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Speaker 1: You're listening to Mix one O four point nine three

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Speaker 1: point sixty. Now, as we know, Dan Murphy's is set

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Speaker 1: to enter the market in Darwin, but not without some

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Speaker 1: consultation first. And joining me on the line is Anden

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Speaker 1: deva Group's head of External Affairs and Sustainability, Julie Ryan.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Julie, Good morning, Katie. Thanks very much for

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Speaker 1: your time. Now I understand this week there's going to

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Speaker 1: be some open house events in the Smith Street Mall

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Speaker 1: in an effort to really try to consult with the public.

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Speaker 2: Is that right, that's right, Katie. Even though we've engaged

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Speaker 2: extensively in the last five years, we know there are

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Speaker 2: a lot of people who feel like their voice hasn't

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Speaker 2: been heard. So this will be a chance for them

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Speaker 2: to come in learn more about the store, but also

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Speaker 2: sit down with us and let us really listen to

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Speaker 2: what their concerns are. But on the really exciting front,

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Speaker 2: this is an amazing opportunity to inject huge economic benefit

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Speaker 2: into Darwin and bring an incredible range of products here

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Speaker 2: that have never been seen before. So people might be

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Speaker 2: interested in what the jobs are, what the range is

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Speaker 2: going to be, and everyone will be able to come

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Speaker 2: and find that information out now.

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Speaker 1: Will this be the extent of the consultation or will

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Speaker 1: there be further consultation with the community following on from

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Speaker 1: these open house meetings.

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Speaker 2: There'll be plenty more consultation, Katie. Consultation isn't a thing

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Speaker 2: you do once. We've said from the outset we will

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Speaker 2: be consulting with community all the way up until when

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Speaker 2: we eventually build the store, and then even after the

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Speaker 2: store is built, we'll continue to consult so that we're

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Speaker 2: always really listening to community about what's important to them,

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Speaker 2: about making sure the store is safe, but also making

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Speaker 2: sure the store is delivering what they want.

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Speaker 1: Now, Julie, there's no doubt there's plenty of Territorians who

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Speaker 1: are really keen to have Dan Murphy's open sooner rather

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Speaker 1: than later. There is still, though, a number of community

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Speaker 1: groups who have a lot of concerns about Dan's entering

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Speaker 1: the market. Are you going to be meeting with those

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Speaker 1: groups which are opposed to the development?

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Speaker 2: We really hope we will, Katie. We've tried many time

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Speaker 2: to reach out to them, but unfortunately they just won't

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Speaker 2: meet with us. I know they're really eager to engage

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Speaker 2: with the Independent Panel that's been announced by will Worth

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Speaker 2: But that panel's really looking at what consultation we do.

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Speaker 2: So if they don't consult with us and we just

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Speaker 2: keep asking, then it's going to make both processes really difficult.

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Speaker 2: So we really hope that they take this as an

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Speaker 2: invitation to come in, learn more and let us listen

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Speaker 2: to their concerns.

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Speaker 1: Which groups have you approached and what sort of been

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Speaker 1: their response?

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Speaker 2: Well, we've approached obviously, Danella Dilba, we've approached absent with,

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Speaker 2: approached Antiquost and all the territory counselor of Social Services,

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Speaker 2: they've all given us exactly the same email as reply.

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Speaker 2: So I'm sure that you know they feel very strongly

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Speaker 2: that they should stay united in their campaign to oppose

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Speaker 2: the store. But again, unless they actually talk to us,

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Speaker 2: there's no way that we can really hear and understand

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Speaker 2: what their concerns are. And you know, active listening is

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Speaker 1: Julie, what have they said in that that reply.

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Speaker 2: That they don't believe a dialogue would be beneficial with

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Speaker 2: us and that they are really just keen to engage

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Speaker 2: with only with Willworths.

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Speaker 1: Is that a surprise to you guys.

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, it is a surprise I think because I mean, obviously,

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Speaker 2: when we first decided to open this store, we put

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Speaker 2: that in the paper. We asked for people to consult

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Speaker 2: been very votal in their opposition, we called many times,

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Speaker 2: we wrote to them with letters, and I think they

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Speaker 2: a conversation. And that's certainly they're right. But we're hoping

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Speaker 2: now now that the license has been granted and now

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Speaker 2: while this review has been announced saying the store won't go.

