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Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local

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Speaker 1: political landscape, Katie Wolf has it covered on three sixty

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Speaker 1: Every One is Listening Mix one oh four point nine. Well,

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Speaker 1: if you listen to the show regularly, you would have

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Speaker 1: known that towards the end of last week. It was

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Speaker 1: certainly a busy week politically. We were waiting to see

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Speaker 1: who the COLP was going to pre select for the

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Speaker 1: senator's role, and we now know that obviously Sam McMahon

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Speaker 1: has been dumped us she is in that role, though

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Speaker 1: I understand until the election happens, but Senator Sam McMahon

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Speaker 1: dumped by the CLP in favor of Jacinta Price, and

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Speaker 1: just Enterprice joins us on the line now. Well, from

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Speaker 1: Alice Springs in Lockdown, good morning to you, Justcina.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Firstly, how is lockdown going for you in Alice?

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Speaker 2: Well, actually the bit of calm is actually welcome after

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Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks that I've had. So I'm

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Speaker 2: not minding Lockdown and taking meetings via zoom and that

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Speaker 2: sort of thing, as long as it doesn't drag on

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Speaker 2: too long, I guess, yeah.

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Speaker 1: And I reckon that's most people are feeling. You guys

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Speaker 1: are due to stay in lockdown until one pm on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: no doubt.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: It's still tough on those local businesses, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is tough on local businesses. I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: there are some that will be able to do okay

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Speaker 2: because I'll stay open and provide takeaways and deliveries and

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Speaker 2: that sort of thing in terms of catering. But other

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Speaker 2: businesses will probably take a slight hit over the next

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Speaker 2: couple of days. So yeah, hopefully for their sake, this

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Speaker 2: is only for seventy two hours and it doesn't get extended.

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Speaker 1: And to center all eyes over the weekend had been

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Speaker 1: well prior to this COVID situation, had been on waiting

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Speaker 1: to see who the COLP would pre select for the

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Speaker 1: senator's role. And Sam McMahon is out and you are

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Speaker 1: going to be in. You must have been pleased when

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Speaker 1: you learned that you would be well, that you had

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Speaker 1: been pre selected in that senate spot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I was delightfully surprised. You know, I was not

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Speaker 2: going to take anything for granted whatsoever, And I think

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Speaker 2: even when I did hear that it was myself, I

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Speaker 2: did take a moment for it to sink in, and

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Speaker 2: even the gravity of it i'd get over the following

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Speaker 2: days still sunk in. But I'm extremely excited and I'm

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Speaker 2: very grateful as well that the CLP have backed me

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Speaker 2: in and have believed that I can carry out the

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Speaker 2: job on behalf of Territorians in Canberra, which is what

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Speaker 2: I'm very passionate about doing and can't wait to get

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Speaker 2: in there really well.

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Speaker 1: And you do have It seems as though you do

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Speaker 1: have a good relationship with a number of politicians in Canberra.

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Speaker 1: Prior to I guess the pre selection happening on the weekend,

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Speaker 1: it seemed as though Senator Sam McMahon was aligned to

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Speaker 1: the Nationals and you more so to the Liberals. Is

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Speaker 1: that the case or do you feel as though you're

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Speaker 1: going to be able to work pretty well with both parties.

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Speaker 2: Look, I'll absolutely be able to work really well with

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Speaker 2: both sides. I have got a lot of professional relationships

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Speaker 2: with with members from both the Nationals as well as

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Speaker 2: the Liberals. I've been involved in events around the country

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Speaker 2: with the LMP with both sides, I have supported them

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Speaker 2: and provided advice. In my role as Director of Indigenous

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Speaker 2: Search with a Center for Independent studies and part of that,

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Speaker 2: we're spending a bit of time in Canberra here and

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Speaker 2: there as well. So yeah, look, whatever happens, I will

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Speaker 2: I will be able to work with both sides. And

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Speaker 2: again I guess that's that's the party decision. We haven't

