1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,159 Speaker 1: Now live from Camber, Canberra. Luke Gossling, Good. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 2: Morning morning, Katie Luke. 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Is it the last week of parliamentary sittings this week? 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 2: It certainly is, Yeah, just tomorrow ago and if there 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: is still legislation we need to get through the Parliament, 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 2: we may sit on Friday. But yeah, it is the 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 2: last sitting week of what's been a very unusual and 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 2: long year. 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, it has been such a strange year, and I 10 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: know that there is quite a substantial amount of legislation 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 1: still to get through. Well that's my understanding. How have 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 1: we gone with those with the firming up of the 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: two seats for the Northern Territory. I know what passed 14 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: the Senate, Has it gone through through the upper House 15 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: and where are things at? 16 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, we think it's going to pass the lower house 17 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 2: of the House. Yeah, it was Senate last earlier this week. 18 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: I'm losing track now last week it's past the Senate 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: and to goee those two lower House seats for the NT, 20 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 2: we need to get through the House of Reps, which 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: should happen this afternoon after question time. So looking forward 22 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 2: to that. It's been a great effort on behalf of 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: all the Territorians and pulled together from all sides of 24 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:19,199 Speaker 2: politics to ensure that we have proper representation. So it'll 25 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: be great to have that win for democracy for the territory. 26 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: Oh good stuff. So hopefully pass through the Lower House 27 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: this afternoon. 28 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what we're told. So we're planning on that 29 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: and yeah, we're going to have just talked to some 30 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 2: of the to Senator Sam McMahon and some of the 31 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: Nationals this morning who were great assistance to us in 32 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: securing that their representation. And when that gets through, we 33 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: might just have a small territory toast. 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon that's a good idea. What else is 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: on the agenda? What other legislation needs to get through 36 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: Parliament before the year's end. 37 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: There's some legislations, industrial relations legislation that we're talking to 38 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: the government about at the moment. So what we want 39 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: to see is that any changes that are made in 40 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: terms of new laws that they're going to create secure jobs, 41 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: well paid jobs. And we're just asking the government to 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: prove that the changes that they want to make is 43 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: going to sort of pass that test. And when there's 44 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: also some other legislation in the Parliament. I've been giving 45 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 2: quite a few speeches today on a range of things 46 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: including food security for the communities. Obviously it's a big 47 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 2: issue for some of our communities. There's now going to 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: be an AH Triple C investigation into some of those 49 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: exorbitant prices that people in communities are paying for their 50 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: food from time to time. But also I guess the 51 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 2: stranded Ossie's issue is something that we continue to apply 52 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: pressure to the Prime Minister, hoping that he'll know that 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: he's serious about trying to get as many Aussie's home 54 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 2: before Christmas as possible, even if they are in nice 55 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: in quarantine during Christmas Day. I'm sure a lot of 56 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: those stranded Ossies would rather be in quarantine in Australia 57 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 2: on Christmas Day than stuck overseas. And obviously every chance 58 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 2: I get reinforcing to people down here in can with 59 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 2: a vital role of the Northern Territory and how its 60 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: springs facility continues to play. 61 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: And Luke, was there going to be this week? Was 62 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: there going to actually be that legislation either debated or 63 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: pass through around foreign investment, particularly when we talk about China. 64 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: Was that due to happen this week? 65 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: Yeah? What was Katie and we're going to get an 66 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: update from that later today as to where we're up 67 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: with that, And we still know clearer about that. The 68 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: government wants to go after the Victorian government's Belden Road 69 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: Initiative program, but we're not that much clearer on what 70 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: their view is around other agreements that have been established 71 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: between between state and territory governments with foreign governments. So 72 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 2: and one example obviously being the Port of Darwin and 73 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 2: what's happening there. But I've been having some great meetings 74 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 2: with ASPI, which is great organization, the Austrained Strategic Policy Institution. 75 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: I've been doing some writing for them at about encouraging 76 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: everyone to think big as far as resetting the Northern 77 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 2: Australia's national security posture and the obvious place that Darwin 78 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 2: plays in that. What we're worried is that there's going 79 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: to be a bit of a slide to the right 80 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: on as in a bit of a delayed to some 81 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: of the funding coming through for those big infrastructure projects 82 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 2: make really that center of that center of gravity for 83 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: operations in our region. So we're just continuing to speak 84 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 2: with the government about that and make sure that any 85 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: changes to what's happening in either foreign relations or defense spending. 86 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: Do not disadvantage the territory and in fact quite the opposite, 87 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 2: see us moving forward. Yeah, we spend more business for 88 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 2: our local territory businesses. 89 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. Are you I mean, are you concerned at this point, Luke, 90 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: I know that you mentioned that deal that had been 91 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: signed or the one Belt, one Road initiative that had 92 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 1: been signed by the Victorian government and Chinese authorities or government. 93 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: Are you concerned that you know that we've got any 94 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: kind of agreements in place here in the Northern Territory 95 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: which could be impacted and would that be good or 96 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: a bad thing? 97 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it certainly needs to be investigated, cad is my 98 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 2: view and clear at this stage what the government's appetite 99 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 2: for that is. We want to make sure that we're 100 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 2: upholding our role as a strategic and critically important national 101 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 2: infrastructure such as the port. I don't have any issues 102 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: with the way that Lanbridge is running that facility, and 103 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: in fact have been talking to them about some of 104 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: the supply chain initiatives that they want to see come 105 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: to fruition. However, it is incumbent on the federal government 106 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: of the day to be consistent throughout the nation and 107 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 2: if they're looking into Victoria, they need to look into us. Obviously, 108 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 2: I'll be ensuring that the territories and disadvantage though, and 109 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: if there's any requirement for changing the current the relationships 110 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: and the contracts that exist, that the Federal and takes 111 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: responsibility for these issues. And it's not to the detriment 112 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: of the Northern territory, because as we all know, Katie, 113 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 2: it's not a matter of us going capin and to 114 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: Canberra as a matter of Camber realizing our strategic significance 115 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 2: and funding it for the good of the nation. 116 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: Well, Luke Gosling, we are going to have to leave 117 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: it there this morning, but we might try and catch 118 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: up with you again next week once parliament's all done 119 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: in Dustin for the year. I always appreciate your time. 120 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having a quick chat with us today. 121 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: Good on you're Katie, and thanks for your support of 122 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: a fair outcome for veterans and their families. With the 123 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 2: outcomes of the Brandon Inquiry, it's been really important to 124 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: make sure that we really think about the effects of 125 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: these sorts of recommendations. 126 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: So thanks again, Luke Gosling. Always good to chat with you. 127 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: Thank you for your time.