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Speaker 1: We're going to head on down to Central Australia right

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Speaker 1: now and joining us on the line. What did Julu

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Speaker 1: Community Aboriginal Corporation CEO Talia Bolvand and Bouga. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Talia, good morning, Thanks so much for your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Now I understand that Aularu the Park

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Speaker 1: has been temporarily closed to visitors due to COVID nineteen

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Speaker 1: concerns after travelers recently arrived from Sydney at the Lara Airport.

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Speaker 2: Talia, can you talk us through the current situation?

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Speaker 3: So at the moment, the park is closed until all

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Speaker 3: the people that have arrived in Yolara over the past

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Speaker 3: few days that come from Sydney have had a COVID

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Speaker 3: test and that test is either returned negative or they've

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Speaker 3: left Ulara and there are normal flights coming in from

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Speaker 3: Sydney carrying passengers to here.

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Speaker 1: Talia, what are you being told by health authorities? Have

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Speaker 1: those two hundred people now have they been sent to

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Speaker 1: Alice Springs or are some of them still at all LaRue?

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Speaker 3: As far as I know, some have been sent to

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Speaker 3: Alice Springs, but there is still a large number of

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Speaker 3: them in Yolara, not all the testing has been concluded,

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Speaker 3: and I don't think that the results are back yet,

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Speaker 3: or at least not all of the results.

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Speaker 1: And is that number correct that it's about two hundred

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Speaker 1: travelers or are those numbers a little bit different now?

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Speaker 3: Well, I believe that it was two hundred people that

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Speaker 3: needed to get tested. That's what I've been told. So

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Speaker 3: that's what we're going on, Talia.

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Speaker 1: How are residents of Mudajulu feeling knowing that those people arrived,

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Speaker 1: you know, over the last couple of days.

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Speaker 3: People are getting used to, you know, the circumstances changing

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Speaker 3: very quickly. But they are worried because they're very well

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Speaker 3: aware of how vulnerable they are, and there's a lot

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Speaker 3: of people in a very small play and as we've

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Speaker 3: said before, it'll only take one person, and so they

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Speaker 3: are hoping that this will be resolved quickly and that

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Speaker 3: negative results are returned, or that those people choose to

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Speaker 3: go back to Sydney.

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Speaker 1: Will you notified by authorities or have you been told?

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Speaker 1: We know obviously that these flights come from Sydney, but

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Speaker 1: do we know if many of those travelers have actually

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Speaker 1: been in those hot.

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Speaker 3: Spots which flood Are you referring to the one that

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Speaker 3: landed yesterday, the one that landed yesterday, I've been told

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Speaker 3: that the one that landed yesterday had four people on it.

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Speaker 3: So luckily a lot of people listened to the advice

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Speaker 3: and didn't get on board. But out of those four people,

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Speaker 3: I've been told, one had to go into mandatory quarantine

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Speaker 3: and alice springs. So I think that just shows that

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Speaker 3: people do slip through the cracks of the nut and

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Speaker 3: it's a risk we're not willing to take absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Talia, how long do you anticipate that you're going to

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Speaker 1: need to or that the traditional owners are going to

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Speaker 1: need to keep ull Laru catechuy To National Park closed.

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Speaker 3: Well, I've talked to some people this morning, and I'm

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Speaker 3: hoping that the testing will be concluded today, which means

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Speaker 3: the results you'd hopefully be back soon. So everybody is

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Speaker 3: hoping that it will be over as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 3: Who knows, hopefully in the next twenty four to thirty six.

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Speaker 2: Hours, and so you will keep it closed.

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Speaker 1: So until all of those test results come back and

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Speaker 1: people are negative.

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Speaker 3: Yes, because until we know there could be someone out

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Speaker 3: there that is positive, and if they come into the

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Speaker 3: park and then have contact with someone in the community.

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Speaker 3: That's just a risk that that is unacceptable to the

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Speaker 3: people out here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's fair enough, Tarlia.

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Speaker 1: Then when you talk about those flights, are there more

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Speaker 1: flights due to arrive today?

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Speaker 3: Apparently there's a flight due to land today, but I've

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Speaker 3: been told that there's no passengers on that, so it'll

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Speaker 3: just be used to repatriate people that are already here

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Speaker 3: and want to go back to Sydney.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So nobody's actually arriving today, not as.

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Speaker 3: Far as we know, So that's good news.

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Speaker 2: That is good news, Talia. I know it's been it has.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, it's been a real sort of ever

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Speaker 1: changing situation all around the country when it comes to COVID.

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Speaker 1: But it's certainly been that way for you guys in

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Speaker 1: Central Australia as well, hasn't it.

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Speaker 3: It has been quite entertaining.

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Speaker 1: That's a good way of putting it, Talia. How are

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Speaker 1: the traditional owners are feeling, you know, with this latest cluster.

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Speaker 3: They're worried, but they're also very encouraged that there is

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Speaker 3: a large number of people that is supporting them and

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Speaker 3: who do stay away until it's safe to come again,

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Speaker 3: and so they hope that everybody can you know, take

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Speaker 3: on that attitude and you know, we'll stay at home

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Speaker 3: if they come from that area and understand why they're

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Speaker 3: taking the measures that they are taking.

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Speaker 1: Are you hoping this all gets sorted quite quickly? I

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Speaker 1: would imagine that they're still you know, the traditional owners

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Speaker 1: are still quite happy to have territory tourists and people

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Speaker 1: that are from you know, from non COVID hotspots.

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Speaker 3: There is that right, Yeah, they're very happy for people

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Speaker 3: who come from non hotspot areas or from the Northern

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Speaker 3: Charrity to come to the park. And they're not closing

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Speaker 3: the park to make it hard on anyone or disappoint anyone.

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Speaker 3: They're only making that choice because they want to keep

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Speaker 3: themselves safe first and foremost. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, well, Tarlia, I really appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having a chat with us and

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Speaker 1: letting us know what the situation is in Central Australia at.

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Speaker 2: At ou LaRue. Thank you, thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: That was more to Juliu Community Aboriginal Corporation CEO there

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Speaker 1: Dalia Bowl van den Bougard. And as you've heard, they

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Speaker 1: are really waiting for those tests to come back to

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Speaker 1: confirm that there's no positive cases of COVID, but at

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Speaker 1: this stage they are going to be the traditional owners

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Speaker 1: are certainly keeping Ularuktajuta National Park closed at this stage

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Speaker 1: two visitors due to those COVID nineteen concerns. And it

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Speaker 1: does follow on from those travelers who recently arrive. Will

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Speaker 1: first see one flight from Sydney at the Ilara Airport

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Speaker 1: and then there was that flight yesterday but as you

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Speaker 1: heard then only four people on it. One of those

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Speaker 1: people though, did have to go into mandatory quarantine. So

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Speaker 1: it's not an ideal situation. I think that it's we

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Speaker 1: would all agree right around Australia at this point due

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Speaker 1: to this cluster in Sydney. It's not an ideal situation

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Speaker 1: for anybody. It's really quite a difficult one, particularly ahead

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Speaker 1: of Christmas.