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Speaker 1: And joining me live on the line right now is

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Speaker 1: the Greens candidate Greg Dixon.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Greg, Good morning Katie. How are you yeah?

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Speaker 1: Really good? Great to have you on the show now

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Speaker 1: seven minutes, lots of questions. Are you ready to get into.

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Speaker 2: Us, Yes, let's do it all right.

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Speaker 1: Why did you decide to put your hand up to

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Speaker 1: run for the seat of Port Darwin.

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Speaker 2: Well, I've lived in the territory for a long time.

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Speaker 2: I've lived remote, I've lived regionally in Catherine, and now

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Speaker 2: I live in Darwin here in the electorate. I've been

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Speaker 2: here long enough. I've lived under Labor governments and the

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Speaker 2: COP governments. I've been passionate about politics and policies for

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Speaker 2: a long time. Like many in the territory, I've kind

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Speaker 2: of been dismayed at some of the unpopular decisions thement

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Speaker 2: governments have made. At the moment, we're looking at things

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Speaker 2: like the Middle petrochemical hub, fracking, the expansion of cotton,

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Speaker 2: the developments at Lee Point, and we know these are

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Speaker 2: unpopular decisions, and yet Labor government and also COP in

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Speaker 2: their time did similar things and went ahead with these things.

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Speaker 2: And if some of this is because as we look

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Speaker 2: at who is donating to these parties. I'm proud to

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Speaker 2: stand for the Greens because we don't take corporate donations.

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Speaker 2: We also think through our policies, and we have strong policies.

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Speaker 2: We know that we need things like more public housing,

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Speaker 2: more affordable housing, more community housing. We know we need

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Speaker 2: greater environmental protections and new ideas through our economy. We

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Speaker 2: know we need new ideas about community safety because our

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Speaker 2: bulging prisons are not really making us safer. So when

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Speaker 2: the opportunity to represent the Greens here in my own

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Speaker 2: electriate came up, I jumped to the chance to stand

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Speaker 2: for integrity and politics, to stand for the environment, and

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Speaker 2: to stand for policies and decisions that put people first.

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Speaker 1: Greg, tell us a little bit more about previous roles

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Speaker 1: that you've held, and you know some of the work

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Speaker 1: that you've done in the community that really puts you

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Speaker 1: in best stead to be the best person for the

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Speaker 1: role as the local member.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So I've lived in the NT for over twenty years.

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Speaker 2: My work is as a linguist as an interpreter. Mostly

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Speaker 2: so I've worked in court as an interpreter. I've worked

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Speaker 2: in education and schools as a linguist. My other passion

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Speaker 2: is tennis. So I've worked in community sports, I've worked

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Speaker 2: in community organizations and not for profits, and I've worked

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Speaker 2: for small businesses as well. I know about life in

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Speaker 2: remote communities, I know about life in regional centers like

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Speaker 2: Catherine and now I live in Darwin, so and I

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Speaker 2: know how to work smartly and efficiently across various populations

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Speaker 2: of the MPT, and how to get great outcomes. In

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Speaker 2: honor to represent the Greens here in Port Darwin and

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Speaker 2: to give our residency opportunity to vote for Greens policies.

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Speaker 2: On housing, We've got a clear plan to make life

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Speaker 2: better for renters and give them more protections and relief

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Speaker 2: from massive unregulated rent increases. On community safety, we know

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Speaker 2: we need a voice in the debate that calls for

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Speaker 2: real support for people so that they can stay away

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Speaker 2: from committing crime in the first place, so that we

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Speaker 2: can make sure people's basic needs a met like having

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Speaker 2: a good home and safe places to be at night.

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Speaker 2: And of course I'm protecting our stunning, pristine natural environment

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Speaker 2: and addressing climate change. The Greens are the only ones

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Speaker 2: who will be strong on that. So I'm qualified both

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Speaker 2: because I know this place, I love this place, and

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Speaker 2: because we've got a real strong policy platform by evidence

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Speaker 2: and not influenced by corporate donations. So when you vote

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Speaker 2: Green and vote for me, you're voting for something better.

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Speaker 1: So what do you see is the biggest issues in

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Speaker 1: the electrotes right now?

