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Speaker 1: You're listening to Mix one oh four point nine now,

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Speaker 1: as we've just heard, Parliament resumes in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: today and joining me on the line is Opposition leader

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Speaker 1: Lea Fanocchiarro. Good morning, Good.

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

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Speaker 1: Now, Lea, we know we've just heard from the government

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Speaker 1: they're planning to focus on job creation over the next

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Speaker 1: four years. Interestingly, though, no legislation being introduced this week

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Speaker 1: that actually relates to job creation.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think this just reinforces the fact that the

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Speaker 2: Gunner government is full of spin. I mean, talk is cheap, Katie.

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Speaker 2: What we really need to see is runs on the board.

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Speaker 2: Our economy has languished under the Gunner government for four years.

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Speaker 2: They have been re elected and now it's time for

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Speaker 2: them to get on with the job. There should be

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Speaker 2: no delays and we really need to see this government

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Speaker 2: starting to put through legislation that is going to benefit territories,

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Speaker 2: get our economy going and of course tackle crime.

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Speaker 1: So Leah, what type of legislation should they be introducing?

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Speaker 1: Things that cut read I mean, what would you do.

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Speaker 2: Differently, Well, we would certainly be implementing measures such as

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Speaker 2: a territory coordinator. This government has taken the approach of

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Speaker 2: shuffling the deck chairs and then creating super departments led

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Speaker 2: by the Northern Territories Worth Performing Treasurer. What we would

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Speaker 2: do is put in place real measures. We need to

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Speaker 2: see repeal legislation coming through the Parliament that winds back

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Speaker 2: some of that unnecessary and burdensome red tape. We need

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Speaker 2: to start to see a territory coordinator put in place

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Speaker 2: so that those major projects can be properly facilitated. And

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Speaker 2: of course, on the crime front, we saw during the

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Speaker 2: election the Gunner government try and talk tough on dealing

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Speaker 2: with issues around bail and use crime, and yet we've

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Speaker 2: seen nothing come forward to actually address these measures. So

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Speaker 2: the government's got a big job ahead of them. But

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Speaker 2: the time for talk is over. Territories expect to see

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Speaker 2: action lea on crime.

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Speaker 1: Your opponents and those who maybe don't agree with you

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Speaker 1: are saying that you know, you're really saying what the

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Speaker 1: community wants to hear, and there's not a huge amount

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Speaker 1: of sort of back up to it. What would you

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Speaker 1: say to that.

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Speaker 2: What we talk about is justice, and right now, particularly

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Speaker 2: in Alice Springs, things are out of control. The Gunner

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Speaker 2: government has brought in legislation that has eroded consequences for

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Speaker 2: youth of vendors. It's weakened our bow legislation, and we

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Speaker 2: haven't seen any improvements in that crime space. People, particularly

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Speaker 2: like I said, in Alice Springs, are crying out for support.

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Speaker 2: They've had the Chief Minister and the Youth Justice Minister

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Speaker 2: down in Alice Springs and yet we've seen no new

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Speaker 2: measures put in place to help address these issues. What

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Speaker 2: we need is real action. We need less talk. And

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Speaker 2: after four long years of the Gunner government, we can't

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Speaker 2: just expect another four years of them not really delivering

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Speaker 2: any runs on the board and just talking about things

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Speaker 2: they might do in the future.

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Speaker 1: Leah, what do you think needs to be happening in

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Speaker 1: Alice Springs. I know that we heard yesterday that obviously

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Speaker 1: additional police officer have been sent down to Alice Springs

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Speaker 1: part of Stripeforce Trident. As I understand down there trying

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Speaker 1: to help to deal with the issues around crime. What

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Speaker 1: else can be done.

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Speaker 2: Well, we need to have a look at the measures

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Speaker 2: we've got in place. We've always said and strongly oppose

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Speaker 2: the changes to bail and use justice. I mean, some

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Speaker 2: of it just completely waters down consequences or there are

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Speaker 2: no consequences at all. We haven't seen any real meaningful

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Speaker 2: impact from some of the government's diversion programs. We don't

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Speaker 2: understand what is happening in the youth detention space. We

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Speaker 2: know that the bail laws make it much easier for

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Speaker 2: use to get bail, and some of these early intervention

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Speaker 2: methods clearly aren't working. So we need the government to

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Speaker 2: do a review of what measures it's put in place

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Speaker 2: and start to realize that they're not working and put

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Speaker 2: in place something that does. Of course, during the election,

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Speaker 2: we made commitments around sentence to a skilled boot camp,

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Speaker 2: we made commitments around mandatory communities, sorry, a mandatory community

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Speaker 1: Leah, is this going to be your focus in Parliament

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Speaker 1: this week? I know that Wednesday, as I understand it

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Speaker 1: is traditionally opposition business day. Is that still the case?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, look, we're not sure what the week is

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Speaker 2: going to bring for us, because the government will let

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Speaker 2: us know today, but we're certainly focused on issues of crime,

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Speaker 2: particularly Alice Springs, and of course the economy, there's no

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Speaker 2: time to lose. We've got an opportunity now in this

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Speaker 2: post covid era to really capitalize on the Northern territory

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Speaker 2: and ensure that we're putting our best foot forward so

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Speaker 2: that we can be an investment attractive destination. And that's

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Speaker 2: what we need to focus on. We've got to deal

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Speaker 2: with these issues of red tape. We've got to become

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Speaker 2: more competitive with our neighboring states and of course internationally

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Speaker 2: so that we can have the capital flowing to the

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Speaker 2: territory rather than a flowing out. And of course that

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Speaker 2: comes back to a whole range of economic indicators such

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Speaker 2: as our population decline. We need to turn these numbers around,

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Speaker 2: and we can turn these numbers around, but we've got

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Speaker 2: to have the jobs first.

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Speaker 1: LEA another thing that I do want to ask about,

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Speaker 1: which has been raised by one of our listeners. They're

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Speaker 1: wondering where this pet legislation is at. We caught up

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Speaker 1: with the Attorney sorry not the Attorney General, she's no

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Speaker 1: longer the Attorney General, but we caught up with Natasha Files,

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Speaker 1: the Leader of Government Business. As I mentioned just a

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Speaker 1: little while ago, she said that it is still on

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Speaker 1: hold at the moment, do you think it's time for

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Speaker 1: them to just scrap this legislation?

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Speaker 2: Without question, we've opposed this legislation right from the start.

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Speaker 2: Of course, I table to petition with thousands and thousands

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Speaker 2: of signatures on it. We fought very hard against the

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Speaker 2: government changing this law. It's absolute government over each at

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Speaker 2: its worth, and the fact that this hasn't been converted

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Speaker 2: into operational law just shows that the government is nervous

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Speaker 2: about it. They need to take the right steps and

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Speaker 2: repeal this part of the Residential Tendancies Act that was

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Speaker 2: changed last year. Do the right thing and ensure that

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Speaker 2: we don't have legislation line like this which just increases

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Speaker 2: red tape on both tenants and landlords, takes away the

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Speaker 2: rights of course of landlords and provide again reinforces us

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Speaker 2: as the jurisdiction not worthy of investment.

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Speaker 1: Just finally, this morning, you guys have obviously got a

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Speaker 1: number of new members. How are they all feeling heading

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Speaker 1: into Parliament for the first time.

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, I'm sure they're a little bit nervous, very excited.

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Speaker 2: I mean, of course, today family and friends will gather

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Speaker 2: to watch all new members of Parliament and all returning

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Speaker 2: members of Parliament to take their oath or affirmation of

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Speaker 2: course made and speeches will happen today, which is the

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Speaker 2: first time for new members of Parliament to really explain

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Speaker 2: to Territorians who they are, what they believe in, and

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Speaker 2: what they want to achieve as they serve Territorians over

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Speaker 2: this next term of parliament. So it's a very important

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Speaker 2: day and of course a few nerves and lots of excitement.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's going to be interesting. It always is when

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Speaker 1: Parliament sits. We'll catch up with you again throughout the week.

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Speaker 1: Leofanocchi Aro, thanks for your time.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, you are

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Speaker 1: Listening to Mix one oh four point nine and if

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