to him and my caucus colleagues for 60 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 3: their support, for their view that untrue rumors should not 61 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: be given public credibility, and for the desire to protect 62 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 3: my family from public embarrassment. But the actions of the 63 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 3: Leader of the Opposition in recent days, the new media 64 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 3: reports tonight, have left me with no other choice. The 65 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 3: Leader of the Opposition has used her privileged position in 66 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 3: this place to take these untrue rumors about me and 67 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: use them to impugn the character of my colleagues. I 68 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 3: will not allow that to continue any longer. I have 69 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: the Chief Minister's support in making this statement regarding the 70 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 3: private citizen at the center of these rumors whose personal 71 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: information was allegedly stolen. Any suggestion that I participated in 72 00:03:52,200 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 3: an illegal activity is categorically false. Regarding the allegedly stolen messages, 73 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 3: I can confirm that this person and I have had 74 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: a friendship in the past. I do not recall the 75 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 3: details of every conversation. During this friendship. We exchange general conversation, 76 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 3: banter jokes, and some intimate conversation. I do not condone 77 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 3: illegal activity and I do not participate in it. I 78 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 3: accept that there were aspects of our friendship in the 79 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: past that were not appropriate because they were too intimate. 80 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: It was not illegal, it was consensual. It was respectful, 81 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 3: but not appropriate, and this is something that I need 82 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 3: to deal with and am dealing with privately with my family. 83 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 3: I am not a perfect person. Nobody is, nobody in 84 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 3: the Parliament is. I've made mistakes in the past in 85 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 3: my personal life. But the rumors and the allegations that 86 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 3: the leader of the Opposition is peddling are just plain wrong. 87 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 3: They just are not true. I am deeply embarrassed by 88 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 3: all of this, and if that was the leader of 89 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 3: the Opposition's goal, she has succeeded. My family's private hurt 90 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 3: is now public, and if that was the leader of 91 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 3: the opposition's goal, she has succeeded. A private citizen whose 92 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 3: personal information was allegedly stolen has been left traumatized. If 93 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 3: that was the leader of the opposition's goal, she has succeeded. 94 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 3: Leader of the opposition. I can only hope that this 95 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 3: has been worth it for you. In my public life, 96 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: I answer to the good people of the Blain electorate. 97 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 3: I apologize to them for the distraction is caused, and 98 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 3: I will work every day to keep earning their trust 99 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 3: in my personal life and for any personal failings. I 100 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: answer to my family. I unreservedly apologize to them for 101 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: the hurt and distress this is caused. I'm very fortunate 102 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 3: that I have their continued support, and I will work 103 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 3: every day to repair and strengthen that relationship. 104 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: All right, so we will leave. That obviously gives you 105 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: the member's speech. There's only about eight seconds to go, 106 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: and look, I think you can make of that what 107 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: you like. You. Obviously, we as Territorians vote for who 108 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: we think is most appropriate in these roles to represent us. Now, 109 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: he said it himself. It's obviously up to the people 110 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: of Blaine. How they feel about this situation. If you 111 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: live in Blaine eight nine four one one oh four nine, 112 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: give us a call or you can send us a 113 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: text zero four one eight nine five seven three six nine. Now, 114 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: obviously we've got two issues here. We've got the situation 115 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: where the member for blame has come out he's made 116 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: that speech yesterday now to me to blame the opposition leader, 117 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: I think is for his own actions. He's gutless. However, 118 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: let's put that to the side for a moment. Let's 119 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: put to the side that moral debate about whether it 120 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: is or is an appropriate behavior. And let's also talk 121 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: about the second issue, the one which we asked yesterday 122 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: of the woman at the center of the scandal, and 123 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: that was whether staff in the Chief Minister's on the 124 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: Chief Minister's floor of Parliament House, on the fifth floor 125 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: of Parliament House, had been engaged in any use of 126 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: illicit drugs and she had said that she wasn't in 127 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: a situation where she could answer that question. 128 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 2: Amongst other things. 129 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, if we have got 130 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: a situation where people on the fifth floor of Parliament, 131 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: those that are in positions where they are helping to 132 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: advise the Chief Minister or helping to come up with 133 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: policy for the government and for for the Northern Territory, 134 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: are engaged in any type of illicit behavior on the 135 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: weekends or at any point in time. To me, it 136 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: is inappropriate and it is not professional. And as we've 137 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: heard from the Chief Minister in the past, the government 138 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: has to set the standard. Now, I want to read 139 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: for you something that he put out when we had 140 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: a similar situation or a situation obviously involving the COLP 141 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: when they were in power. Now, many of you who've 142 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: been around for quite some time will recall this time 143 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: when it happened and the video that went around. Now 144 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: at the time, the Chief Minister said the CLP's member 145 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: for Blaine has fundamentally breached community standards. His behavior is 146 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: also an unforgivable breach of parliamentary standards. He should resign 147 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: immediately and not take his seat in Parliament. There was 148 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: only one right decision for Adam Giles and the CLP. 149 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: The Member for Blaine had to be stripped of CLP membership. 150 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 1: Adam Giles is leading the worst government in Australian history. 151 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: They are scandal plagued, incompetent and causing incalculable damage to 152 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: the Northern territory. He went on to say, to keep 153 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: this person in Parliament and use his vote until the 154 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: next election is weak by Adam Giles. If Adam Giles 155 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: keeps this person as a member of his own party 156 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: and accepts his tainted vote, he's condoning his behavior. Now 157 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: I've got to say, Chief Minister, you should take a 158 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: listen to your own words.