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Speaker 1: Now we did just speak to the Northern Territories well

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Speaker 1: who did say, do you know what, maybe we do

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Speaker 1: need to have a look at whether we can host

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Speaker 1: the Common Games here in the territory. I'm sure plenty

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Speaker 1: of you have got opinions on this one. Feel free

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Speaker 1: to text us or give us a call this morning

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Speaker 1: if you do want to have a chat. I know

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Speaker 1: some of you saying, Katie, we can't even host our

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Speaker 1: fewer games, so how are we going to put on

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Speaker 1: the Commonwealth Games? And look, I get it, I understand

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Speaker 1: what you're saying, but I just think it's been all

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Speaker 1: a bit embarrassing for Australia the situation that we're in

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Speaker 1: with the Commonwealth Games. Now joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: right now though, is Ruth Palmer from the Property Council

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Speaker 1: here in the Northern Territory. She is the executive directed.

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Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Ruth.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Now, Ruth, you reckon that we should actually look at

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Speaker 1: hosting the Games here in the Northern Territory, or that

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Speaker 1: at the very least the government should have a look

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Speaker 1: into it. Oh.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think we've got an opportunity to be able

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Speaker 2: to showcase our ally the existing infrastructure. We have already

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Speaker 2: international facilities here at Marara. We know that they're up

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Speaker 2: to international standards. We know that we can have the

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Speaker 2: capability to be able to host a bunch of people there.

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Speaker 2: So it is something that wouldn't be that extra cost

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Speaker 2: of actually building new things the infrastructures here. But why

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Speaker 2: don't we go a step further and even look at

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Speaker 2: a whole of North Australia gate So you're bringing in

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Speaker 2: regional areas such as Townsville, can the top end of WA.

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Speaker 2: You know there are all three regional zones that would

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Speaker 2: benefit from an injection of also shows the ability to

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Speaker 2: work together across the states. You know, we know we've

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Speaker 2: got labor governments pretty much throughout the entirety of Australia.

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Speaker 2: Why aren't we working together to be able to bring

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Speaker 2: these games to the top end or at the very

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Speaker 1: Actually, I think that that's not a bad idea.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: You actually you go, all right, well, if we've got

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Speaker 1: the swimming facility here to be able to host the

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Speaker 1: swimming and the athletics, well let's do those two sports here,

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Speaker 1: and if we've got to do the soccer in Cans

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Kannanara for something, or a few different

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Speaker 1: point just a couple of minutes ago and said, Katie,

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Speaker 1: we've got Howard Springs. I know that defense is obviously

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Speaker 1: utilizing Howard Springs at the moment, but she goes, we've

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Speaker 1: already got an athletes village.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's one out at Blading Point that can

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Speaker 2: house about fifteen hundred people as well. Plus there's a

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Speaker 2: But I think it's important though, that the Federation only

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Speaker 2: requires two sports to be on the Commonalth program, so

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Speaker 2: Commoth Games program, which is swimming and athletics. So you

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Speaker 2: make the game's bible and for the host to put

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Speaker 2: it on. So all the other disciplines are up to

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Speaker 2: the host's decision, so you only need to be like

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Speaker 2: we could even only do it with swimming and athletics, right,

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Speaker 2: so you only need those two sports locked in to

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Speaker 2: be able to actually host the Commonwealth Game. So that's

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Speaker 2: to international standards, so you know, this is definitely something

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Speaker 2: that could be considered. And the cost of the infrastructure,

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Speaker 2: you know. And to cover that too, like a PWD

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Speaker 2: you're getting two dollars to every dollar spent Ruth.

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Speaker 1: So I can almost hear the naysayers, come on, wolfee,

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Speaker 1: we can't even put on the air a fewer games.

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Speaker 1: Why are we talking about the Commonwealth Games.

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Speaker 2: Why no, and I one, I totally get that, but

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Speaker 2: I think it is absolutely worth a discussion. You know,

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Speaker 2: the Commerce Games is three years away. Let's look at

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Speaker 2: how we can really build Northern Australia. You know, Darwin

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Speaker 2: it is something that should definitely be looked at in

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Speaker 2: a feasibility sense. You know, could it be done and

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Speaker 2: of events. I think that is completely doable in the

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Speaker 2: back and Nova's point. You know the facilities here, we

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Speaker 1: Ruth, We have you heard anything from the from the

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Speaker 1: investigate it as an option.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I had spoken to the Chief's Office yesterday. Obviously

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Speaker 2: the NTG to put their hands in their pockets to

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Speaker 2: pay for it. But when we look at the long

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Speaker 2: term benefit of what this can inject into the economy,

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Speaker 2: when we're looking at that two dollars for every one

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Speaker 2: but also putting the territory on the global maps, I

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Speaker 2: think that's something that needs to be real like that

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Speaker 2: Northern territory is now the catalyst for world events, you know,

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Speaker 2: So I think that's something that needs to be considered.

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Speaker 2: It would position us in such a very strong and

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Speaker 1: Well, Ruth, we were you to have the Chief Minister

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Speaker 1: on this morning, I was going to put it to her.

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Speaker 1: We're hopefully going to have her on the show tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: so we will ask her more about it. We appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time this morning. Thank you very much for coming

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, and congratulations on your marathon method on the weekend.

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Speaker 1: In can thank you. Lenks is still a bit sore.

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Speaker 1: Thanks ro