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Speaker 1: As we edge closer to the Northern Terroritory election, I

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Speaker 1: know that there are certainly different groups that are keen

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Speaker 1: to well to really find out what the different political

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Speaker 1: parties are standing for. And the Northern Territory branch of

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Speaker 1: the Australian Independent Retirees is holding a forum next week

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Speaker 1: focusing on issues impacting seniors ahead of the Northern Territory election.

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Speaker 1: There'll be representatives there from Labor and the colp in

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Speaker 1: Greens to present their policies and answer questions from the attendees.

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Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line to tell us a

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Speaker 1: little bit more is the event organizer and forum MC

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Speaker 1: ken Moore. First, Good morning Ken, Good.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie, and good morning Darwin.

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Speaker 1: Great have you on the show now? Ken? Why have

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Speaker 1: you decided to hold this forum?

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Speaker 2: Look, Air Darwin or aeront I should say, has traditionally

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Speaker 2: done a lot of presentations on matters of interest to seniors.

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Speaker 2: Back in twenty seventeen we did one on euthanasia, We've

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Speaker 2: done on one on keeping cea is in the territory.

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Speaker 2: And look, this election I think is shaping up as

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Speaker 2: being fairly important for scene is because as we know,

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Speaker 2: there are some concerns in the seniors community. And what's

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Speaker 2: worse is that we're finding that people are leaving the

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Speaker 2: territory unfortunately, and it's because of some of the issues

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Speaker 2: that they see. So it is important. It's important that

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Speaker 2: we get a handle on what the political parties are

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Speaker 2: going to be doing. Is it relates to the major

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Speaker 2: issues that the seniors see and this is an opportunity

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Speaker 2: for them, and I believe the only opportunity for people

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Speaker 2: to actually hear. We've got the Minister for Seniors, nari

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Speaker 2: Ar Kits and we've got the Shadow Minister for Seniors

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Speaker 2: coming up from Caturing. I believe for just that day

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Speaker 2: Joeversy as what is the Greens simply to provide us

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Speaker 2: with an idea of what their policies are and also

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Speaker 2: then to answer question now, tell me.

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Speaker 1: What do you see as some of the biggest issues

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Speaker 1: for Northern Territory scene.

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Speaker 2: Is well, there are quite a few, but I guess

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Speaker 2: crime and antisocial behavior would probably sit as top of

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Speaker 2: the tree. People just feeling safe enough to be able

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Speaker 2: to go out and do their shopping, people being unsure

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Speaker 2: about going out in the evening. Simply the crime is

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Speaker 2: something that has really impacted a lot of people. So

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Speaker 2: there's that, there's the availability of seniors accommodation and things

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Speaker 2: like residential aged care. There's a health system understrain, access

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Speaker 2: to GPS and the cost of GPS not building and

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Speaker 2: that type of thing. So there are quite a lot

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Speaker 2: of issues the seniors see is quite important. But I

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Speaker 2: would have to say that the one that's probably impacting

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Speaker 2: most people. And I mean, we've had whole families, you know,

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Speaker 2: three generations of families leaving the territory because they don't

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Speaker 2: feel safe because of the anti social behavior that's out there.

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Speaker 2: So it's important for us to have a strong, stable

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Speaker 2: seniors presence in the territory. Yes, we perform an enormous

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Speaker 2: number of tasks, not just assisting with a bit of childcare,

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Speaker 2: but there's mentoring of the young people, there's volunteering. All

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Speaker 2: of that sort of stuff would almost not exist if

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Speaker 2: we didn't have a strong SCEENIORCE population.

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Speaker 1: I totally agree with you. I think seniors contributes so

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Speaker 1: much to the Northern Territory in so many different ways.

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Speaker 1: I mean that what you just said there about sort

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Speaker 1: of families of three generations of territorians leaving town due

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Speaker 1: to those safety concerns. That is terrible, Ken it is

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Speaker 1: you know, what do you think the government sort of

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Speaker 1: needs to do, whether it is a labor government or

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Speaker 1: a CLP government when it comes to this issue, because

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Speaker 1: we can't continue to you know, to have that you know,

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Speaker 1: the population moving away because they're worried about this.

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Speaker 2: Well, I guess we've got to have an effective police force.

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Speaker 2: That's one of the first things that we've got to have.

