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Speaker 1: Joining us on the line right now as a health minister.

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Speaker 1: Natasha Fhiles, good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, good morning listener now Minister.

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Speaker 1: First off, obviously that flight to London, the long awaited

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Speaker 1: or the highly anticipated flight to London to the left

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Speaker 1: last night.

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Speaker 3: How did it all go?

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Speaker 2: Katie? It was really exciting and this began with those

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Speaker 2: two repatriation flights eighteen months ago from China and Japan,

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Speaker 2: and we've grown that into an opportunity where we now

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Speaker 2: have direct flights from Darwin to London, so there'll be

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Speaker 2: five flights a week, and we'll work closely with Quantests

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Speaker 2: to make this a permanent fixture on the air travel

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Speaker 2: routes into and from Darwin. We think it's a wonderful

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Speaker 2: opportunity for tourism and locals in the territory.

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Speaker 1: How committed are you to really trying to make sure

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Speaker 1: that this does become a permanent fixture and there's even

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Speaker 1: the possibility of expansion.

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Speaker 2: So Katie, I think there was a lot of naysayers

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Speaker 2: and a lot of doubts, and we've worked really closely

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Speaker 2: with Quantas and we want them to see that Darwin

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Speaker 2: the top end is the natural gateway to Australia, to

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Speaker 2: Asia and beyond. So it was really exciting yesterday at

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Speaker 2: the airport and Katie. There's been a lot of hard

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Speaker 2: work by a lot of people, ant Health Police, those

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Speaker 2: emergency operations as well as anti airports have gone above

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Speaker 2: Alan Joyce join us via video link. It was a

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Speaker 2: really wonderful acknowledgment of that inaugural flight. But there's been

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Speaker 2: a lot of hard work by a lot of people,

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Speaker 2: so I would like to acknowledge that.

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Speaker 1: Well, and we will catch up with nt Airport se

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Speaker 1: in about twenty minutes time. Now we know that so

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Speaker 1: much of the success, I guess you'd say, of these

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Speaker 1: flights and the possibility for them to realistically be extended

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Speaker 1: past April, is dependent on people being able to travel

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Speaker 1: into the Northern Territory and out of and so much

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Speaker 1: of that is indeed dependent on the home quarantining or

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Speaker 1: the lack of quarantining, and also those vaccination rates. Can

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Speaker 1: I ask, firstly, do we have a bit of an

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Speaker 1: update when it comes to the latest numbers on the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Katie, Territories have done a great job. Almost three

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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty thousand vaccines have been administered across the territory.

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Speaker 2: Eighty eight percent of Territorians have had their first dose

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Speaker 2: and seventy four percent are fully vaccinated. Still we estimate

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Speaker 2: hopeful that we'll reach eighty percent second dose this month.

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Speaker 2: We're also doing an incredible amount of work in our

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Speaker 2: remote communities and there's been a lot of people, a

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Speaker 2: lot of collaboration out there working with community and we've

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Speaker 2: reached sixty six percent of Territorians having had their first

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Speaker 2: dose and fifty three percent fully vaccinated in remote community.

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Speaker 2: And everyone will keep those efforts up as we drive

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Speaker 2: towards that you know, we need ninety five, We want

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Speaker 2: one hundred percent. We want everyone to be protected.

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Speaker 1: Now, I know that you announced earlier this week that

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territories COVID nineteen Vaccination Surge workforce is going

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Speaker 1: to have a bit of a boost over the next

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Speaker 1: few weeks with fifty student nurses and midwives coming on board.

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Speaker 1: So second and third year CDU student nurses and midwives

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Speaker 1: all sorts of things. Where are these students or where

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Speaker 1: were these student nurses needed? Mostly is it up here

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, we've been really focused on our health workforce.

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Speaker 2: They've been doing a wonderful job, and we have put

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Speaker 2: online additional nurses. We've put online additional graduate nurses. And

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Speaker 2: these are additional positions. These are students that are in

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Speaker 2: their second and third year students and they will be

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Speaker 2: so they'll be fully supervised. But it's a great opportunity

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Speaker 2: full support. But this is a great addition to helping

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Speaker 1: Doesn't mean that some of those fully qualified nurses are

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Speaker 2: It just gives us more resources in the system. So

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Speaker 2: it does provide more resources and will of course be

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Speaker 3: Okay, I've got a couple of listener questions.