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Speaker 2: No work will be done on the store until they've

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Speaker 1: Now, what are you hoping to sort of to hear

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Speaker 1: independent panel has been announced, what will their process then be.

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Speaker 2: Well, the independent panel will announce their own process. It's

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Speaker 2: an independent process, so we won't have insight into it

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Speaker 2: until they make the announcement that they've commenced, but they

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Speaker 2: excited to share all the opportunities from the store, but

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Speaker 2: then also here whether or not people think that what

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Speaker 2: we're doing is enough and whether we should be doing

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Speaker 2: more to take account of their concerns.

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Speaker 1: Julie, how soon is this Stan Murphy's going to get underway?

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Speaker 1: And you said there there's going to be opportunities for territorians.

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Speaker 1: What kind of opportunities are we talking.

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Speaker 2: Well, there'll be around one hundred and forty jobs local

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Speaker 2: jobs created during construction, and then once the store is open,

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Speaker 2: there'll be forty jobs just within that store, So it's

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Speaker 2: an incredible opportunity for people to be involved. In terms

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Speaker 2: of when it will start, the independent panel process has

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Speaker 2: to conclude before we're able to start work, due to

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Speaker 2: deliver their report to the Woolworth Board at the end

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Speaker 2: of March, so I expect they'll consider it during April.

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Speaker 2: So really as soon as we could probably start construction

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Speaker 2: would be May.

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Speaker 1: Which really coincides with the dry season and the best

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Speaker 1: time to get things underway in the territory.

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Speaker 2: That's right, perfect time to start building and there'll be

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Speaker 2: some road upgrades as well, which need to be done

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Speaker 2: at the same time, so hopefully we're able to get

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Speaker 2: going towards the middle of this year.

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Speaker 1: So you said one hundred and forty local jobs created

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Speaker 1: during construction, Am I right to assume that you'll engage

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Speaker 1: local builders and.

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Speaker 2: Subby's absolutely well.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure that that'll be music to the years of

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Speaker 1: those in the industry today. Can I just ask Julie

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Speaker 1: to wrap things up? When are those meetings happening and

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Speaker 1: how can Territorians get involved?

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Speaker 2: Excellent? The meetings will be Wednesday and Thursday this week.

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Speaker 2: We're going to be in Smith Street Mall. I think

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Speaker 2: it's number forty four. I think from the picture that

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Speaker 2: looks like it used to be an old Ozzie tourist

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Speaker 2: shop or souvenir shop, and so we'll be there and

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Speaker 2: it will be open between eleven and two and between

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Speaker 2: four and six on both Wednesday and Thursday, So come

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Speaker 1: Well, Julie, really good to talk to you this morning.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate your time. Do let us know how things

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Speaker 1: go and certainly keep in contact, let us know how

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Speaker 1: things are tracking well.

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Speaker 2: Do Thanks so much, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you that's Julie Ryan there, who is Endeavor Drink's

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Speaker 1: head of External Affairs and sustainability. If you want to

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Speaker 1: give us a call this morning, eight nine four one

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Speaker 1: one four nine is the number. Let us know your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: E keen to go and have a chat with Endeva

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Speaker 1: groups and find out how things are moving along when

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Speaker 1: it comes to Dan Murphy's I know that there are

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Speaker 1: still some of those some groups that are opposed to

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Speaker 1: this development, but as you've just heard there from Julie,

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Speaker 1: they've certainly got that independent panel who's going to be

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Speaker 1: going through quite an extensive process. Got to say, I'm

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Speaker 1: a little bit surprised to hear that those groups aren't

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Speaker 1: planning on meeting with the Endeavor Drinks. I guess that

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Speaker 1: they've got their own reasons for that and and their

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Speaker 1: own idea of what they're going to do. From this point.

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Speaker 1: We might see if we can get in contact with

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Speaker 1: some of them over the coming days. Once again, though,

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Speaker 1: if you'd like to call through this morning eight nine

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