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Speaker 1: You're listening to Mix one O four nine's three sixteen.

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Speaker 1: Arty is set to be a busy week in parliament,

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Speaker 1: so we've only got time from a very quick catch

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Speaker 1: up with the opposition leader, Selena Rubo, who joins me

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Speaker 1: on the line. Good morning to Selena.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Now, what is on the opposition's agenda as we head

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Speaker 1: into the first week of parliamentary sittings for twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Katie, We're going to focus on the accountability and transparency

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Speaker 2: of the Selpa government. Our Labor opposition knows that there

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Speaker 2: are some very big frustrations from territorians around some key

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Speaker 2: commitments that the Celpea government promised in the election and

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Speaker 2: either have changed those promises have broken those promises so far.

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Speaker 2: So we're going to be really concentrating on that on

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Speaker 2: behalf of territoriums.

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Speaker 1: So what are those promises that you feel as though

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Speaker 1: they've broken.

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Speaker 2: Well, one of the big ones is the solar feed

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Speaker 2: in Tariff. The CLP government promised prior to the election

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Speaker 2: to double the solar feed in Taram between the hours

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Speaker 2: of six am and six pm. They've now changed that.

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Speaker 2: Katie and downscaled it dramatically to three pm until nine pm. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: no one's producing solar at night in those later hours.

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Speaker 2: So that's a key election commitment that we know people

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Speaker 2: have already been frustrated and angry about, because we've heard

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Speaker 2: some people say we purely voted for the CLP on

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Speaker 2: this promise and now it's been broken.

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Speaker 1: Well, look, it is one of those things that people

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Speaker 1: were riled up about, particularly when it changed under the

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Speaker 1: Labor government. So I think that that is a fair

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Speaker 1: thing to be following up this week with the now

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Speaker 1: CLP government, So we'll keep a really close eye on

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Speaker 1: that opposition leader. We also know that there's set to

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Speaker 1: be some big changes when it comes to well a

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Speaker 1: number of pieces of legislation. But yesterday the government making

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Speaker 1: it clear that they're going to make some changes to

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Speaker 1: the proposed Petroleum Planning and Water Legislation Bill. What do

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Speaker 1: you make of those?

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Speaker 2: I know that this is a key interest for Territorians,

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Speaker 2: so we want to see what those changes are. As

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Speaker 2: far as we know, the indication from the CLP government

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Speaker 2: yesterday was around removing the merit review process. Yep, there's

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Speaker 2: no indication from the CLP if there will be something

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Speaker 2: put in place. Will there be another avenue process mechanism

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Speaker 2: for territorians to be able to provide their concerns and

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Speaker 2: a decision review essentially, so we need to see that

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Speaker 2: detail to understand that more clearly.

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Speaker 1: I mean they say that essentially it meant that people

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Speaker 1: were able to undertake in what they've described as law

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Speaker 1: fare and that it was really holding up, you know,

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Speaker 1: holding up projects here in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: What's clear, Katie, we don't want to see another shambles

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Speaker 2: like we did for the Barosso gas project. We do

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Speaker 2: not want to see that. But it's a question of

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Speaker 2: what's the balance. What's the balance to create a very

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Speaker 2: fair process that creates the opportunity to have decisions looked at,

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Speaker 2: scrutinized and reviewed, and then of course we don't want

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Speaker 2: to see projects held up because of that. I haven't

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Speaker 2: heard that word before, but look fair, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I hadn't heard it either. I actually thought it was

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Speaker 1: a pretty novel one. I mean, we have seen that

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Speaker 1: situation in the past, so I do think we need

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Speaker 1: to get things moving. But I guess there is always

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Speaker 1: sort of you know, there's a thin line making sure

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Speaker 1: that we're all still following the correct processes. One of

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Speaker 1: the other things I just want to ask you about

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Speaker 1: very quickly is the finocchi Aro government have confirmed to

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory News that they're going to be bringing

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Speaker 1: down the acts on taxpayer funding to the Environment Center

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Speaker 1: NT and the Arid Lands Environment Center. It's understood that

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Speaker 1: those two organizations, which were each receiving one hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars a year, were told of this decision late yesterday.

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Speaker 1: What do you make of it.

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Speaker 2: I hadn't actually heard that so that these news to me.

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Speaker 2: I knew that there was some organizations that were going

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Speaker 2: come a little bit later in the year, Katie, around

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Speaker 2: the May budget announcement. So it's interesting that the colp

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Speaker 2: particularly to those two organizations. I know that they do

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Speaker 2: some very localized work in the two regions. Aard's Land

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Speaker 2: Center obviously based in Alice Springs. I've met with them

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Speaker 2: in the past over the years, but they've got some

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Speaker 2: very important roles. So again, if funding is cut, what

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Speaker 2: then becomes the process to allow those concerns or those works,

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Speaker 2: those projects to continue for those organizations, So we don't

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Speaker 2: have any of that detail.