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Speaker 2: So, particularly in Port Darwin, one of the issues for

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Speaker 2: us is renting and housing security. We actually have seventy

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Speaker 2: two percent of people in our sea tour renters and

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Speaker 2: yet the NT has the worst protections to rented in

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Speaker 2: the country, So you can be evicted from your rental

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Speaker 2: property with no reason. Your bond doesn't go to an

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Speaker 2: independent bond board, so the landlord has full discretion about

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Speaker 2: what to do with your bond. We've also seen rents

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Speaker 2: go up exponentially in recent years, so the Greens nationally

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Speaker 2: we're advocating for a rental free for two years and

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Speaker 2: to have rental increases capped after that. Here in the NT,

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Speaker 2: we're advocating for an independent bond board and regulation so

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Speaker 2: that you can't be evicted with no reason. That's going

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Speaker 2: to make a difference to how business and the economy

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Speaker 2: operates in the city. We want people to feel secure

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Speaker 2: about the home so that they can feel secure about

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Speaker 2: building a life here. I think the other big issue

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Speaker 2: for the electric is community safety. I'm like everybody else,

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Speaker 2: I've experienced crime, but what I have seen is that

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Speaker 2: the current approach isn't working. We've seen labor in the

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Speaker 2: COLP just wanting to do more of the same and

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Speaker 2: pooring money into the policing and the punishment and incarceration

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Speaker 2: end of it. And look, if just been tough on

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Speaker 2: crime work, the NTA would be the safest place in

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Speaker 2: the country. But our prison population it's actually increased thirty

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Speaker 2: percent of the last ten years, and people feel less safe.

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Speaker 2: So we need something different. We need a voice in

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Speaker 2: the debate that looks wants something different and we want

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Speaker 2: something that has evidence. So we're getting more of the

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Speaker 2: same from the political parties. We want to address the

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Speaker 2: issue at both ends, and we know we need safer homes,

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Speaker 2: we need more support for youth. We want youth drop

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Speaker 2: in centers. We need more public and affordable housing, which

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Speaker 2: has been neglected by recent governments where the only part

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Speaker 2: that's advocating for addressing people's immediate needs to keep them

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Speaker 2: from entering the justice system.

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Speaker 3: In the first place, Greg When it comes to the

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Speaker 3: issues of public drunkenness and anti social behavior, it's been

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Speaker 3: something that's really been highlighted with us on the show

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Speaker 3: by different business owners, particularly what would you do in

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Speaker 2: It's really challenging because we know in the territory we

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Speaker 2: love a drink. It is we drink more than anywhere

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Speaker 2: else in the country. So we do need cultural ships

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Speaker 2: around that. In the immediate term, we need more favoring

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Speaker 2: up services, not less. And what's happened at the moment

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Speaker 2: is that we've had a drug and alcohol rehab service

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Speaker 2: in Darwin, which is you to be suddenly closed yep,

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Speaker 2: suddenly closed and there's no certainty about when it will reopen,

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Speaker 2: maybe next year in Parmerston, and that's not really good

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Speaker 2: enough from the palm from the government. We have a

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Speaker 2: candidate in Fanny bay Siki Doris Walkhart. She's been running

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Speaker 2: a petition that has hundreds of signatures opposing the closure

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Speaker 2: of that service. So, yes, anti social behavior is a problem,

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Speaker 2: but are we doing the right things to address it?

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Speaker 2: And similar to what I was saying about addressing the

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Speaker 2: crime issue at both ends, we need more support services,

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Speaker 2: we need more secure housing, we need more social housing

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Speaker 2: so that people have a safe place and they're not

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Speaker 2: resorting to crime in the first place.

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Speaker 1: Greg, we've got just over a minute left. I believe

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Speaker 1: you might have said this before, but do you live

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Speaker 1: in the electorate? We are asking all of the candidates.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I do. I am in an apartment in Smith Street,

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Speaker 2: so love the electorate. My local cafe is Coffee Stop.

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Speaker 2: Love living in.

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Speaker 1: It's a good coffee at our copy stop. Now tell

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Speaker 1: us why should people vote for you?

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Speaker 2: Like I said, I've lived through CLP governments and labor governments.

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Speaker 2: I've seen poor decisions and policies from both those governments,

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Speaker 2: and I know that a lot of people have switched

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Speaker 2: off from politics or they want something different. So I

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Speaker 2: feel like we need more normal people to put their

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Speaker 2: hands up and run to office. Otherwise we just keep

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Speaker 2: getting the same thing from our politicians. But just about me.

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Speaker 2: The Greens are a great party because we don't take

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Speaker 2: corporate donations and we can't be bought. We are a true,

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Speaker 2: grossroots party driven by the community. We're the only party

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Speaker 2: really prepared to protect the spectacular natural environment we have

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Speaker 2: in the NT. We're the only ones thinking carefully about

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Speaker 2: how to tackle the crime issue by breaking cycles of

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Speaker 2: crime where No, we're not going to be the majority

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Speaker 2: government tomorrow sorry after the election, but we really want

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Speaker 2: us to get into the Parliament for the first time

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Speaker 2: so that we can put a light on the major

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Speaker 2: issues and hold major parties to account. So if that

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Speaker 2: sounds good to you, then a vote for me and

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Speaker 2: a vote for the Greens it will be your thing

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Speaker 2: to do well.

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Speaker 1: Greg, great to speak with you this morning. I really

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time. Thanks so much for having a chat

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Speaker 1: with us and letting our listeners know a bit more

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Speaker 1: about you.

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Speaker 2: Awesome. Thanks for the opportunity, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you