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Speaker 1: Speaker of the Northern Territories Legislative Assembly, Robin Lamley. Good

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Speaker 2: Good morning Jared, Good morning Katie, and good morning to.

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Speaker 1: Your listeners and well our journalistic representative this morning, our

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Speaker 1: go to that cyclone update first, and we know that

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Speaker 1: Everybody is still going to work at this point in time.

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Speaker 1: Now manual some of those communities that we are going

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Speaker 1: She'd know because I bet you she's seen plenty of

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Speaker 7: To sit next way, you just sit on Tuesday.

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Speaker 4: Remember we've got to rely on the church to control, okadie.

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Speaker 2: You've come together.

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Speaker 4: They're sitting at Behrmar and they're working with the gun

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Speaker 1: It is just on twenty two minutes after nine o'clock.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, cycling's top of mind for everybody this morning. However,

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Speaker 9: Literally, this is my third week that I've worked here

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Speaker 3: Now we'll tell these things that.

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Speaker 1: Need a hospital bid that they're not able to have one,

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Speaker 4: Sorry, I remember the Northern Territory has got a relatively

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Speaker 4: If you're in a city in Sydney, Melbourne, we us

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Speaker 8: Many years ago, when I was Health Minister, the formula

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Speaker 8: We've got the busiest emergency departments in the country.

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Speaker 3: It truly does.

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Speaker 5: Look it's hard to see where the cuts are going

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Speaker 3: Well that's exactly right.

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Speaker 1: You end up with people having to come to town

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Speaker 3: But you know, you want to you want him to

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Speaker 1: some of our territories, whether you're in an urban center

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Speaker 1: or whether you're in a remote center, the path that

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Speaker 1: they have to get to to get the health care

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Speaker 1: that they actually need and deserve.

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Speaker 3: We are all, you know, like we're all in this.

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Speaker 6: Together, Katie.

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Speaker 5: It's definitely a territory wide issue, you know, like everyone's

448
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Speaker 5: it's everyone's business. So whether you're in either parties or

449
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Speaker 5: in the panel, we've.

450
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Speaker 6: All got to come together and lobby the government.

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Speaker 5: And you know, if Steve Edge one us to come

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Speaker 5: up to Canberra with them, we're more than happy to.

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Speaker 8: So the territory, yeah, seriously impacts a livability of the

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Speaker 8: Northern Actually say, if we can't offer good age care

455
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Speaker 8: services in the Northern Territory, people are going to pack

456
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Speaker 8: up and leave.

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Speaker 7: They're not going to retire here.

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Speaker 3: No, and that's a real worry. That's the last thing

459
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Speaker 3: we want to see.

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Speaker 1: Let's take a quick break. You are listening to Mix

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Speaker 1: one O four ninees three sixty.

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Speaker 10: It is the week that was mixed one four point

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Speaker 10: nine three sixty, the week that was the most listened

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Speaker 10: to our in Territory radio.

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Speaker 1: Well, if you've just joined us in the studio this morning,

466
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Speaker 1: we've got Manuel Brown, Kathleen Gazola, Jared Bailey, and Robert Langley. Now,

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Speaker 1: all eyes are indeed on this cyclone. Still, Manuel, you've

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Speaker 1: just had word from a couple of the communities one

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Speaker 1: at least.

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Speaker 3: What's going on?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Alan Crop Island. It's starting to pick up in

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Speaker 5: the winds and it's raining heavily.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, okay, So starting to see the impacts of

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Speaker 1: that system.

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Speaker 3: We'll keep it very close eye things.

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Speaker 1: I hope everybody out there is okay, and I know

477
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Speaker 1: they'll be bunkered down and trying their best to stay safe.

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Speaker 1: Now it's Jared, there's been a couple of other messages

479
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Speaker 1: coming through this morning, somebody wondering they'd been told that

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Speaker 1: the courts etc.

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Speaker 3: Were being closed.

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Speaker 4: Well, Okatie, it's really business as usual until we get advice.

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Speaker 4: Otherwise when the next advice is coming at ten thirty.

