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Speaker 1: We've been talking about our representation in Canberra and retaining

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Speaker 1: those two seats in the Northern Territory Federal Parliament for

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Speaker 1: some time, and this morning, well we're finally getting there.

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Speaker 1: Joining us on the line is the Senator for the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory, Melan Dearie McCarthy. Good morning, oh.

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Speaker 2: Big, good morning to you Kadian, to all your listeners.

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Speaker 2: I'm absolutely breathless. Just got into my office from the

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Speaker 2: Senate with some amazing news for you all.

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Speaker 1: What's going on?

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Speaker 3: As it passed it we were really really coming down

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Speaker 3: to the wire. We had to pass it by eleven

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Speaker 3: forty five our time in order to get it through to.

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Speaker 2: The House later today. So we had a bill prior

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Speaker 2: to the Territories Bill called the Australia's Foreign Relations and

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Speaker 2: it started. That particular bill started yesterday and we were

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Speaker 2: meant to get to ours yesterday, but that bill just

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Speaker 2: seemed to go on and on, and it was still

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Speaker 2: going on this morning, and I thought, oh, my giddy aunt,

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Speaker 2: am I going to get this through? And oh, thank goodness,

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Speaker 2: We've got it through and go so thank you, thank

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Speaker 2: you to the people of the Northern Territory and Indian Nation.

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Speaker 2: Territories for your amazing support for.

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Speaker 3: All of us.

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Speaker 1: Amazing stuff. I did say it to Senator Sam McMahon yesterday,

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Speaker 1: and Melan Diary, I'll say it to you. You know,

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Speaker 1: you too, worked incredibly hard on this and you put

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Speaker 1: your politics aside and made sure that the right thing

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Speaker 1: happened for the Northern Territory and it's now gone through

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Speaker 1: the Senate. You must be really happy, as.

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Speaker 2: I'm just over the man. In fact, the bells are

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Speaker 2: going again, Katie something. But I'm just so happy and

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Speaker 2: a huge thank you to certainly to Sam and also

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Speaker 2: to Luke and Warren. You're right, and I'm just enormously

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Speaker 2: proud that the character of the territory is we know

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Speaker 2: how to fight together for the territory and that's what

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Speaker 2: we did today absolutely last year. So thank you, thank you,

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Speaker 2: and I'll see you when I get back.

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Speaker 1: Sounds good, Thank you, Maladari. That is Melanderie McCarthy there

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Speaker 1: and wonderful stuff. So that historic legislation guaranteeing two Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory federal seats, it passed through the Senate this morning,

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Speaker 1: so that is fantastic news, and we know that it

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Speaker 1: has to go through the House of Reps as I understand,

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Speaker 1: so it'll go through there. It's gone through the Senate now,

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Speaker 1: so it'll go through the next House of Reps hopefully.

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Speaker 1: From what we heard from Senator Sam McMahon, we are

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Speaker 1: expecting that that should go through this week, So hopefully

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Speaker 1: that happens today and definitely before Christmas. So well done everybody.

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously our senators, all of our representatives in

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Speaker 1: Canberra have really put their politics aside to make sure

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Speaker 1: that this happens for the Northern Territory. But we as

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Speaker 1: Territorians as well have stuck together on this one. I

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Speaker 1: know so many of you made sure that you signed

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Speaker 1: the MELANDERI it had the I can't think of what

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Speaker 1: it's called.

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Speaker 4: That we all signed it anyway, whatever it's called, well,

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Speaker 4: I can't think of the right words, but we'd all

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Speaker 4: signed to make sure that we supported keeping those two

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Speaker 4: seats and it was so incredibly important that we did.

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Speaker 4: And good on everybody that's been involved and that's made

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Speaker 4: sure that they've supported that fight to keep the two

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Speaker 4: seats in the Federal Parliament. And I know that our population,

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Speaker 4: you know, it's on the low at the moment, but

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Speaker 4: we know that as a territory.

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Speaker 1: We do EBB and flow.

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Speaker 4: At different times and we want to make sure that

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Speaker 4: we have adequate representation. And Ronnie has just reminded me

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Speaker 4: of what the word was that I was looking for

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Speaker 4: a petition.

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Speaker 1: That's what I needed