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Speaker 1: In very much breaking news, the Chief Minister Leofanocchiaio has

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Speaker 1: confirmed that the process is underway to appoint Martin Dole

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Speaker 1: APM as the fifteenth Commissioner of the Northern Territory Police Force.

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Speaker 1: Now Cabinet has endorsed the appointment of mister Doll on

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Speaker 1: a four year term. Is my understanding with the recommendation

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Speaker 1: now proceeding to the Northern Territory Administrator Hugh Hegey for

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Speaker 1: his honor's formal approval. Now joining me live on the

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Speaker 1: line for a very quick interview is the Chief Minister

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Speaker 1: of the Northern Territory, Leofanocchiiro. Good morning to you.

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

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Speaker 1: Now, Chief Minister, why was the decision made to appoint

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Speaker 1: the acting Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole to the

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Speaker 1: role formerly?

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Speaker 2: Well, Chenie, this is really about appointing someone who is

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Speaker 2: the right person to lead community safety and our men

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Speaker 2: and women in blue into the future. And so in

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Speaker 2: Martin Dole, we have a born and bread roturium, born

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Speaker 2: here in Alice Springs where I am today, grew up

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Speaker 2: in Uen Demoux. He has served as a distinguished police

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Speaker 2: officer in our Northern Territory Police Force for twenty nine years, Katie.

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Speaker 2: And in the last seven months he has stepped up.

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Speaker 2: He has been undertaking that role of acting Commissioner and

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Speaker 2: in that time he has developed and delivered the OC

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Speaker 2: Spraytrial rollerut. He has developed and is delivering the Police

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Speaker 2: Public Safety Officer transformational work we're doing within the structure

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Speaker 2: of policing. And he delivered and secured the biggest, best

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Speaker 2: paid deal for Northern Territory Police in twenty years, making

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Speaker 2: them the highest paid police in the country. And so

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Speaker 2: what I see in Commissioner Dole is someone who has

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Speaker 2: the territory at heart, the rank and file, the frontline

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Speaker 2: at heart, and shares that vision for a safer territory

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Speaker 2: for everyone. And so there is not a better person

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Speaker 2: in this country to be the fifteenth police Commissioner. And

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Speaker 2: I'm very proud of the announcement today.

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Speaker 1: I mean, did you go through all recruitment process here though,

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Speaker 1: or is this sort of a job for the boys

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Speaker 1: kind of scenario.

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Speaker 2: Now, this is an appointment which is entirely part of

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Speaker 2: the process. I've appointed mister Doele based on merit for

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Speaker 2: both the rank and the position. And of course this

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Speaker 2: is something we see right around the country. I mean,

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Speaker 2: the Prime Minister is just a direct appointed the AFP Commissioner,

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Speaker 2: so it is very normal. But what we need is

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Speaker 2: certainty for our fourth, certainty for our community and Martin

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Speaker 2: can deliver on that. And it's a very important time

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Speaker 2: to be drawing a line in the sand and just

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Speaker 2: squarely focusing on the job we have to do. And

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Speaker 2: I'm down here today, Katie to talk about our readiness

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Speaker 2: for summer. But Martin Dole APM is a distinguished career

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Speaker 2: serving territories. This has got full approval and endorsement of

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Speaker 2: the Cabinet. I spoke with the Administrator yesterday who also

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Speaker 2: endorses the appointment, and so on the thirty first of October,

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Speaker 2: we're really looking forward to celebrating that swearing in ceremony

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Speaker 2: at Government House with Commissioner Do and his family to

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Speaker 2: really usher in this new era of police.

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Speaker 1: All righty, the thirty first of October. Now, I mean,

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Speaker 1: do you feel that the blow review has cleared him

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Speaker 1: and you know, cleared some of those senior recruitments that

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Speaker 1: are in place so that he's able to take the

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Speaker 1: reins despite well criticism from the Northern Territory Police Association

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Speaker 1: that it didn't go far enough.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a line in the sand. We receive

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Speaker 2: the report, we delivered it to the community as straight

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Speaker 2: away as we promised we would. We've accepted all six

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Speaker 2: of the recommendations and work is already underway and I

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Speaker 2: will have more to say about that next week, Katie.

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Speaker 2: But we are urgently moving to deliver on all six

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Speaker 2: of those recommendations, and is a line in the sand.

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Speaker 2: We need to be able to move forward where there

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Speaker 2: are clear areas of improvement to be made, and we

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Speaker 2: are absolutely moving through those right now. And this is

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Speaker 2: about delivering the legislation, the backing that our police need,

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Speaker 2: the support, the pay, and it's about focusing on community

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Speaker 2: safety as a government to be that number one priority,

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Speaker 2: and that's what we'll continue to deliver on cheapness.

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Speaker 1: Are you confident that he can lead the force in

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Speaker 1: the direction that members want? I mean, especially given some

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Speaker 1: of the criticism from the Police Association yesterday, but that

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Speaker 1: he can lead the force in the direction that members

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Speaker 1: want and that the community expects.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, he has the entire government, the entire cabinet's undivided support,

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Speaker 2: we know that Martin Dole is the best person in

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Speaker 2: the country to do this job, Katie. And he has

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Speaker 2: the territory at heart. He has the troops, the force

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Speaker 2: and the community squarely at front of mind. And so

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Speaker 2: this is a really exciting turning point. It gives stability

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Speaker 2: and security. And I can say, Katie, you know we've

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Speaker 2: just finished the press conference and gone down. We're also

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Speaker 2: literally right now, Minister Burgoyne is announcing the opening of

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Speaker 2: the Triple zero Center down here, which is our delivery

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Speaker 2: of an election commitment, and the men and women in

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Speaker 2: Blue just pouring out of their offices and must rooms

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Speaker 2: or congratulate the new commissioner. It's well received and we've

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Speaker 2: got a big job to do and we're getting on

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Speaker 2: with it.

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Speaker 1: I know you've got to go, but very quickly, what

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Speaker 1: do you say to anyone that says that he brings bagach.

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Speaker 2: Well, we're drawing a line in the sand. I think

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Speaker 2: when you spend twenty nine years delivering and serving the community,

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Speaker 2: there will always be people who have their views and

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Speaker 2: commentators will commentate, Katie. My job is to lead. I've

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Speaker 2: picked Martin do APM to be the fifty police Commissioner

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Speaker 2: the very first Alice Springs born and bred and where

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Speaker 2: the Commissioner lives in Alice Springs. It sends a very

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Speaker 2: clear message to this community and territories that we are

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Speaker 2: backing in territories to deliver for our people now and

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Speaker 2: into the future. And I'm excited to continue to wait.

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Speaker 1: So, commission so is he going to stay based in

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Speaker 1: Alice Springs?

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Speaker 2: Correct?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, that does sound like it's the first.

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Speaker 2: It is a first. It's sent Hassick born and bred here,

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Speaker 2: rains a new end and move based down here in

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Speaker 2: his former role as deputy and he will stay here

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Speaker 2: as the police Commissioner. And I think that sends a

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Speaker 2: very clear message about what our government's confidence is in

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Speaker 2: Territoris to lead and to lead for all territories.

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Speaker 1: All right, Chief Finest, I know you're getting the wrap

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Speaker 1: up from your side, so am I thank you very

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Speaker 1: much for the quick chat this morning.

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Speaker 2: Take care everyone.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,