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Speaker 4: So what I say is be prepared, don't panic. We

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Speaker 4: know the cyclone is on its way, so you need

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Speaker 4: to have that preparation happening. But at the moment, business

487
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Speaker 4: as usual. Listen to NT Secure, Listen to your station

488
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Speaker 4: at ten thirty or just after ten thirty, and make

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Speaker 4: sure you're aware. Don't hide away and you think it's

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Speaker 4: not going to have it's definitely coming. We need to

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Speaker 4: be prepared and go out and actively look for that

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Speaker 4: advice just after ten thirty.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and we'll keep you up to date with

494
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Speaker 1: everything that is going on now. Look, it's been a

495
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Speaker 1: massive week when it comes to news, and on Monday,

496
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Speaker 1: well over the weekend, in fact, we learned that police

497
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Speaker 1: had charged we now know four Darwin residents over an

498
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Speaker 1: alleged multimillion dollar defense fraud scheme. Dallas Win, Natalie Win,

499
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Speaker 1: Michael Buckley and his wife Jessica has now been charged

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Speaker 1: as well. Now the AFP claimed the defense employee, their

501
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Speaker 1: spouse and a company director worked together to funnel almost

502
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Speaker 1: seventy one million dollars in contracts to a business say

503
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Speaker 1: controlled now. During those raids last Friday, officers seize cash, electronics, jewelry, documents,

504
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Speaker 1: a firearm, and a small amount.

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Speaker 3: Of suspected drugs. As I said, initially, three people.

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Speaker 1: Charged with dishonesty gaining a benefit from a Commonwealth entity,

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Speaker 1: while the defense staffer also faces a charge of abusing

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Speaker 1: public office. The fourth, Jessica, was reportedly charged yesterday morning

509
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Speaker 1: and is set to appear in court today.

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Speaker 3: Now I know that.

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Speaker 1: You know this isn't matter that's absolutely before the courts,

512
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Speaker 1: so obviously everybody being quite careful what they say. But

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Speaker 1: the Master Builders were pretty swift to act, as was

514
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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network very swift to act

515
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Speaker 1: as well, to suspend them, I believe from their membership

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Speaker 1: within the Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's a real worry.

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Speaker 1: It's body hard to win a defense contract, so when

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Speaker 1: something like this happens, and there's a lot of detail

520
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Speaker 1: still to flow through, but there's been a real push

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Speaker 1: for Northern territory businesses to win these defense contracts, and

522
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Speaker 1: now with something like this happening, I just worry what

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Speaker 1: it's going to mean for other businesses trying to win

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Speaker 1: such contracts through defense.

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Speaker 9: And I think that was really important for Master Builders

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Speaker 9: and those other advocacy groups to act swiftly and make

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Speaker 9: a statement of some sort. Obviously, as you said, a

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Speaker 9: lot is still to play out in the court process

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Speaker 9: to come, and they mentioned that it's not a there's

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Speaker 9: still allegations at the moment. But I think sallyan in

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Speaker 9: Us from Master Builders made a really good point as

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Speaker 9: to the federal government and the Defense Department as to

533
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Speaker 9: how something like this could allegedly happen and that they

534
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Speaker 9: really do need to look at their processes because seventy

535
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Speaker 9: one million dollars is a lot of taxpayers money.

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Speaker 1: It's a heck of a lot of money. It's in

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Speaker 1: an enormous amount of money. I mean, Jared, earlier in

538
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Speaker 1: the week, there'd been some questions about, you know, about

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Speaker 1: one of the alleged defenders still being I believe or

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Speaker 1: at that point in time they were, they were on

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Speaker 1: one of the boards. I can't think what that mt

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Speaker 1: ICN and I know that that was sort of I believe,

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Speaker 1: attached to their membership on Master Builders. So as they've

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Speaker 1: been been no longer on the Master Builders board, then

545
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Speaker 1: they're no longer on that. But questions sort of being

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Speaker 1: raised this morning as well in the paper about how

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Speaker 1: they've kind of gone on this delegation just days before

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Speaker 1: those charges were laid. I assume that literally nobody besides

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Speaker 1: the afp knew what was going on until it was happening.