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Speaker 2: But the second thing is that we have to have

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Speaker 2: some deterrance. It seems to me at this stage that

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Speaker 2: it's quite easy for people to commit crimes and get

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Speaker 2: back on the street and commit crimes again. We seem

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Speaker 2: to lose the idea that it's important to make sure

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Speaker 2: that if somebody is going to be a danger to society,

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Speaker 2: that they're stopped from being a danger to society. And

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Speaker 2: I think that the system is letting us down a

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Speaker 2: little bit at the moment in that particular space. Look,

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Speaker 2: I hate the fact that we've got overcrowded, overcrowded people system.

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Speaker 2: People are committing crimes and they need to be taken

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Speaker 2: They need to be taken off the streets and we

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Speaker 2: need to have laws in place that effectively deal with that,

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Speaker 2: otherwise there is no deterran no deterrance. Then it's what

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Speaker 2: we're seeing happening in our streets.

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Speaker 1: Today, Ken, I think you're going to have a lot

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Speaker 1: of people listening this morning who agree with that sentiment.

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Speaker 1: What do you anticipate that the forum is going to

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Speaker 1: help some seniors in terms of deciding who they vote

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Speaker 1: for come August, Well.

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Speaker 2: I hope so. I mean the idea is that we're

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Speaker 2: our normal venue is out at Tracy Village and we're

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Speaker 2: holding it there. It's on Monday night at five point

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Speaker 2: thirty people. It's a free event, but people will have

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Speaker 2: to register if they want to come along, and it's

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Speaker 2: just anybody in the over fifties category would just love

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Speaker 2: to have you there. So the idea is that I

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Speaker 2: think it's an opportunity for people to listen to the

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Speaker 2: people who are dealing with seniors issues specifically, and I

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Speaker 2: think that's what's going to be big. A lot of

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Speaker 2: difference here is that we've got Naria Kid and Joe Hersey,

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Speaker 2: two ministers for seniors. It's important there that they have

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Speaker 2: the ability if a question arises that they can ask

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Speaker 2: those people on the night, and I think that's really

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Speaker 2: why I think this is really important for people to

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Speaker 2: come along to hear what people have got to say.

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Speaker 2: And Look, I'm optimistic that I love this territory and

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Speaker 2: I'm optimistic that we can move forward, and we can

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Speaker 2: move forward. I have been a little bit disappointed with

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Speaker 2: the fact that the government has allowed things to slide

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Speaker 2: a little bit, and I'm hoping that they can raise

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Speaker 2: their game, they can pick up. And I think that

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Speaker 2: the forum that we're having is a really important thing

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Speaker 2: to focus on seeing these issues and to focus on

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Speaker 2: people's ability to ask those quest tough questions.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. Now tell me any idea how

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Speaker 1: many people you're expecting to attend.

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Speaker 2: Look, we're hoping we're going to have around about one

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Speaker 2: hundred people there, so I think that's around about the

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Speaker 2: sort of figure that I think we're going to get.

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Speaker 2: If people want to register, by the way, they can

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Speaker 2: go to our website, which is airint dot org and

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Speaker 2: there is a what's on section there and you can

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Speaker 2: register there to come in person, or if you can't

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Speaker 2: come in person, or you don't want to travel in

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Speaker 2: the early evening, et cetera, you can actually register to

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Speaker 2: come in onlines by a zoom, so we'll have both available.

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Speaker 2: It might be a little bit harder to get questions,

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Speaker 2: but people can do it through the chat system and

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Speaker 2: hopefully if we've got time we can answer ask some

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Speaker 2: of those questions as well.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff. I think it's so very important that people

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Speaker 1: are informed before they go to the polls in August,

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Speaker 1: so I reckon this is a great thing to do.

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Speaker 1: Ken Lovely to speak to you this morning, and just

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Speaker 1: a reminder that of seniors, keen to head along Monday

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Speaker 1: the twenty ninth from five thirty is match.

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Speaker 2: It's five thirty to seven pm. Yes, it might go

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Speaker 2: on a little bit longer, depending on how many questions

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Speaker 2: we have. Yeah, and I'm sure that we're going to

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Speaker 2: stay quite a few people will stick around and have

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Speaker 2: a lovely meal of a tracy village and I'm sure

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Speaker 2: there'll be some probabies around to have a small chat

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Speaker 2: too if you wish, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff or Ken Lovely to speak to you this morning.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much for having me on the show, Kaby.

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Speaker 1: No worries. Thanks Ken