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Speaker 1: Let's talk right now about the million Dollar Fish and

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Speaker 1: what we can expect for this season, because we know

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Speaker 1: that it is returning to the Northern Territory for its

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Speaker 1: eighth season, with the search for Australia's Most Wanted fish starting.

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Speaker 2: I believe it's tomorrow morning.

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Speaker 1: But joining me on the line to tell us a

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Speaker 1: little bit more is the head of Events for NT

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Speaker 1: Major Events, korin Hardey.

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

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Speaker 3: Here are you going.

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Speaker 1: I'm very well, even better after you and the barrel

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Speaker 1: Monday turned up here at the studio earlier this morning

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Speaker 1: and the barro was looking fantastic.

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Speaker 3: I don't worry about the pittrol price. May get out

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Speaker 3: there and catch them finish exactly.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me a little bit more about what we

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Speaker 1: can expect this year.

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Speaker 2: Well, this season. It's the eighth season, isn't it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, eighth season and it's shaping up to be the

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Speaker 3: biggest yet. Our registrations are up over sixteen percent over

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Speaker 3: fourteen thousand rios already, which is absolutely phenomenal to so

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Speaker 3: early on the season, so very much expect to be

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Speaker 3: way up over the forty thousand marks by the end

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Speaker 3: of the year. But more importantly, there's one hundred and

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Speaker 3: ten thousand dollar fish out there, and there's nine one

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Speaker 3: million dollar fish potentially still swimming around. So not only

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Speaker 3: have we got the one fish, the one million dollar

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Speaker 3: fish that goes in this year, but there's obviously the

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Speaker 3: previous ones that are still floating around as well. So

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Speaker 3: they get out there, drop a line and anyone can

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Speaker 3: do it. You know, you don't have to be a

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Speaker 3: superstar fisherman or any of that. As long as there's

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Speaker 3: a line in the water, you've got a chance to

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Speaker 3: grab a big one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, anyone can have a go.

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Speaker 1: So nine chances this year, so from all the previous

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Speaker 1: eight seasons and obviously this season.

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Speaker 2: So surely it's going to go off one of these years.

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Speaker 3: Koran, it has to do. I've got no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: I cert want to be around for it, There's no

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Speaker 3: doubt about that. Yeah, bit of a shouldn't dig following.

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Speaker 3: I imagine it'd be great fun.

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Speaker 1: It'd be so wonderful for tourism as well, particularly, you

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Speaker 1: know when you talk about that adventure sort of tourism

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Speaker 1: and bringing people to the Northern Territory to have a

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Speaker 1: crack at fishing.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely season I suppose seven last year was our biggest shit.

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Speaker 3: You know, when you've you've got an economic stimulus of

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Speaker 3: over forty five million, you know, and of that is

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Speaker 3: effectively sixteen million a new money. It's it's massive, you know.

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Speaker 3: The attendance. The attendance is the inter state visitation. There's

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Speaker 3: so much to do, so much to think about, and

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Speaker 3: just the unique experiences. We've got the best waterways going.

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Speaker 3: It's Australia's Richard's fishing comp For us that live here,

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Speaker 3: we're pretty lucky really well get a chance every day.

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Speaker 1: Hey talk us through the different areas where obviously the

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Speaker 1: fish are released. Because I know when we were talking

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Speaker 1: on the week that was this morning, Joe Hersey, who's

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Speaker 1: the member for Catherine, was wondering, she's you know, she's

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Speaker 1: keen to get out fishing near Katherine.

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Speaker 2: What areas are included?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, all the regions. So if you look at the

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Speaker 3: I suppose the five main reward five fishing regions, so Darwin,

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Speaker 3: Tewee Islands, kakadu arnhum Land and Catherine. I can assure

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Speaker 3: you now that there's been empty fisheries. I'm a fantastic

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Speaker 3: partner and that support us that have been out over

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Speaker 3: the last month or so, tag and fish throughout all

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Speaker 3: of those waterways from those regions.

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Speaker 1: Now, what about the charity the charity partner? Is there

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Speaker 1: still a charity partner for this year?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's three so Starlight Children's Foundation, Counter Council and

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Speaker 3: Shoreline Aur trusted partners. So funding again folks like, if

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Speaker 3: you're out there and you catch you catch a fish,

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Speaker 3: you get the opportunity to donate one thousand dollars to

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Speaker 3: one of those official charities. So all going, well, we're

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Speaker 3: throwing a few checks, you know, our fantastic charity partner's

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Speaker 3: way and they get to benefit the community in the

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Speaker 3: long term.

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Speaker 1: Now, Karen, what do people need to do if they

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Speaker 1: want to register and if they want to take part

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Speaker 1: this year or this season.

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Speaker 3: Yea, the allth WS wind Office dot com, jump online register.

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Speaker 3: There's the opportunity there. You've just got to register and

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Speaker 3: you go into the opportunity that is an opportunity to

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Speaker 3: win some prizors. If not, hit down to Craig's Fishing

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Speaker 3: Warehouse tomorrow official launch is down there down at Truck

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Speaker 3: City from nine am. Will be taking registrations down there

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Speaker 3: and Jason Andrews from all four. Eventual we'll be down

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Speaker 3: there to heavy arn and a laugh and that as well. Mate.

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Speaker 3: There's plenty of activities putting specials going on and be

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Speaker 3: great fun.

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Speaker 1: So fourteen thousand people have already registered. What's the highest

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Speaker 1: number we've ever had in a season.

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Speaker 3: It's just under forty thousand, So that's what we're saying before.

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Speaker 3: It's all roads towards, are leading towards at the moment.

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Speaker 3: An absolute fun for season eight. So we're really excited

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Speaker 3: and it's one of our great it's one of ours,

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Speaker 3: I suppose our favorites that we have favorites, but it's

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Speaker 3: one of our better ones that we enjoy working on,

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Speaker 3: that works through the shoulder season, that keeps us all

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Speaker 3: busy over Christmas, and like I said, when everyone's getting

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Speaker 3: a bodyed to get the moment get away, drop a

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Speaker 3: line in and real in the big one.

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Speaker 2: Good stuff Colin.

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Speaker 1: Before I let you go, mate, how's the Barre mascot going?

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Speaker 1: I think that the mascot was hoping to maybe lose

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Speaker 1: a couple of kilos wearing that massive suit today.

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Speaker 2: Do you reckon that happened?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, I think I think it has. But I've

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Speaker 3: got there's danger money being applied for, there's request additional

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Speaker 3: remuneration and benefit. I'm not sure how to play that.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to be that mascot just one day. I

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Speaker 1: reckon be a lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Katie. I'm sure we can do that.

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Speaker 1: We can make that happen.

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Speaker 2: Courn Honey.

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Speaker 1: Good to catch up with you this morning, and well

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Speaker 1: done to all of you guys. There at nta major events,

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Speaker 1: massive season, no doubt with the million dollar fish launch.

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Speaker 2: Good to speak with you today, Thandy.

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Speaker 3: You go get them pokes.

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Speaker 2: Thank you,