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Speaker 4: Well, look, I understand there reading through the media that

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Speaker 4: there's been the investigation has been going on for a while,

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Speaker 4: and then result in these people being charged. So I

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Speaker 4: don't really know much more than reading what the media

554
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Speaker 4: has to say, and I do want to note them

555
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Speaker 4: my brother may be acting for one of those thing. Yes,

556
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Speaker 4: so clear that conflict, But I certainly didn't read about

557
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Speaker 4: this in the media, and I agree. I think it's

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Speaker 4: good that Sally Anne from Master Builders has come out

559
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Speaker 4: and very strongly told what their point of view is,

560
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Speaker 4: and I think we need to monitor it. We need

561
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Speaker 4: to see what's going on, find out what the facts are,

562
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Speaker 4: and then we can work out how we can deal

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Speaker 4: with it.

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Speaker 8: Isn't it great though, that the federal police have been

565
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Speaker 8: onto this. It gives people faith.

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Speaker 7: You know, no one's above the law.

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Speaker 8: This sounds like an organized crime ring that we're riding

568
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Speaker 8: the wave of success from all outside appearances and they've

569
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Speaker 8: been brought to account. I just feel a great sense

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Speaker 8: of optimism around what we've seen happen in this space

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Speaker 8: because we all know that we have a problem with

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Speaker 8: corruption in the Northern Territory. It's far reaching into a

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Speaker 8: lot of our organizations, or has been historically, and that's

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Speaker 8: on the public record. So to think that there are

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Speaker 8: police services federally Northern Territory that are looking into these

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Speaker 8: people that don't stack up, that are potentially or allegedly

577
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Speaker 8: stealing this public money, this is a really good thing

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Speaker 8: and I think it's great.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, they've done good on them.

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Speaker 3: I agree when there is.

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Speaker 1: Real corruption, when there is an alleged real corruption, the

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Speaker 1: police are absolutely onto it. The Australian Federal.

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Speaker 8: Jail and let them suffer because that's money that should

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Speaker 8: be spent on our health services.

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Speaker 3: Well that's the thing.

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Speaker 1: It is money that is taxpayers dollars. I mean, and

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Speaker 1: we're talking here like they've been investigating this for eight months.

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Speaker 1: Is my understanding behind the scenes, you know, and and

589
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Speaker 1: eight months of that investigation going on, and now they've

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Speaker 1: reached that conclusion. I wonder how much more we're sort

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Speaker 1: of going to see come out, because earlier in the

592
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Speaker 1: week the federal police really keeping their cards very close

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Speaker 1: to their chest, it seemed in that initial court appearance,

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Speaker 1: and not a huge amount of deets sort of flowing through.

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Speaker 1: So interesting to see. I guess as as the days progress,

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Speaker 1: what more we find out?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so just going forward, you know, our procurement pozies

598
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Speaker 5: need to be tight and and you know, definitely a

599
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Speaker 5: kick in the guts to the better taxpayers and our contractors,

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Speaker 5: the ones that are trying to actually do the right thing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, spot on. Now, Look, there's quite a bit

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Speaker 3: going on around the place. And Rob and I noted on.

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Speaker 1: The ABC News last night that there was a story

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Speaker 1: where there was safety concerns or there's certainly safety concerns

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Speaker 1: when it comes to senior Alice Springs residents living in

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Speaker 1: one particular public housing unit complex where they've been targeted

607
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Speaker 1: a number of times over the last couple of weeks,

608
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Speaker 1: like it's woe full stuff. One of those stories we

609
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Speaker 1: did report on throughout the week where an elderly gentleman

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Speaker 1: had been knocked to the ground. As I understand it,

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Speaker 1: he'd been laying on the ground there for you know,

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Speaker 1: I reckon it was for twelve hours or something before

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Speaker 1: the neighbors.

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Speaker 3: He was in his nineties, incredible.

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Speaker 8: And he was on TV yesterday The Yeares last night

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Speaker 8: and he was saying his peace and good on him.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you, and had his daughter alongside, you know,

618
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Speaker 1: saying that she really feels that there needs to be

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Speaker 1: some safety upgrades to that public housing complex.

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Speaker 8: I'm absolutely right. That complex isn't in my electorate in

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Speaker 8: Alice Springs, but I have a similar scene as complex

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Speaker 8: that I have been asking for a gate to be

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Speaker 8: put on for years. They put they put a fence

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Speaker 8: around it, a six foot high fence, but didn't put

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Speaker 8: a gate on it. So why they even bothered is

626
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Speaker 8: beyond me. But yes, this is a problem in Alice

627
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Speaker 8: Springs and probably beyond the safety of our old people

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Speaker 8: living in public housing accommodation.

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Speaker 3: So Robin, his.

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Speaker 1: Name is Ray Wilson, So he was assaulted on will In.

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Speaker 1: He's in front of his Saturday in home. I got

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Speaker 1: to tell you, it makes my blood boil to think

633
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Speaker 1: about an elderly person being targeted and assaulted in this

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Speaker 1: way a moment, Yeah, Like I I just think to myself,

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Speaker 1: you wouldn't do it to him if he was a young,

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Speaker 1: fit and healthy man. Who could you know, who was

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Speaker 1: in a situation where it is it's pathetic.

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Speaker 3: That's actually a really good description.

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Speaker 7: And good on Ray.

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Speaker 8: He still has his strength and the clarity of mind

641
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Speaker 8: to come out finding and say this isn't good enough.

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Speaker 8: We need more protection as old people living in these complexes, Jared,

643
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Speaker 8: is it something.

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Speaker 1: That the government's going to look into here making sure

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Speaker 1: that you know that's I mean that particular housing block

646
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Speaker 1: in Alice Springs to me, it looks like it does

647
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Speaker 1: need some security or at least some patrols or something.

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Speaker 4: Katie, the charity government takes personal safety and community safety

649
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Speaker 4: is number one prior. In fact, that's what we went

650
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Speaker 4: to the election on and it's one of our key pillars,

651
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Speaker 4: which is keeping the community safe. And there's a lot

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Speaker 4: of work done already in the last twelve months about

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Speaker 4: keeping the community safe. And I think the crime stats

654
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Speaker 4: are starting to trend down. People are starting to feel safer.

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Speaker 1: But Katie, let me, maybe not Alice Springs, though maybe

656
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Speaker 1: not in ours.

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Speaker 3: They've got people with machetes, you know.

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Speaker 1: Like, honestly, over the last week, there's been I think

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Speaker 1: three incidents about a week and a half, I should say,

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Speaker 1: there's been three incidents that I can remember off the

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Speaker 1: top of my head where there's been machete wielding people

662
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Speaker 1: in Alice Springs. So, like, I get it that the

663
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: crime stats are going down in some places, but then

664
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Speaker 1: you go in others.

665
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 3: Goodness, gracious me.

666
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Speaker 9: It's also like peace of mind for those residents too.

667
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 9: I mean, like you said, Robin, they put up a

668
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 9: six foot high fence and then no gates.

669
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Speaker 7: Like to put a gator.

670
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Speaker 3: It's a simple thing.

671
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Speaker 9: You know, just for people to feel better within their

672
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Speaker 9: own residence, which are allowed to do. Like, yeah, that

673
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,960
Speaker 9: article says that that one unit complex has been targeted

674
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Speaker 9: three times or something in the last yeah, a long.

675
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Speaker 9: It's ridiculous. It's a simple thing that the department could

676
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 9: easily do.

677
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the thing.

678
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 8: It costs money, and that's what it comes down to,

679
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 8: housing through labor and probably the CLP just do not

680
00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 8: have the money to secure these properties like they should.

681
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: Well yeah, and that's you know, securing the properties and

682
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: then if you're not able to secure the property. So

683
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: I know that the Northern Territory government's been hesitant to

684
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: sort of have security patrols. But when you're talking about

685
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: the safety of elderly people, I just wonder whether it

686
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: is something that needs to be looked into. Like to me,

687
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: it's just not good enough that a ninety two year

688
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: old man's on the ground in his unit not able

689
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: to be help for a long extended period of time

690
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: after something like that happens. These paid his taxes, his

691
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: whole life surely deserves a bit better.

692
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 4: We're trying to get people, you know, that police on

693
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 4: the street and for example, an active step we are

694
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 4: taking in the first week in December, which is coming

695
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 4: up very soon, the police are coming out of the

696
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 4: police cells where to look after the criminals and they're

697
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 4: going to go back on the street and the correction

698
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 4: officers are going to go into that.

699
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 10: Yeah.

700
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 4: Right, So it is about putting more police out there

701
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 4: to be able to if you call triple zero, there's

702
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 4: going to be more pleased to be able to come

703
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 4: and respond, and more police.

704
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 2: On the beat.

705
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 3: Wall when start happening, Jered the first week.

706
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 4: In December is when they're going to transition out, and

707
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 4: it's going to be I think about five days off

708
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 4: of a handover process. So let's say by the second

709
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 4: week of December, there'll be more police on the beat

710
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 4: in Alice Springs because we're taking active steps to get

711
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,800
Speaker 4: these police away out of the cells and get the

712
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 4: G four s and the prison officers to be able

713
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 4: to do that job. But the focus is about getting

714
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 4: the police away from sitting in there doing an important job.

715
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 4: But they've also got a roll to be out on

716
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 4: the street, walking up and down, being able to respond

717
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 4: and be proactive as well.

718
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 8: I think doing new investigation, doing things differently, Jared, is

719
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 8: what I have applauded about your government. We had years

720
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 8: of labor doing the same thing and getting the same result,

721
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 8: escalating crime. So there has been a slight decrease in

722
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 8: crime in Alice and I will acknowledge that, but it's

723
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 8: still a very very serious problem. So yeah, get out

724
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 8: and do something different.

725
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 4: Only there's a long way to go, but we are

726
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 4: trying our best and we are. Money is a big

727
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 4: issue times and issue, but I always say, you know,

728
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 4: we're upgrading the prison industry and making sure if you

729
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 4: do a crime in the charity, it's time for people

730
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 4: to take personal responsibility, which is fair enough.

731
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 3: You do need to take responsibility for your actions.

732
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: We are going to actually before we go to a break, Jared,

733
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: I just got a message from somebody who said that

734
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: they their child had been an appointment and was due

735
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: to go back to school at ten thirty or after

736
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: ten o'clock this morning, the school is seen. Don't bring

737
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: that child in because they're being told that the schools

738
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: are going to close or that's going to be announced

739
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: at ten thirty. I know you don't want to preempt

740
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: the territory controller, but is that that's what people are

741
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: asking this morning.

742
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 4: I'm saying, be prepared, be ready, because more than like

743
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 4: there's going to happen by you know, the cyclone is

744
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 4: definitely coming. Just be prepared, make plans now so when

745
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 4: that when you do get that call or the advice

746
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 4: does come out, you've got a plan to act.

747
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 9: I think it's just people also having been at work

748
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 9: and wanting to prepare their homes so then they don't

749
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 9: have to go out and run another errand it's king stuff.

750
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 7: I feel anxious.

751
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a cloud metaphorically and actually as well over

752
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: our heats at the moment. You know where you're going,

753
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: all right, Well, what's going to happen next? And people

754
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: just want to know and they want to make sure

755
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: that they can plan for the day. Particularly you know,

756
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: if you're a parent that's wondering if you've got to

757
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: go and collect the kids from school.

758
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 6: Well fuel to three servos to actually access.

759
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 4: Right, That's what I say is no need to panic,

760
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 4: to be prepared and buy what you need. You know

761
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 4: there's panic buying. We're hearing about, no need to go

762
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 4: and buy twenty rolls oft do all it, par can I.

763
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 1: Just ask why do people think they're going to have

764
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: stomach issues because there's a cyclone?

765
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 9: WI daycare germs.

766
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 3: You might get the bad timing, but.

767
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 4: You don't need twenty rolls. There'll be more over next week,

768
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 4: That's right exactly.

769
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 9: Supermarkets have already had the chance to rest.

770
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 4: So yeah, I reckon, So don't panic, be prepared, you

771
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,240
Speaker 4: know it's coming, have a plan.

772
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 3: And be ready to We're going to take a really

773
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 3: quick break.

774
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: You are listening to mix Fallow four nines three sixty.

775
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 10: It is the week that was mixed one or four

776
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,959
Speaker 10: point nine three sixty, the week that was the most

777
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 10: listened to our in Territory radio.