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Speaker 2: had a federal election yet, so I'll wait for them

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Speaker 2: to see. Yeah you know who I'll be working with closest.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no doubt. Hey, I know that, you know

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Speaker 1: that there is still quite a process to get through

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Speaker 1: for those out there listening who sort of you know,

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Speaker 1: wondering how this all works. Now, obviously that that election

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Speaker 1: needs to be called and that's when you can start campaigning,

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Speaker 1: but what is the process for our listeners wondering how

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Speaker 1: it all has to happen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So the moment the election is called, we've got

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Speaker 2: about thirty days until the election, campaigning will begin. Depending

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Speaker 2: on the outcome of the election, you know, the party

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Speaker 2: will determine who sits where in terms of if we're successful.

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Speaker 2: I'm certainly going to be working hard to win the

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Speaker 2: two lower House seats for the COLP and the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: I think Damien and Tina will do a great job

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Speaker 2: in those seats and then you know, the party makes

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Speaker 2: the decision from there. But we've also got another process

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Speaker 2: that the party has to make a decision. The party

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Speaker 2: second Senate seat ticket going forward. And I guess with

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Speaker 2: the lockdowns that occurred so swiftly, that decision was delayed.

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Speaker 2: So that's another decision that has to be made before

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Speaker 2: the election is called within the party as well.

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Speaker 1: And in the meantime while waiting for that federal election

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Speaker 1: to be called. Obviously, Sam McMahon continues as the Senator

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Speaker 1: and continues to represent the territory. Yeah, she does.

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Speaker 2: Of course, she continues to carry out role as the Senator.

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Speaker 2: She'll continue to work hard on behalf of Territorians in

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Speaker 2: that role, as I know that she's very passionate about

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Speaker 2: being able to do that.

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Speaker 1: Now, just think that there's been a lot of positivity

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Speaker 1: following on from you know, from the announcement that you

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Speaker 1: are going to be taking that spot into the future.

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Speaker 1: Have you heard from the Prime Minister or any of

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Speaker 1: the other any of those cabinet colleagues congratulating you.

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Speaker 2: I have, I've heard from the Prime Minister and a

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Speaker 2: number of cabinet colleagues, Josh Frodenberg and yeah, plenty of others.

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Speaker 2: I have had an outpow of congratulations and support and

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Speaker 2: they can't wait for me to join them in Canbra

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Speaker 2: to fight a good fight.

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Speaker 1: And they haven't given you any kind of inside running

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Speaker 1: of when they're going to call that election yet.

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Speaker 2: I wish I have kept that one close to their

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Speaker 2: check those cards.

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Speaker 1: So we'll all be waiting to see, but probably not

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Speaker 1: for a little while, given the fact that you know

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Speaker 1: that's so much of the country at this point in

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Speaker 1: time is in lockdown and these hots spots everywhere, So

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Speaker 1: we'll wait and see how it all fears over the

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Speaker 1: next few weeks.

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Speaker 2: No doubt, absolutely lots of little fires taking place around

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Speaker 2: the country that need to be put out, and that's

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Speaker 2: obviously at the forefront of everyone's minds at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no doubt about it. Hey, Jacinta, before I

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Speaker 1: let you go, what is really going to be a

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Speaker 1: top priority for you when you know, after the election

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Speaker 2: Well, I think for me, it's about economic development is

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Speaker 2: a huge priority in terms of particularly Indigenous Australians traditional

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Speaker 2: to not have to be dependent on welfare, because I

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Speaker 2: believe when adults and family members can be economically independent

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Speaker 2: and having and jobs in their own communities, then their

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Speaker 2: home lives improve, which will flow onto things like domestic

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Speaker 2: and family violence and those issues. Kids being in school

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Speaker 2: and getting an education. So they're the sorts of priorities

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Speaker 2: that I'm looking at, and they benefit all terror Torrians as.

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Speaker 1: Well, just enterprise. It's always good to catch up with you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you