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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Katie, Good morning listeners.

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Speaker 1: Well I've got to say, Filesy, I wasn't expecting to

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Speaker 1: So congratulations on your appointment. You must have been pretty

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Speaker 2: Oh, thank you, Katie, and I really enjoyed the opportunity

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Speaker 2: to engage with your listeners. So those words do mean

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Speaker 2: a lot to me. You know, it was a big change,

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Speaker 2: my focus is providing that stability and unity for Territorians

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Speaker 2: next few months and years. It's a vitally important time.

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Speaker 1: Now. We know that when these kinds of votes happen

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Speaker 1: very often there are deals done. Were there deals made

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, on Friday, our caucus team unanimously asked me

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Speaker 3: Sorry, are you're still there?

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Speaker 2: I'm still here, Katie. Can you hear me? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I can hear you. So they asked you to be

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Speaker 2: Done, Absolutely not, Katie. For me, it was about putting

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Speaker 3: Now will it be?

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Speaker 1: I mean, what are we going to see here in

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Speaker 3: Who have you got your eye on?

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, the position that was vacant last week was

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Speaker 2: Right, Katie, Nicole Madison is the deputy Chief Minister. The

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Speaker 3: So is Nicole going to remain the Deputy Chief Minister?

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Speaker 2: Katie. That message you've certainly come true to me loud

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Speaker 2: I've regularly made myself available and I'll be encouraging all

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Speaker 1: So you will be making yourself or you'll certainly be

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Speaker 2: Katie. The budget shows that the territory economy is getting

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Speaker 2: But the business community know me, Katie. I'm born and

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Speaker 1: You know that some of your views when it comes

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Speaker 1: with different industries and differing interests, we're going to see

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Speaker 2: So Katie, I think it comes back to that point

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Speaker 2: strong regulation that protects the environment. All territories want that

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Speaker 2: that stability and so we've done an enormous body of

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Speaker 2: that we have that stability for business as we step forward.

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Speaker 1: Now, I know that you are pressed for time, but

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Speaker 1: it was raised with me yesterday by somebody living in

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Speaker 1: your electorate. Are you still going to be able to,

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Speaker 1: you know, to look after the electorate in the same

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Speaker 1: way as what you have been able to over recent

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Speaker 2: So Katie, everyone that knows me knows I'm very passionate

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Speaker 2: about Nightcliff, but I'm passionate about the territory and I

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Speaker 2: absolutely will ensure that my electorate is supported and that

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Speaker 2: I'm continuingly to be involved as I have been for

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Speaker 2: the past decade, whilst at the same time getting out

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Speaker 1: Now also we've got a very important question, are we

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Speaker 2: Katie, I last the week that was I certainly at

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Speaker 2: times found it challenging, but you know, I think it

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Speaker 2: is important and you know, the listeners want to hear

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Speaker 2: us have those conversations. So I think you've seen some

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Speaker 2: of my team members that have been participating recently, and

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Speaker 2: so we'll certainly be working out a schedule in a

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Speaker 1: All right, So we will have somebody on hopefully most weeks.

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Speaker 2: Well, I can't guarantee it, but I certainly I am planning on.

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Speaker 1: That was our concern actually when we found out that

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Speaker 1: you had been elected as the Chief Minister, we thought, oh, oh,

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Speaker 1: what's going to happen.

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Speaker 3: We're not going to have somebody for the week that

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Speaker 2: Katie. We know that your listeners and you know, talking

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Speaker 2: to you is talking to territories and that's vitally important

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Speaker 2: and that's what me and my team will be doing now.

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Speaker 1: Just finally, one from one of our listeners on the

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Speaker 1: pay freeze for our public servants, for some of our

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Speaker 1: public servants, is that something that you're going to be

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Speaker 1: looking at taking a closer look.

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Speaker 2: At so, Katie, the budget bottom line is sustainably stronger

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Speaker 2: that in the budget that was delivered last week, and

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Speaker 2: we need to balance. We need to ensure that going

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Speaker 2: forward that we do manage that balance. But we are

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Speaker 2: seeing higher owned source revenues, high GSP collections. So there's

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Speaker 2: no policy changes today, but certainly as we go forward,

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Speaker 2: if we can strengthen the Northern Territory economy, it does

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Speaker 2: allow us to be more flexible within our own budget.

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Speaker 1: All right, Catherine wants to know if you're going to

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Speaker 1: reverse the solar feed in tariff freebait.

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Speaker 2: I think I just answered the question, Katie, in the

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Speaker 2: sense that the policies are the same. We have a

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Speaker 2: strong plan, but we certainly will be open to listening

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Speaker 2: to territories as we go forward.

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Speaker 1: Red Dog wants to know do you prefer ham and

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Speaker 1: cheese or chicken and mayo or.

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Speaker 2: Chicken and mayo? Easily answer that, well, we are.

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Speaker 3: Going to have to leave it there.

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Speaker 1: We are inundated with messages this morning, most people upset

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Speaker 1: because for some reason our online streaming service isn't working.

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Speaker 1: But Chief minished Natasha files, we appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to see exactly what happens this week with

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Speaker 1: the Cab and how your team is made up. I

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Speaker 1: think I, like a lot of other Territorians, really hope

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Speaker 1: that this is a bit of a reset and that

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Speaker 1: we're going to see some positive change.

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Speaker 3: For the territory.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie. The territory has a really bright feature

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Speaker 2: and I'm committed to driving that for all territories.

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Speaker 3: Natasha Philes, thank you for your time.