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Speaker 1: We do know that the countdown is on for the

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Speaker 1: next season of Australia's richest fishing competition, with registrations opening

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Speaker 1: today for the million dollar fish for season eight. Now

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Speaker 1: joining me on the line to talk more about this

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Speaker 1: is the CEO of NTA Major Events, Tim Watsford.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Tim, morning Katie. How are you going? Oh?

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Speaker 1: Very well, Tim, season eight? Are there any changes expected

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Speaker 1: for this season?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look it's he can't believe it's actually been season eight. No, no, look,

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Speaker 2: we're literally getting registrations open this morning, so jump online

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Speaker 2: and make sure you register for your chance to reel

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Speaker 2: in a ten grand tag or that last years million dollars.

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Speaker 2: It's just to go yet to go off, plus prize

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Speaker 2: pools and you've got amazing stuff lined up throughout the

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Speaker 2: campaign and obviously it's a six month campaign that we

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Speaker 2: run over our low season and tracks for shows from

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Speaker 2: right across the country in the world. So here we go,

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Speaker 2: ready to ready to rock and roll again.

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Speaker 1: It's always fantastic and it does create such a buzz.

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Speaker 1: Everybody gets well, everyone loves to get out there and

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Speaker 1: go fishing anyway, but it's been so successful despite the

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Speaker 1: fact we haven't actually been able to give away that

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Speaker 1: million dollar fishsh.

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Speaker 2: No, you're right, and to think that last year we

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Speaker 2: received over thirty eight thousand registrations, which is which is

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Speaker 2: incredible to be honest, and contributes you know, I tack

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Speaker 2: over forty million dollars into economy every year from from

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Speaker 2: a stimulus perspective. You're right, it is. It's an amazing

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Speaker 2: it's an amazing tournament and we have big thanks to

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Speaker 2: our partners in sports Bet that we're in. Obviously the

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Speaker 2: early stages of planning with the later end of this

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Speaker 2: season looks like and the ideas are flowing thick and fast.

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Speaker 2: They want to be on board. They want to be

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Speaker 2: on board for a long time. They want to they

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Speaker 2: want to keep going. So, looking as cross we can

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Speaker 2: give away one of those the million dollar tags this

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Speaker 2: year's that's the go love that love showing that kind

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Speaker 2: of cash. That'll be amazing.

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Speaker 1: It would be absolutely fantastic if somebody called it, So, Tim,

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Speaker 1: what's the process for today? People can already jump online

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Speaker 1: and register for this season, can't they?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely so. Today registrations are open, So jump online million

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Speaker 2: dollar Fish dot com. Do you go through the prime

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Speaker 2: and make sure your details are in there. As of

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Speaker 2: October one, this season is live, so you can't effectively

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Speaker 2: bring in any tags prior to that October one period.

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Speaker 2: Once that's live, the guys will be working there butts

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Speaker 2: off this month to make sure that all the fish

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Speaker 2: are out there and tags through all the five regions

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Speaker 2: of the Northern Territory where you can catch them ready

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Speaker 2: to go for October one. Let's see if we can

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Speaker 2: see if we can bring some in.

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Speaker 1: I reckon that everybody listening this morning would like to

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Speaker 1: catch the million dollar fish. But anyway, whether they do

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Speaker 1: or not, now mate, I know that it's not the

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Speaker 1: only thing happening. Hundreds of car enthusiasts are making the

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Speaker 1: pilgrimage to the heart of the country, Central Australia for

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Speaker 1: the Red Center NATZ. How's it all looking in Alice.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is, and that's where we want a bit

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Speaker 2: scattered apologies this morning, Katie. We're here. It's wet unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: believe it or not. But look we're ready to kick

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Speaker 2: it all off tomorrow. We've had over a thousand car registration,

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Speaker 2: which is phenomenal and it's not even the weekend yet,

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Speaker 2: so this is going to be the biggest Red set

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Speaker 2: and ats that we've had to date. We've added a

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Speaker 2: drag program, so we've got the top few your guys

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Speaker 2: down here that those around supercars in Jurns saw so

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Speaker 2: they're the premiere fastest cars on the planet really, so

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Speaker 2: they're doing their thing. And and what we do with

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Speaker 2: our friends that made a vehicles allow temporary registrations for

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Speaker 2: those modified cars to close the streets of ALUs. So

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Speaker 2: looking forward to kind of kicking it all off come

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Speaker 2: come tomorrow. It's gonna be amazing weekend ahead.

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Speaker 1: How exciting. And I know that people absolutely love the

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Speaker 1: Red Center and that it's plenty of people around.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there are, it's full. The town is literally full.

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Speaker 2: This is kind of the first year we've explored camping

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Speaker 2: in much more of a serious scale. So the guys

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Speaker 2: that buffet scud are set up an area there, but

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Speaker 2: Scott Park for those that don't know it just one

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Speaker 2: of our event sites camping, so you can actually camp

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Speaker 2: overnight just because they're literally out of hotel room. So look,

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Speaker 2: it's a good thing for the town, amazing thing for

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Speaker 2: the town. This is an event that really truly brings

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Speaker 2: people from all corners. The postcode report that we've seen

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Speaker 2: over previous years. They come from everywhere, so it's and

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Speaker 2: it's a really good vibe as well. The street crews

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Speaker 2: of town is pretty special. A lot of families and

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Speaker 2: a lot of curR enthusiasts. Like you said, get out

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Speaker 2: and about the support this event and it's you know,

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Speaker 2: it's one we've got for another four years as well,

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Speaker 2: which is which is great. It's a big things to

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Speaker 2: the government are supporting this one for its growth and

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Speaker 2: you know it's almost almost two big boots now. We

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Speaker 2: want to try and work out how do we how

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Speaker 2: do we can make this get more people here for

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Speaker 2: next year. That's our biggest challenge.

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Speaker 1: Hey, before I'll let you go, I understand that there's

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Speaker 1: a bit happening when it comes to the NBL as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, there is the leting on on, Katie've be

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Speaker 3: honest in our world. We've got the Blitz coming up

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Speaker 3: next month, which we're sorry this month now, so two

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Speaker 3: weeks tomorrow it all kicks off at a Darwin Basketball

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Speaker 3: Center and it's well, tickets are moving quick. I would

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Speaker 3: encourage everyone to get on line and look through the challenge.

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Speaker 2: The channels on NBL dot com dot au. It's it's

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Speaker 2: literally every team playing premier games and they're in their

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Speaker 2: preseason competition. Now. This is hosted stars that have continued

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Speaker 2: on to the NBA in the past, and then they'll

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Speaker 2: be here for the full week doing what they do.

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Speaker 2: But look, has been stated publicly, it's a proof of

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Speaker 2: concept to potentially the end of the territory. You're owning

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Speaker 2: a basketball team as well. So that's been said quite

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Speaker 2: loudly by the guys at the NBL. So we're hoping

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Speaker 2: that everyone kind of votes to their feet and gets

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Speaker 2: out there and supports them and tells the NBL that,

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Speaker 2: you know, we should have a team next and then

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Speaker 2: we'll back that up and work our hardest to make

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Speaker 2: sure that becomes reality.

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Speaker 1: Well, mate, let's catch up again once that that comp

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Speaker 1: gets underway in two weeks time. It is always good

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Speaker 1: to catch up with you. Tim Watsford. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you ever sleep, mate, because you seem to be

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Speaker 1: at absolutely everything the rest of the major events day.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,