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Speaker 1: Well he has arrived, mister Roger Cook, Premier Roger Cook

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Speaker 1: is with us.

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Speaker 2: Hello, good morning. Sorry I'm a bit late. Park their

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Speaker 2: car in the middle of the freeway on the.

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Speaker 1: Rage, you said, which is you know Murphy's lawd it's

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Speaker 1: a fair hike though, for you to get to work

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Speaker 1: every day, that's right to take a while.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I lived down in Quanana in Martin Lectred.

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Speaker 2: It was the same for market the member for Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're used to the long commute, but sometimes you get

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Speaker 2: into the office after about an hour and twenty minutes

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Speaker 2: in the car and you sort of think, wow, okay, still.

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Speaker 1: You have a driver, I do you can do a

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Speaker 1: bit of you know, work in the backseat.

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Speaker 3: Head down, us up doing your paperwork. So you want

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Speaker 3: to catch up. It's all good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: What is it like to all of a sudden be

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Speaker 4: the premier. Ye you're printing you have the thirty first

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Speaker 4: Premier your best date. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well look, obviously when Mark made his announcement, it took

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Speaker 2: us all by surprise and it was a complete shock. So,

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Speaker 2: I mean we had to get through that. And but

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Speaker 2: you know, I've had a fifteen year apprenticeship. I've been

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Speaker 2: here his deputy for as long as he's been in

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Speaker 2: that role, and so I've got to see him working

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Speaker 2: up close. I've got to serve as acting premiere on occasions,

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Speaker 2: and so from that point of view, it's lifting the game.

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Speaker 2: It's obviously a higher intensity, but I think we're ready

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Speaker 2: to go.

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Speaker 1: Did he have any words for you on his way

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Speaker 1: out other than you know, just.

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Speaker 3: Here's the key off you go. Look, we've stayed in touch.

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Speaker 2: He's obviously one of the most successful premiers that we've

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Speaker 2: ever had in this state. So from that point of view,

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Speaker 2: I'll be mad not to take his advice. So I

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Speaker 2: ring him occasionally just to say, give some pointers on

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Speaker 2: this where we're going on that, what was your approach

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Speaker 2: and what was your thinking on this issue?

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Speaker 3: And that's great to be able to have that support.

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Speaker 1: Now, it made some personal advice and dealing with you know,

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Speaker 1: a different kind of situation, I guess too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And look, he dealt with it for so long,

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Speaker 2: particularly during COVID. He worked very closely together over that period,

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Speaker 2: and I benefited a lot from watching him up close.

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Speaker 4: It was a very emotional press conference, to be honest,

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Speaker 4: and even more emotion behind because the standing there a

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Speaker 4: few with tears and a few in shock.

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Speaker 2: I was, yeah, at that point, we were still in shock,

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Speaker 2: and the emotion was incredibly high in the actual meeting

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Speaker 2: where he made the announcement, and so that was a

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Speaker 2: tough day for everyone. But the team has come together

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Speaker 2: so well. I mean, one of the things I'm blessed

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Speaker 2: with is an amazing group of people around me in

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Speaker 2: terms of the cabinet, in terms of all the cabinet teams,

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Speaker 2: and so I'm absolutely confident that we can just get

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Speaker 2: straight back down to work providing confident, responsible government and

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Speaker 2: really just keeping our economy strong.

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Speaker 1: Because I mean, this is only two and a half

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Speaker 1: weeks ago, isn't it. From you found out he was going,

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Speaker 1: and then he left and then you started. You're only eight, nine,

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Speaker 1: ten days into the new Because I was just thinking,

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Speaker 1: you know, I just work Monday to Friday.

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Speaker 3: Technically I was only sworn in last Thursday, so it's

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Speaker 3: a few days here.

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Speaker 1: It's only been a few days. What are the So

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Speaker 1: we won't get into any of the issues that you're

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Speaker 1: going to be tackling first, but what kind of when

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Speaker 1: you go home and you think, right, I'm premier, this

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Speaker 1: is what my main goal is to achieve during my

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Speaker 1: time as premier. Have you thought about those things?

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Speaker 3: Well, look as we observe its early days.

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Speaker 2: But I mean my determination is to make sure that

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Speaker 2: we keep the show on the road, that we make

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Speaker 2: sure that we keep the economy strong, continue to grow jobs.

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Speaker 2: Over two hundred and twenty thousand jobs have been created

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Speaker 2: since we were elected, So we're in a really good

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Speaker 2: stage of the state's economic life and we want to

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Speaker 2: continue to make sure that we provide all the right

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Speaker 2: the schools, the hospitals, the police, the police and the

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Speaker 2: safe community safety that we need to make people feel

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Speaker 2: confident that they are living in the greatest state of Australia.

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Speaker 3: And so that's my primary focus.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: Obviously I'll have my own take on issues and I'll

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Speaker 2: be working with my team to see how we can

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Speaker 3: But by large, it's the same group of people who

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Speaker 2: Just the week before last it says that there's one

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Speaker 2: person missing, But as I said, we have a great

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Speaker 2: we have a great team that's.

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Speaker 3: Really exciting to be able to work with them.

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Speaker 4: A lot of politics, Roger is about numbers, and we

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Speaker 4: know about seats and the rest of it, but also

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Speaker 4: about numbers of approval ratings and the like, and Mark's

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Speaker 4: numbers were extraordinary at one stage.

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Speaker 3: Doesn't feel like big shoes to fill.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and we came out of that COVID period. Everyone

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Speaker 2: was really proud of the work that we did as

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Speaker 2: a state to keep each other safe and to keep

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Speaker 2: our economy strong. So you know, we now have a

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Speaker 2: new period to contemplate. It's about continuing to make we've

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Speaker 2: got strong, responsible government, but also to really look to

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Speaker 2: the future. Western Australia's coming to an incredible stage of

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Speaker 2: our lives. You know, we've got all the critical minerals

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Speaker 2: that you need for a lithium mine and a vanadium

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Speaker 2: nine battery. We've got all the soul and wind you

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Speaker 2: can shake a stick at, and you know that means

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Speaker 2: that we are going to be a renewable energy powerhouse

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Speaker 2: for the rest of the world. So it's an exciting

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Speaker 2: time in our future. So we really just have to

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Speaker 2: make sure that we take advantage of those opportunities.

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Speaker 1: Also, I think a lot of times when someone comes

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Speaker 1: in as premiere under these a sort of circumstances, as

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Speaker 1: often to take the reins over a bleak situation, you know,

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Speaker 1: things have been going downhill or something and it's but

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Speaker 1: this you you're taking over a party that's or a government.

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Speaker 1: I should say that that's in a good place. And

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Speaker 1: the vibe I imagine is good, absolutely, and.

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Speaker 3: The team is confident.

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Speaker 2: We've got clear goals, we've got clear work, really strong

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Speaker 2: work ethic, so we're feeling like we're in a good place.

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Speaker 2: The economy is in great shape at the moment, so

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Speaker 2: it's a matter of actually responsible management and make sure

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Speaker 2: that we keep those things moving forward. We are truly

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Speaker 2: based in Western Australia. This is an incredible part of

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Speaker 2: the world to live in and I've lived here all

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Speaker 2: my life.

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Speaker 1: Your West Astralia born and bred.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. I remember when ninety six FM started.

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Speaker 2: Excited back then, Yeah, absolutely FM radio coming to Western

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Speaker 2: Australia and so you know it's from that perspective it's

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Speaker 2: I'm really excited about the coming years.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, speaking of ninety six FM, we love our music here.

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Speaker 4: Room music. What music you into because I reckon I

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Speaker 4: saw you at the Soap Pop Pop Festival at Kids Park.

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Speaker 4: That was aqual doing Barbie Girl, right, look.

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Speaker 1: That I promise you, Barbie Girl.

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Speaker 3: But what can we try to that wasn't a great concept.

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Speaker 3: That was so much fun.

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Speaker 2: I had some kids with me and they were the

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Speaker 2: bands that we used to watch as we'd sit up

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Speaker 2: early in the morning because they were up here into

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Speaker 2: the day.

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Speaker 3: It was. It was just fantastic.

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Speaker 2: I remember saying to my you know now adult daughter, Darling,

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Speaker 2: would you mind going to the going to the bar

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Speaker 2: and getting us a drink?

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Speaker 3: She said, Dad, Bewitched is on the stage. I'm not

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Speaker 3: going anywhere and cover. Yeah, but my problem is I'm

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Speaker 3: a little bit addicted to d M.

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Speaker 2: I do like my dance and absolutely absolutely, but at

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Speaker 2: the end of the day, I came into this world

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Speaker 2: I wasn't expecting I came into this world worshiping the king, right,

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Speaker 2: so huge as fans, Yeah, yeah, it's a little bit

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Speaker 2: of collective.

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Speaker 1: Elvis has made his way into a bit of DM

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Speaker 1: absolutely remixed here and then conversation.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is quite that. You can get any more

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Speaker 3: eclectic than that. That's good.

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Speaker 1: Now we know that you're very busy. Of course you're

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Speaker 1: only a few days in. We can't keep you. But

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Speaker 1: before you go, as anyone tried to impose any silly nicknames.

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Speaker 2: On me, and yeah, yeah, absolutely, and we just stick

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Speaker 2: with you know, the Premier rogical. Do we have to

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Speaker 2: have had state Daddy too? Will have none of that exactly. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we don't need that.

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Speaker 3: I'm just Roger. Yeah, just Roger. We'll take that and

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Speaker 3: he will call you Cookie forever happens. Okay, mister Premier,

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Speaker 3: good to talk to you, Great to see you guys.

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Speaker 3: Thanks very much,