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Speaker 1: Look, I know you're very pressed for time, so I

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Speaker 1: want to ask you about a really serious situation, and

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Speaker 1: that is the fact that over the weekend we learned

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Speaker 1: another woman had been killed in Alice Springs. A thirty

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Speaker 1: nine year old man is now in custody. Some media

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Speaker 1: are reporting that this is yet another horrific domestic violence incident.

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Speaker 1: I asked the Chief Minister about that thirty six million

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Speaker 1: dollars it was the EMR to go towards combating domestic violence.

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Speaker 1: That money is apparently going to be rolling out in May.

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Speaker 1: What do you think needs to happen here?

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Speaker 2: Well, Katie, I know the thirty six million is to

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Speaker 2: do with the federal funding. We really continue for the

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Speaker 2: labor opposition and we stand side by side with the

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Speaker 2: DV prevention sector to have that one hundred and eighty

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Speaker 2: million dollar rolled out. We know that there are programs

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Speaker 2: that work, They just need to be properly resourced and

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Speaker 2: the staff need to be extended or increased to see

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Speaker 2: those programs really make a difference. And I know that

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Speaker 2: this is an area that you have been following very closely.

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Speaker 2: I know that Territorians do not want to see another

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Speaker 2: woman diet the hands of their partner. So this is

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Speaker 2: something again beyond politics. We need to band together, but

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Speaker 2: we need to see that government commitment, to see the

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Speaker 2: money rolling out so we can actually have a difference.

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Speaker 2: We can see our communities safer, that we have the

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Speaker 2: opportunity to support Territory women and children who are in

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Speaker 2: those DV relationships or environments.

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Speaker 1: Another very serious situation over the weekend, we learned a

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Speaker 1: five year old boy was allegedly raped in a remote

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory community last week. It's triggered calls for greater

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Speaker 1: public disclosure of child sexual abuse. Now as I understand it,

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Speaker 1: the nineteen year old who was charged was due to

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Speaker 1: face the Darwin Local Court yesterday. It is utterly horrendous.

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Speaker 1: There is no other way to put it. Do you

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Speaker 1: think there does need to be more information made public

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Speaker 1: about serious sexual assaults on children?

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's absolutely a horrendous incident that we've learned about

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Speaker 2: Jess yesterday. What I would like to see is some

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Speaker 2: of those reports done over many, many years by experts,

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Speaker 2: particularly around care and protection of children and the prevention

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Speaker 2: of child sex abuse in the Northern Territory. Those recommendations

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Speaker 2: to be taken up. I know we had our part

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Speaker 2: as a former labor government. I'd love to see the

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Speaker 2: new Colp government really channel some of that focus on

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Speaker 2: what we can do better in this space because it

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Speaker 2: is horrific. It does rock all of our communities across

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Speaker 2: the NT when we learn about something like this. But

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Speaker 2: what can we do to really highlight luck we've done

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Speaker 2: in the domestic violence space? How do we still continue

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Speaker 2: a spotlight on child sex abuse but learn from all

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Speaker 2: of those experts and reports and recommendations about what we

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Speaker 2: can do better, not just in the government space, but

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Speaker 2: as a whole of community.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, everybody. I mean kids there are most vulnerable

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Speaker 1: in the community and we've got to protect them absolutely.

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Speaker 2: And we know that there's a huge investment in education,

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Speaker 2: we know that there's investment in housing in the NT.

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Speaker 2: We're going to see hopefully more in the health space

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Speaker 2: after the federal election. How can those big dollars turn

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Speaker 2: into proper change and making the future better for all

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Speaker 2: territory kids.

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Speaker 1: Selena, I know you've got no time left, but I'm

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Speaker 1: just a very quick one. I understand there's been concerns

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Speaker 1: raised in the electorate of Daily about upgrades to the

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Speaker 1: roads and that some people are expected to travel here

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Speaker 1: to protest.

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Speaker 2: Is that the case, Yeah, I know that the Memphor

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Speaker 2: Daily has been requested by his constituents to present a

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Speaker 2: petition to Parliament. That'll occur tomorrow, Katie. I believe there's

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Speaker 2: up to fifty constituents from the Daily electorate. They're very

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Speaker 2: concerned that the Colp government is going to cut and

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Speaker 2: scrap the funding for the Port Keats Road, which is

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Speaker 2: much needed. It's already been budgeted, Katie. It'll create the

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Speaker 2: opportunity for police to be able to do their work

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Speaker 2: better in that region by having a safer road, improve

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Speaker 2: safety on our roads for people driving, whether it's community members,

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Speaker 2: our service providers. They've heard that the money is going

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Speaker 2: to be scrapped for that Portskeat Road and I believe

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Speaker 2: it's about a thousand signatures on that partition which we

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Speaker 2: presented to the memph Daily Duran Young, my deputy Opposition leader,

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Speaker 2: and that'll occur tomorrow and then Duran on behalf of

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Speaker 2: his constituents will table that petition in parliament.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, we might see if we can get

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Speaker 1: Duran on the show at some point this week. Selena Rubo,

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Speaker 1: opposition leader, really appreciate your time this morning. I know

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Speaker 1: you are very pressed for time as parliament heads in.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Katie, thank you