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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning Codie.

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Speaker 1: As part of that two billion dollars for water infrastructure,

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Speaker 1: How soon would you like some of that work to

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Speaker 2: How soon is tomorrow? I mean this is pretty important.

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Speaker 2: Yes, totally. I mean there are forty five six hundred

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Speaker 3: So how exactly will this work?

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Speaker 1: Well, it happens so often, and I think that, you know,

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Speaker 2: The quarantine issues are very much also a state and

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Speaker 2: when I was a backbench member getting around my electric

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Speaker 2: ministerial responsibilities, but I know how Luke and Warren you know,

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Speaker 2: they need to get out and more importantly, people need

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Speaker 2: they want to see their member about an issue. They

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Speaker 2: need to have that face to face contact. And if

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Speaker 2: you're representing an area as large or larger than some

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Speaker 2: European countries, makes it so much more difficult. So I'll

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Speaker 2: always be in there fighting hard for regional representation. Knows

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Speaker 2: that Parliament knows that. I'm sure anybody who's read my

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Speaker 2: on Northern Territory television or radio. Your wonderful program knows

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Speaker 2: full well where I stand. And there will be, there

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Speaker 2: will be. Here's the assurance, two seats for the Northern

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Speaker 2: Territory going forward.

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Speaker 1: You legend that is exactly what we want to hear.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's so very important to territorians.

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Speaker 3: We want to make sure that there are those two representatives.

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Speaker 2: And I tell you what, that'll be music to live

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Speaker 2: with mcmhon's representation. She gets in there and she never

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Speaker 2: mind I mean labor. I've never heard Labor actually really

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Speaker 2: arching up about regional representation. Let's just part there.

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Speaker 1: Dearie McCarthy has Melandarry McCarthy has certainly been she has

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Speaker 1: been really advocating.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'll concede and I'll agree, and good.

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Speaker 1: People, you are fired up this morning, Deputy PM.

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Speaker 3: And I tell you what.

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Speaker 1: So you are guaranteeing that we will have those two

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Speaker 1: House of Reps seats.

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Speaker 3: We will maintain.

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Speaker 2: Those underline it and put a couple of exclamation marks after.

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Speaker 1: It, if you like. Excellent, I will be doing that well,

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Speaker 1: Deputy Prime Minister. Michael McCormack always good to catch up

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Speaker 1: with you. We really appreciate your time today. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: have a great day you too.