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Speaker 1: I've just got one here that says, Hi, Katie, can

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Speaker 1: you please ask the Health Minister when temporary visa holders

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Speaker 2: Okati, I'm going to have to take that question unnoticed

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Speaker 2: because that would be working with the Commonwealth government. But

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Speaker 2: it was great to see Australian residents and Austraian citizens

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Speaker 2: yesterday be able to travel more freely. I know that

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Speaker 2: Commonwealth have made some changes to visa arrangements during COVID

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Speaker 2: to make it easier for people. But happy to seek

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Speaker 1: Another question from a listener. It says get Akt Derby

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Speaker 1: from the do a question for the Health Minister.

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Speaker 3: I live in Humpty Doo.

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Speaker 1: I had my first job in Palmerston and second job

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Speaker 1: in koler linga do I go into the Palmerston. Do

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Speaker 1: I go into Palmerston or the cooler Linger vaccination statistics,

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Speaker 1: You go into the.

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Speaker 2: Darious vaccination statistics, Katie, because that's where your residential address is.

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Speaker 2: So that's why it's important for people to make sure

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Speaker 2: Prima Care information system and also the strain iuminization register,

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Speaker 2: so it'll be matched to where you where you live.

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Speaker 2: So you could have received both doses in Dawen City,

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Speaker 1: Now we know that today actually marks one week exactly

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Speaker 1: since the home quarantine trial kicked off. At the time,

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Speaker 1: we were told that one hundred people would take part

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Speaker 2: Cy, I don't have the exact figures and those figures

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Speaker 3: Do you have an idea though of the numbers.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you must know whether it's sort of you know,

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Speaker 2: Katie, I don't have the exact figures, but we know

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Speaker 2: we need to sample size of about one hundred during

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Speaker 2: One of the lessons that we've already learned is making

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Speaker 2: So that's why it's really important that we've got this

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Speaker 1: actually testing the trial? That's a comment from the shadow

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Speaker 2: and that will give us the information to see how

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Speaker 1: All right, So it will only be one hundred over

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Speaker 2: So Katie, obviously if more people are eligible and the

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Speaker 1: Do you have any idea how many tests have been conducted?

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Speaker 1: Because we know that part of this pilot you'd said

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Speaker 2: You haven't got the latest testing numbers. Our laboratory certainly

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Speaker 2: So the Chief Ministers outlined our roadmap, and that is

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Speaker 2: so then we can see trouble redeemed more normally for territory.

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Speaker 1: Now, I have got another message from a listener. They

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Speaker 1: said that at the press conference. Obviously the Chief Minister

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Speaker 1: Michael Gunner had said that's the Howard Springs quarantine. It

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Speaker 1: will go to half price for fully vaccinated people.

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Speaker 3: Is that the case? And when does that start?

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, if home quarantine is not available for people

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Speaker 2: Howard Brings for a reduced fee. This is acknowledging that

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Speaker 2: they're fully vaccinated. I'll have to check what date that starts, Katie.

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Speaker 2: I would make the assumption that that would start from

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Speaker 2: when home quarantining more broadly starts once the pilot finishes.

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Speaker 2: We'll get some clarity through to UKad And that's why

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Speaker 1: Is there any clarity on the you know, like there've

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Speaker 3: Now, Minister, I'm very mindful of time.

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Speaker 1: I know that you are about to board a flight

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Speaker 1: Health Minister Natasha files just very quickly before I let

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Speaker 1: And I think that anybody who has either gone through

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Speaker 2: The Allen Walker Cancer Care Center provides dedicated cancer care

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Speaker 2: It means they can get world class care, they can

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Speaker 2: really proud. This was an election commitment. It was twenty

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they do a tremendous job.

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Speaker 1: Before I let you go, Minister, any tips for the

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Speaker 1: Melbourne Cup, Oh.

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Speaker 2: Katie, as a Minister for racing, I probably should have one,

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Speaker 2: but you've caught me off guard. I apologize. Maybe your

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Speaker 2: listeners can text it into you on your life.

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Speaker 1: I reckon they're going to have to because I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure who I'm placing a bit on today either. Always responsibly,

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Speaker 1: of course. Health Minister Natasha Files, thank you for your

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Speaker 1: time today.

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Speaker 2: Take care,