778
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: Well, if you've just joined us in this studio this morning,

779
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: we've got Robin Lamley, We've got Jered Mayley, we've got

780
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: Kathleen Gazola and Manuel Brown. Now a few messages coming

781
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 1: through this morning about the cyclone. Just to let our

782
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: listeners know, we're actually going to have the regional controller,

783
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: James O'Brien on the show this morning. He'll be joining us,

784
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 1: I believe at about ten thirty, so we will be

785
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,280
Speaker 1: able to keep you up to date.

786
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 3: With everything that is going on.

787
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: I know that there are a lot of you wondering

788
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 1: whether the schools are going to be closed, what exactly

789
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: is going to be announced at ten thirty, So we

790
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: will have it all covered for you this morning at

791
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: ten thirty with James O'Brien, he'll be able to keep

792
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: you up to date with everything that's going on.

793
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 8: Now.

794
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: In the meantime, couple of messages. One here somebody had

795
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: actually called through to say that she was inquiring as

796
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: to why the fuel prices across Star will have increased

797
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: due to the cyclone.

798
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,760
Speaker 3: I bloody hope that's not the case.

799
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 4: Well, I hope hope that's not the case. That's certainly

800
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 4: not how it should be. That's not in the community spirit.

801
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 4: We're about trying to make the chartory prepared, you know,

802
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 4: we don't feel to panic and doing those sorts of

803
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 4: things would have to go against community expectations in my pin.

804
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 5: Yeah.

805
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 1: Well, and Manuel, you were saying before you had to

806
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: go around to what three different places to be able

807
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: to get petrol. Yeah, so that was yesterday, was it yesterday?

808
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 6: Yeah?

809
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 4: Well, to god, yeah, just purely to is me is

810
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,840
Speaker 4: not within the community.

811
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 1: I really hope that's not happening. But yeah, I know

812
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: it's going to be busy. It's probably going to be

813
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: busy today, particularly depending on what gets announced at ten thirty,

814
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,759
Speaker 1: there'll be people that start to kind of you know,

815
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: it's an anxious time.

816
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 3: I get that, but everybody just try your.

817
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: Best to stay calm, keep an eye out for each other,

818
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: look after each other, particularly this weekend, because I know

819
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: that all of us, you know, we're all part of

820
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: the community. You want to make sure that if you

821
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,320
Speaker 1: live next door to somebody who's maybe senior, who needs

822
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: a bit of a hand or whatever, that you're checking

823
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 1: on them because it's a you know, it can be

824
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: a difficult time for some, can't it.

825
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 5: Newly people that just moved up and down south that

826
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 5: has experienced cyclones. So all your territorius has been through cyclones. Yelp,

827
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 5: so go and yeah, yeah, calm the neighbors.

828
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,879
Speaker 1: Yeah absolutely, before I let you all go, Jared, any

829
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: update when it comes to the gil neet ban, because

830
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: there's been a discussion that rock Hampton might be emerging

831
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: as the barrow Monday capital of Australia thanks to success

832
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: of its net free zone in the Fitzroy River. I

833
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 1: know that they had a competition recently the Barrow the

834
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: Fitzroy River Barrow Bash and two hundred and seventy three

835
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: fish over one meter were landed.

836
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:34,919
Speaker 3: What's going on here?

837
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,840
Speaker 4: Okay, they can call themselves wherever they like about that.

838
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 4: I can say I'm the best baron money fisherman in

839
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:39,919
Speaker 4: the world.

840
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 2: But that's not true. That is not true. But look,

841
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:45,760
Speaker 2: the territory is completely different.

842
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 4: That's one river system and I think from my understanding,

843
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 4: a territory went over there won in any ways, think

844
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 4: Shane from the same territory had to go and show

845
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 4: them how it's done, but more in a serious note. Look,

846
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 4: we are committed before the election to facing a gilnet

847
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 4: in this term of government, and we're on track.

848
00:37:59,200 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 6: You do that.

849
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 4: I was at the AGM for fan this week and

850
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 4: I confirm that that's our goal and we're working towards that.

851
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 3: So should we be doing it earlier?

