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Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is the Deputy

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Speaker 1: Opposition Leader for the Northern Territories, also the Member for Daily,

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Speaker 1: Duran Young. Good morning to you, Duran, Good.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie, and good morning to the listeners out there.

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Speaker 1: Duran plenty on the agenda. I mean, first off, what

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Speaker 1: did you think of the Prime Minister's address overnight?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I had a pretty different experience to I

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Speaker 2: think a lot of people. I was actually driving home

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Speaker 2: to Waga Beach from my elected office and there was

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Speaker 2: a guy walking along on the side of the road

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Speaker 2: and I pulled up the check of his all right, anyway,

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Speaker 2: he needed a lift to Fog Bay Road. He was

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Speaker 2: setting out to Dundee. So then we both listened to

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Speaker 2: the Prime Minister's address in my car and I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, we understand the seriousness of it. But he

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Speaker 2: kind of said, oh, well, you know, like maybe someone

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Speaker 2: could take a leaf out of my book and start walking.

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Speaker 2: So he kind of had a bit of a chuckle

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Speaker 2: between the two of them. I wasn't on apperience for me,

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Speaker 2: but anyway, I believe he got home in the end,

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Speaker 2: dropped him off and I had a triker my car.

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Speaker 2: So maybe that thought we all need to start doing

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Speaker 2: to save fuel.

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Speaker 1: Just give someone a lift, you know, or yeah, just

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Speaker 1: a random so you pull up and check the right.

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Speaker 2: Oh goodness, Well maybe we all need to.

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Speaker 1: Start doing a bit of that, just helping each other out,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you see someone walking or walking or

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Speaker 1: riding a bike. But in all seriousness, I mean, we

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Speaker 1: know that that it is a really serious situation. So

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Speaker 1: not not trying to diminish in any way, but but yeah,

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Speaker 1: some of us were thinking overnight, oh gee, I was

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Speaker 1: expecting a little bit more. But nonetheless we'll move along,

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Speaker 1: Durund because there's plenty happening in the territory, especially in

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Speaker 1: your electorate. And we spoke to the Northern Territory Police

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Speaker 1: yesterday about Daily River and the flood of vacuees in Bachelor.

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Speaker 1: James O'Brien, the acting Assistant Commissioner, had confirmed that they're

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Speaker 1: hoping to have teams head to the community over the

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Speaker 1: weekend to assess the damage and hopefully work out a

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Speaker 1: bit of a play and when it comes to returning

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Speaker 1: those Daily River evacuees home. What's the latest from your perspective.

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Speaker 1: Have you been out there and how's it all looking?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, well I haven't been able to get into

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Speaker 2: the community itself of Daily River. My understanding is it's

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Speaker 2: still closed off. So you know, people will be going

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Speaker 2: out there, as you said, over the weekend to do

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Speaker 2: those assessments and understand the extent of the damage done

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Speaker 2: to the buildings, and then they'll have a clearer you know,

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Speaker 2: pafway forward to how long it may take to get

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Speaker 2: people back to their communities, but also an understanding of

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Speaker 2: you know, there is talk from both governments about end

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Speaker 2: locals themselves whether they're going to build another community elsewhere,

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Speaker 2: and if that's the case, that obviously that's going to

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Speaker 2: take a lot of time going to get infrastructure in

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Speaker 2: their connect power, water, so it's a huge task just

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Speaker 2: to build a new community. But you know, I think

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Speaker 2: people will be looking forward to hearing, you know, the

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Speaker 2: extent of the damage to their communities and have an

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Speaker 2: understanding of what damage may have been done to their

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Speaker 2: homes and also the services down there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt they'll be keen as to get home.

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Speaker 1: So tell me in terms of I know, there was

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Speaker 1: also a community meeting held on Tuesday night in Bachelor

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Speaker 1: because some of the Bachelor residents have got some concerns

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Speaker 1: literally grown from I think three hundred and fifty odd

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Speaker 1: it's doubled in size. Did you attend that community meeting

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Speaker 1: and what did they have to say?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I did attend the meeting, and you're right,

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Speaker 2: the population has it's more than doubled actually in Bachelor,

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Speaker 2: and many residents down there were contacting me the day

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Speaker 2: of you know, trucks were starting to come in and

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Speaker 2: ministers there, but I do you know acknowledge it. Minister

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Speaker 1: And I know that some of those locals are also

