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Speaker 1: You're listening to mix ONEOW four point nine's three sixty.

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Speaker 1: Now we have heard early this morning that for the

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Speaker 1: first time in the competition's history, three tagged barre have

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Speaker 1: already been caught in the first week of the Million

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Speaker 1: Dollar Fish season. Six. Now joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: to talk about this and a lot more, the Minister

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Speaker 1: for Tourism, Health and Alcohol Policy, Natasha Files. Good morning,

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Katie, Good morning listening minister. Firstly, that's a

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Speaker 1: cracking weekend when you talk about the million Dollar Fish.

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Speaker 1: It's all gone pretty well so far.

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Speaker 2: It's off to a flying start. Katie. More than thirteen

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Speaker 2: thousand people have registered. Now is the time to register

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Speaker 2: if you haven't. Three fish caught. Three great stories. A

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Speaker 2: local at the nightclif Jenny, one of the fish that

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Speaker 2: I released last week was caught. And then someone using

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Speaker 2: their tourism bouncher adding kakadu with their partner. And then

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Speaker 2: some visitors from North Queensland who extended their holiday by

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Speaker 2: two weeks to participate in the Million Dollar Fish and

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Speaker 2: it was two friends and they caught one of the

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Speaker 2: double tag fish. So the person that reeled it in

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Speaker 2: we got to get ten grand and the mate that

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Speaker 2: netted it got five grands, so wonderful stories. Lots more

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Speaker 1: How good would it be for tourism if that million

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Speaker 1: dollar fish went off?

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Speaker 2: Katie? Already people using the tourism vouchers, people extending their

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Speaker 2: million dollar fish. So anyone that has got friends or

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Speaker 1: Well. Minister, speaking of people coming to the Northern Territory,

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Speaker 2: So we've seen in New South Wales very low numbers,

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Speaker 2: every measure and step that we've taken to date has

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Speaker 2: removing that hot spot declaration from Sydney from this Friday.

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Speaker 1: Will there be additional safety measures in place? Or do

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, of course we'll listen to the latest clinical

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Speaker 2: do that. We've seen that in the past where suddenly

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Speaker 2: an area, a local government area has been declared that

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Speaker 2: and the health professionals will still stay on the borders.

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Speaker 2: People entering the territory will still fill in that paperwork.

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Speaker 2: But this is a hot spot policy that's designed to

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Speaker 1: How many people have now crossed the borders into the

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Speaker 2: I don't have those latest figures, Katie, but we know

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Speaker 1: Now I'm fairly sure the NT News is reporting about

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Speaker 2: In terms of masks, the health advice is that people

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Speaker 1: Now, Minister, yesterday we were sent photos of signs out

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Speaker 1: Why has that clinic and Howard Springs closed and where

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Speaker 2: So COVID testing continues to take place at Rozalen Hospital

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Speaker 3: But this is.

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Speaker 1: Now let's move along to your portfolio of alcohol policy.

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Speaker 1: We know that police are continuing to target people selling

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Speaker 2: Secondary supply is illegal. There is tought penalties in place,

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Speaker 2: we have seen more people having income to spend, but

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Speaker 2: in terms of secondary supply, it is illegal and the

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Speaker 2: police will catch you. And this is an example of that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we have so many measures in place in

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Speaker 1: this just demonstrate that these measures don't work.

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Speaker 2: So one single measure alone, Katie, is not going to

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Speaker 2: stop the harm that alcohol can cause or people that

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Speaker 2: a multitude of measures in place, and since we've had

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Speaker 2: alcohol related presentations to ed alcohol related assaults. But yes,

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Speaker 1: Well, we know at the moment as well, this is

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Speaker 2: So the measures that were put in place around asking

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Speaker 2: police asked for those powers and so licensing has provided them.

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Speaker 1: The moment, not looking at making it more permanent.

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Speaker 2: No, we don't have that advice. But as I said,

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Speaker 1: All right, I want to move along because we know

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Speaker 3: The situation with the funding for Kackadoo is it's there

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Speaker 3: It's actually a combination of the Northern Territory Government Upper

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Speaker 3: He's well aware the fact that the money's sitting there

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Speaker 1: So in what ways are they holding that money being wrong?

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Speaker 3: We want to spend it.

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Speaker 1: Minister, what is your response to those comments from the senator?

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Speaker 1: Is that the case?

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, my understanding is the federal government have identified

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Speaker 2: on strengthening those relationships so that we can see those

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Speaker 1: Is, so, Minister just I suppose to break it down

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Speaker 2: Katie, I don't think it's about the money being held up.

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Speaker 2: The federal government have identified that money. My understanding it

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Speaker 2: was on the forward estimates for some years ahead. But

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Speaker 2: the federal government, particularly in terms of what we've seen

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Speaker 2: around coronavirus, have been bringing forward spending. So I'm very

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Speaker 2: confident that if we work hard and build on those relationships,

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Speaker 2: we can see those dollars flowing into the territory as

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Speaker 2: soon as possible. We've got a supportive cenator there. The

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Speaker 2: Chief Minister is certainly very passionate in this space, so

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Speaker 2: we'll be working to make sure we see those dollars

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Speaker 2: as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, I've only been in that role as a Tourism

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Speaker 1: minister now for a few weeks. But how important is

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Speaker 1: it to you to really ensure that Kakado gets up

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Speaker 1: to the standard that international tourists and you know, locals

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Speaker 1: and also domestic tourists expect.

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Speaker 2: Katie. It's a key focus for me. I think that

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Speaker 2: we know that Kakadu is amazing, It's iconic and it

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Speaker 2: needs to be a world class asset for both locals

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Speaker 2: and visitors I like, and so for me, I'll be

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Speaker 2: heading there later this week. It's somewhere I visited over many,

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Speaker 2: many years and it is simply amazing. But I'm certainly

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Speaker 2: focused on strengthening those relationships, working with the Commonwealth and

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Speaker 2: of course within my own government to make sure we

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Speaker 2: deliver the improvements to make it once again an iconic,

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Speaker 2: world class asset.

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Speaker 1: Minister, what are you hoping to find or to sort

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Speaker 1: of discuss while you are there in Kakado.

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Speaker 2: So I'm meeting with a range of tourism operators as

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Speaker 2: well as traditional loners and of course visiting that the

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Speaker 2: health infrastructure that's out there. It's a really important point,

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Speaker 2: particularly point in time for Jabaru and its future right now,

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Speaker 2: so it's important to be on the ground and have

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Speaker 2: those relationships well.

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Speaker 1: Minister for Health, Tourism and Alcohol Policy, Natasha Files, we

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Speaker 1: always appreciate your time. Thanks for chatting with us today.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie,