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Speaker 1: We know that there's going to be two hundred and

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Speaker 1: eighty will more than two hundred and eighty activities being

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Speaker 1: delivered over the next couple of weeks and to the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory government say that that is thanks to their

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Speaker 1: holiday grants program. Now joining me on the line is

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Speaker 1: the Minister for Youth, Lauren Moss. Good morning to your minister.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Minister. There is certainly a lot happening for the school holidays.

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Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about some of these two

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Speaker 1: hundred and eighty activities.

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Speaker 2: There is, and I know, you know parents will definitely

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Speaker 2: know at school holidays and there's probably lots of kids

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Speaker 2: having in this morning, I imagine. But look, there's around

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Speaker 2: two hundred and eighty seven activities happening around the Northern

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Speaker 2: Territory over the course of school holidays through to the

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Speaker 2: seventh of October. So here in Darwin, for example, there's

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Speaker 2: a great program happening down at the Shack which is

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Speaker 2: operating out of Sanderson Middle School. Tropicons obviously coming up

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Speaker 2: on the weekend so people can get their geecon there

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Speaker 2: and check out the activities that they're running. But there's

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Speaker 2: just so much on down in Palmerston. They've got a

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Speaker 2: twilight slive session that the water slides there, so you know,

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Speaker 2: plenty of free activities and a range of sporting clinics

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Speaker 2: as well, so good opportunities to try new things and

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Speaker 2: get out the house and you know, make the most

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Speaker 2: of the school holidays.

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Speaker 1: And there's a bit happening in our regional town centers

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Speaker 1: as well, the likes of Catherine. You touched on Alice Springs,

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Speaker 1: but there's a bit happening right around the place, isn't

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Speaker 1: there There is?

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Speaker 2: I think you know, places like Catherine always have actually

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Speaker 2: a really fantastic school holiday program. You see some of

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Speaker 2: the local businesses hopping on board as well, so you

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Speaker 2: know there's movie nights, there's boxing classes happening everywhere. And

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Speaker 2: I've actually just come back from Alice Springs where they've

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Speaker 2: held their first ever youth summit on Friday, which was

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Speaker 2: absolutely fabulous and just you know, really good opportunities for

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Speaker 2: whether you're into sport or you know, whether you want

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Speaker 2: to go and talk about improvements to your community with

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Speaker 2: other local young people or go to the pool as

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Speaker 2: there's actually.

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Speaker 1: Heaps on and I will ask a bit more about

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Speaker 1: that youth summoned in just a sick but we know

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Speaker 1: two point one eight million dollars is what the government's

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Speaker 1: invested through the Office of Youth Affairs this year to

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Speaker 1: you know, to make sure that these programs happen. Why

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Speaker 1: do you reckon that that's money well spent.

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Speaker 2: So that two point one eight million dollars covers obviously

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Speaker 2: our school holiday programs, but it covers a whole range

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Speaker 2: of other youth activities throughout the year. I think it's

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Speaker 2: important for a range of reasons. I think one is

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Speaker 2: we see lots of youth services and other young people

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Speaker 2: putting on great activities for young people, and I think

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Speaker 2: that's really important. But also, you know, it gives young

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Speaker 2: to make sure that kids have got something that is

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Speaker 2: meaningful that they can go and do, but opportunity to

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Speaker 2: try and skills maybe or know just to be engaged

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Speaker 2: and not have to sort of feel like there's nothing

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Speaker 2: on for them or that they're feeling bored. And it

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Speaker 2: also provides I think an opportunity when we have a

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Speaker 2: look at some of those other youth programs that run

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Speaker 2: throughout the year to really make sure we're also able

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Speaker 2: a bit of extra support as well. So it's really

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Speaker 2: really important funding and I love getting out and having

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Speaker 2: a look at what's going on.

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Speaker 1: And it sounds like there's going to be heaps going on.

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Speaker 1: But as you touched on as well in Alice Springs

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Speaker 1: on the weekend, mental health, education and the environment were

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Speaker 1: the top priorities for the Northern Territories Youth Round Table

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Speaker 1: when they met in Alice Springs or those members met

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Speaker 1: for the first time in Alice Springs on the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we took the year Round Table down. It

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Speaker 2: some of the members are from Alice Springs. That was

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Speaker 2: really great, and the Alice Springstown Council actually organized their

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Speaker 2: was fantastic. It was really great to see some of

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Speaker 2: they definitely took the opportunity to grill myself an evil

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Speaker 2: it's really good to see that program, you know, getting

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Speaker 1: Oh, absolutely, particularly in the likes of Ella Springs. So

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Speaker 2: What were they saying, So, I think, you know, some

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Speaker 2: they want to see in terms of safe spaces for

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Speaker 2: they've done brainstorming and we'll get some feedback from that

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Speaker 2: as well, which is fantastic, you know, but they want

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Speaker 2: think again, this is what things like the school holiday

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Speaker 2: good for people like me and Matt to hear the

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Speaker 2: feedback about what's working and what's not so that we

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Speaker 2: being spent is being spent on things that actually do

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Speaker 2: support young people that they actually want to go to.

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Speaker 1: Well, this is the thing.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: It's easy for us as adults to say, oh, this

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Speaker 1: is this would be a great area for yous to

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Speaker 1: to obviously be able to go. We'll be able to

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Speaker 1: do something, but we're not you, so it's better to

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Speaker 1: usk there. We wish we were.

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Speaker 2: No, definitely not anymore. So. Yeah, it's just you know,

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Speaker 2: a really great reminder for us to keep talking to

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Speaker 2: really hits the mark. But you know, we have lots

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Speaker 2: of conversations about young people, especially in Alice Springs, and

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Speaker 2: you know there's lots of young people there who really

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Speaker 2: you know, I think with between us and Alice Springstown

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Speaker 2: down there, I think it'd be fantastic to make sure

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Speaker 2: that we are really hearing their voices in that tune.

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Speaker 1: Well, Minister for Youth, Lauren Moss, we appreciate your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. Thanks very much for coming on and having

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Speaker 1: a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. Thank you