852
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: I mean I caught up with a couple of gentlemen

853
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: earlier in the week from Carefish and they were saying, Katie,

854
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: you know, like this is costing us a heck of

855
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: a lot of money in tourism and revenue if we

856
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: don't phase it out as quickly as possible.

857
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 4: The effort for those guill needs has already gone down.

858
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 4: Some of those. They think there's only fourteen or so

859
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 4: gill net licenses in the northern churchy and I think

860
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 4: the major player has not operated in northern Jurgy, so

861
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 4: the pressure is off in relation to gil netting. If

862
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 4: you're talking about guilding in front of the daily river,

863
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 4: does that going to affect a fish flow?

864
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 2: Well, you know, I'm not a sign to sign an't no,

865
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 2: but those people.

866
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 4: Aren't out there gill needing at the moment, so the

867
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 4: fish are out there swimming around and the opportunities to

868
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 4: catch them and go your hardest.

869
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 9: I mean, the thing is for I suppose Chris and

870
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 9: Peter that we're here. You know, the Rockhampton banned those

871
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 9: gill nets ten years ago and so now they're seeing

872
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 9: the outcome of it now. So if we have to

873
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 9: wait four more years, then the flow on effect to that.

874
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 9: But then on the other side of the I mean

875
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 9: talking to my husband who's a keen fish show, you know,

876
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 9: as Jared said, it's one river system that they also

877
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 9: release like ten thousand finglings a year in there, and

878
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 9: then I think one of the schools is also releasing

879
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 9: juvenile barramundy in there too, so it's plenty stocked up.

880
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 9: And so our rivers kind of get impacted a lot

881
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 9: by the weather too.

882
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we've got much more offer.

883
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 4: We've got, you know, free throwing rivers, We've got shady camp,

884
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 4: you've got the rope bar you got up on the

885
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 4: Kiwi Island. We've got a lot to offer when it

886
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 4: comes to Barrow Moundey fishing. And in my view, it's

887
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 4: not only about catching a fish, which is a good thing.

888
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 4: It's about the whole experience of going fishing to be

889
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 4: able to go out on Duh Road with your boat

890
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 4: and go up a river and.

891
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 2: Face maybe a storm. Look, I've got it sort of stuff.

892
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: I grew up in Queensland as most people know, and

893
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: Rocky has got nothing on us.

894
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.

895
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 3: They got nothing on us. So God love Rockhampton. But

896
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 3: you know it's cattle country really.

897
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, we were where the place you want to go

898
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:52,240
Speaker 1: for a visit.

899
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,240
Speaker 3: We've got so much more than just our barrow Monday.

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00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 3: We've got all We've got cyclones as well.

901
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 2: We got you Katie.

902
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 3: Well look that is all we got time for this morning.

903
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: It's wonderful to have you all in the studio and

904
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: I know that we'll all be making sure that we

905
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 1: stay safe over the course of the weekend. Manuel Brown,

906
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us.

907
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 6: Thanks Katie.

908
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 5: Everyone stay safe over the weekend. And we're in cyclone

909
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 5: country so you know, stay safe.

910
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and big shout out to you know, all

911
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: of your communities as well that I know that they'll

912
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 1: be doing it tough right now as that where the

913
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:35,320
Speaker 1: system hits, so hopefully everybody's safe. Jared Maylee, Deputy Chief Minister,

914
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Speaker 1: thank you so much for your time this morning.

915
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 4: Will you Barre champion, just go back to a seriously,

916
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 4: just be prepared for the cyclone.

917
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 2: We know it's coming.

918
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 4: Don't panic. Listen to the broadcasters, listen to the information.

919
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 4: NT secure is the official information. Go online, get that

920
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 4: and look after your friends.

921
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, thank you.

922
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 1: Jared Robin Lamley the only politician or will you and

923
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,880
Speaker 1: Manuel both flying in to where the weather sidelongs potentially

924
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:01,359
Speaker 1: going to him?

925
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 10: Yeah?

926
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 3: Were you twol ready for parliament next week?

927
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 7: I guess your parliament next week all going well?

928
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 6: Yes, it's just like long cold on the Parliament house.

929
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 7: I'll take that unnoticed man

930
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: Hopefully nice and nice and I like, thank you, thanks

931
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Speaker 1: so much