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Speaker 2: Will impact each and every one of us.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Jared.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katie, Good morning listeners.

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Speaker 1: Now, Jared, you say that stakeholders don't know that a

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Speaker 3: Well, Okatie, I suppose see the exemption has been taken out,

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Speaker 3: So essentially what's happened is that these schools of faith

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Speaker 2: Do you reckon people are going to care all that much?

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Speaker 3: But when it comes to a school of faith, if

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Speaker 1: But it's a situation as well though, like if it's

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Speaker 1: Well look, and I'm sure that those of faith listening

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Speaker 4: People who write columns and newspapers as.

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Speaker 3: It needs to be in public or heard by the public,

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Speaker 4: And yet this legislation seems to be.

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Speaker 1: You know, I guess plenty of people listening this morning

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Speaker 4: Well, we can go.

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Speaker 4: Because it's not just a faith based organization.

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Speaker 3: This is if you insult somebody, you're now in breach

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Speaker 4: And assault is really broad.

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Speaker 3: If you go and look back to Parliament, look at

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Speaker 4: So maybe isn't intended consequence of.

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Speaker 3: Live I don't know, but it's going to affect a

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Speaker 4: So our job is off anis to try.

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Speaker 3: And talk about as much as possible, put it on

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Speaker 3: It's going to affect many Territorians.

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Speaker 1: Well, Jared Mayley, we always appreciate your time. I'll be

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Speaker 1: interested to see if we get much feedback from the

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Speaker 1: think there are some concerns. Like you said, though, it

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what else we can talk, you know,

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Speaker 3: We don't want to are confused or want to some

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Speaker 3: we're out and about.

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Speaker 4: Or right across them.

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Speaker 3: Lungerichy because I think it's really important that people understand

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Speaker 1: I mean fundamentally, though, shouldn't we as a community sort

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Speaker 3: Oh look, one.

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Speaker 4: Hundred percent we should.

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Speaker 3: Discrimination is a bad thing and it needs to be done,

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Speaker 3: but we need to make sure that it's not overstepping

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Speaker 3: the mark and and pinging on the rights of freedom

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Speaker 3: get that balance right. And I just think that this

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Speaker 3: because people do deserve to have the right to religion

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Speaker 3: and people do deserve to have the right to freedom

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Speaker 3: of speech. Well, we don't want to become a nanny

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Speaker 3: and go and go to work, go ahead and do

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Speaker 3: and not have to worry about breaking legislation.

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Speaker 1: Well, Jeed Mayley, the Deputy Opposition leader, good to speak

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Speaker 1: with you this morning.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate your time

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Speaker 3: Nor thank you, Thank you,