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Speaker 1: there wereorried about issues with crime. What did they tell

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Speaker 1: to increase those patrols is what they'd told me on

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, there is a police presence down there and

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Speaker 2: doing patrols. But you know, I've spoke to a lot

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Speaker 2: and also for the community members themselves, some way to

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Speaker 2: there's things like you know, sport and rec or there's

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Speaker 2: music programs, or working with Bachelor Institute to see what

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Speaker 2: programs can be set up within the institute itself. But

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Speaker 2: just ensuring that you know, people are getting bored and

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Speaker 2: there's stuff for young kids to be able to do,

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Speaker 2: especially with school holidays you know only starting tomorrow. So

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Speaker 2: we just need to know that there are those programs

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Speaker 2: because there is there isn't a lot to do in Bachelor.

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Speaker 2: There's no public transport to get out of Bachelor. It

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Speaker 2: is you know, it's an isolated town off the highway.

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Speaker 2: So people just want reassurance that there will be programs

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Speaker 2: and I think, you know, bringing programs in for everyone,

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Speaker 2: to bring people together.

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Speaker 1: Hey Duran, before I let you go, I do want

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Speaker 1: to ask you quickly. I'd seen on social media that

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Speaker 1: Douglas Daily Region you're out there, as I understand it,

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Speaker 1: yesterday visiting the tourist park to see how they're coping.

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Speaker 1: How are they going. I know that you've got a

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Speaker 1: few tourism businesses in your electorate and they've been hit hard.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they have been hit hard, and you know, the

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Speaker 2: Douglas Daily Tourist Park has been hit three times over

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Speaker 2: the last few weeks, and a credit to Leanne to

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Speaker 2: getting things back up and running, but she's lost everything.

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Speaker 2: You know, she can't have visitors there at the moment,

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Speaker 2: they can't have campus there. The cabins are done. There's

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Speaker 2: the one clear message I got is they just want

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Speaker 2: reassurance from the government that they're going to get support.

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Speaker 2: And my understanding is that the government there hasn't been

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Speaker 2: any government departments go down there to do those assessments,

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Speaker 2: but just understanding and reassurance that the government will put

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Speaker 2: a request into the federal government for the Disaster Recovery Fund,

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Speaker 2: and I think just giving people some reassurance to know

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Speaker 2: And that's same for our farmers down there. People have

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Speaker 2: lost hundreds of thousands worth of crops and fencing and

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Speaker 2: other infrastructure projects. I know Williana Roads in the same

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Speaker 2: boat as well. But just that reassurance from the government

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Speaker 2: that they will get support and the government does have

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Speaker 2: their back, because I think people are feeling a little

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Speaker 2: bit isolated right now and unsure well and want to.

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Speaker 1: Know that they're going to get that same support that

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Speaker 1: other areas are and that same sort of, you know,

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Speaker 1: the same level of connecting them to the federal government

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Speaker 1: to be able to access different grants or different things

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Speaker 1: that they might be eligible for. I think it's really

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Speaker 1: important that no matter which community it is it's been

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Speaker 1: impacted by flood or a severe weather event, that they

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Speaker 1: are able to do that.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's right, and that the request needs to come

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Speaker 2: from the Northern Territory government. That's the process that's in place.

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Speaker 2: I think just knowing that yes, we are going to

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Speaker 2: put those requests into the Disaster Recovery Fund, I have

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Speaker 2: an understanding what they will look like, just so people

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Speaker 2: can plan ahead for their future, because right now, people

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Speaker 2: like that the Douglas Daily Tourist Park really don't have

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Speaker 2: any money to get things back up and running. Their

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Speaker 2: busiest season would have been this weekend, the Easter Long weekend.

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Speaker 2: They're not going to have any tourists coming in or

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Speaker 2: territories coming in to stay because they're still so impacted

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Speaker 2: from the flood and they've got a huge clean up

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Speaker 2: still ahead of them, and just knowing that their reassurance

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Speaker 2: that they will be getting that funding and the Government

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Speaker 2: will be applying or requesting that funding through the Disaster

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Speaker 2: Recovery Fund.

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Speaker 1: Well, Duran Young, the Member for Daily also the Deputy

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Speaker 1: Position Leader, really appreciate your time this morning. Have a

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Speaker 1: great Easter.

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Speaker 2: Thanks you time, Katie and you too, and to all

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Speaker 2: the listeners

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks so much,